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Northwest Evaluation Association
IndustryStandardized testing
Founded1977 Edit this on Wikidata
Headquarters
Portland, Oregon
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U.S.
Websitenwea.org

The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA)[1][2] is a not-for-profit organization that creates academic assessments for students pre-K-12.

NWEA assessments are used by over 9,500 schools and districts in 145 countries.[3] Its primary assessment product is the MAP Suite, a collection of formative and interim assessments that help teachers identify unique student learning needs, track skill mastery, and measure academic growth over time.[4]

By testing students two times over the school year, MAP assessments attempt to track student growth over time in order to help educators plan curriculum that matches a student's ability, and provides a method of visualizing the student's educational progression.

In January 2023, it was announced that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt had acquired NWEA and would operate as a division of HMH.[5] This was finalized on May 1, 2023.[6]

References

  1. ^ "NWEA Rebranding FAQ | NWEA Connection". community.nwea.org. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  2. ^ ProPublica, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Ken Schwencke, Brandon Roberts, Alec Glassford (9 May 2013). "NWEA - Form Form 990 for period ending Jun 2018 - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved 2020-06-03.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "NWEA: Advancing growth for all students". NWEA. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  4. ^ "MAP Suite". your.acsi.org. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  5. ^ "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Acquires Assessment Provider NWEA, in Education Mega-Deal". EdWeek Market Brief. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  6. ^ "HMH Completes Acquisition of NWEA". HMH. Retrieved 2023-07-25.


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