NWEA

"When I talk about the importance of norms it's because we need that context. Data alone does not necessarily become interpretable…Norms help us understand what's realistic. Benchmarks like state summative tests and proficiency cut scores help us set goals to get to what is meaningful."

Dr. Karyn Lewis, VP of Research & Policy Partnerships at NWEA, sat down with math teacher Kailey Rhodes to talk about how RIT scores are used, what trends she thinks are important for teachers to incorporate in their planning, and why new norms for MAP Growth were needed.

Watch the full video on YouTube: https://bit.ly/4vt6fOS

"Teachers rely on standards for everything...Our learning-sciences engineering team has developed a new way to connect MAP Growth results to standards-level insights, so teachers can move beyond RIT scores and closer toward lesson plans and differentiated instruction based on the most reliable data."

Watch the full video to learn more about our MAP Growth updates: https://bit.ly/4uj4Zx6