Brief
Academic growth for students with disabilities: Lessons from school-year learning gains and summer learning loss—Implications for COVID-19 recovery and beyond
03.24.22
Description
How can we support academic growth for students with disabilities (SWD) who may have experienced disproportionate academic impacts from COVID-19? Recent NWEA research may help inform how federal ESSER and IDEA funding can provide early intervention, extended school year support in the summer, and other evidence-based supports that can create sustainable change and further growth for SWD.
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Fact Sheet
NWEA® continually refines the methodologies used to generate our norms so they remain statistically rigorous as well as accurate and relevant. This 2025 update is essential to account for changes in US student demographics, postpandemic shifts in student performance, and the item-selection algorithm in the newly enhanced version of MAP® Growth™.
Topics: Education research, Insights & reports
Products: MAP Growth
Fact Sheet
MAP® Growth™ norms are one of our most critical assets in helping partners make sense of student performance and progress. They offer a national frame of reference that allows educators to answer these frequently asked key questions.
Topics: Education research, Insights & reports
Products: MAP Growth
Case Study
A “slam dunk” partnership with Texas district to accelerate student growth
Discover how La Joya ISD, a district with a large multilingual population, uses MAP Growth and MAP Reading Fluency to support their learners. Read how the district’s commitment to educational excellence led them to tools that provide precise insights and tailored instruction to help every student succeed.
Topics: Assessment, Literacy, Multilingual learners
Products: MAP Growth, MAP Reading Fluency
Fact Sheet
Este documento informtivo explica cómo MAP Reading Fluency con Coach identifica y cierra las brechas de lectura de los estudiantes de K-5.
(This fact sheet explains how MAP Reading Fluency with Coach identifies and closes K-5 student reading gaps.)
Topics: Early learning, Multilingual learners, Science of reading
Products: MAP Spanish, MAP Reading Fluency
Fact Sheet
MAP Growth en Español documento informativo (MAP Growth Spanish Fact Sheet)
Este documento informativo explica cómo MAP Growth mide con precisión los logros y el crecimiento.
(This fact sheet explains how MAP Growth accurately measures achievement and growth).
Topics: Assessment, Multilingual learners
Products: MAP Growth, MAP Spanish
Webinar
How to help students learn to read with MAP Reading Fluency with Coach
Join us for an engaging webinar on using MAP® Reading Fluency™ with Coach to support reading instruction. Learn how assessments help educators understand diverse learning needs and how Coach, the AI reading tutor, provides personalized practice. Discover practical strategies from former administrators.
Topics: Assessment, Early learning, Education research, Literacy, School improvement
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
Brochure
Evaluación dematemáticas, lectura y alfabetización inicial
Aprende cómo MAP Spanish ayuda a los docentes a identificar si existen brechas entre lo que los estudiantes saben en español y lo que pueden demostrar en inglés.
Topics: Multilingual learners
Products: MAP Spanish