Standardized Testing

NWEA - Measure of Academic Progress (MAP)/MEA - Maine Educational Assessment

Subject Areas:

Math

Reading

When:

October and May for all students

Purpose:

• Assessment in the fall provides teachers with a baseline for student performance. Re-assessing in the spring measures student progress/academic growth.

• It is the assessment that Maine has chosen to use to measure Annual Yearly Progress as required by No Child Left Behind.