The MAP math and reading tests - administered by the nonprofit NWEA - are nationally normed exams that measure growth during a school year and provide a snapshot of how Chicago students learn compared to their peers across the country.īut officials said the new assessments will let educators gauge student learning faster and more accurately, better guiding them as they tailor instruction to student needs. The change raises questions about how schools might quantify the academic fallout from the pandemic.
In place of the Measure of Academic Progress, or MAP, math and reading tests it has administered since 2013, the district will instead allow schools to opt into two new assessments. Chicago Public Schools will drop math and reading tests that have been a key district accountability measure for educators and schools, just as most of its students are poised to return to campuses after a year-and-a-half of disrupted learning.