Compare NWEA MAP Growth with us
Schools use NWEA MAP Growth, a computer-adaptive test, to measure each student's achievement and growth. We place your child in each subject and then teach every lesson that follows.
Measuring growth or teaching from the result
NWEA MAP Growth is a computer-adaptive assessment for Kindergarten through Grade 12 in math, reading, language arts, and science, for English- and Spanish-speaking students. Its score scale measures growth across grades. NWEA sells it to schools and districts, and families reach it through testing resellers.
MAP Growth measures; we place your child and then teach.
Where your child starts
MAP Growth changes its questions in response to earlier answers. It reports an achievement score that schools use for screening and program placement, with the school deciding what instruction follows.
To start your child where they actually are, we write a placement test for each subject. It has 25 questions, or 12 for younger learners, and it adapts as your child answers.
From every answer, we estimate where your child is solid but not yet finished, and that's where they start. Each subject is placed on its own, so your child might begin in the middle of fourth-grade math and the beginning of fifth-grade reading. In grades 3 to 12, a child who prefers paper can print the free placement test, then upload a photo of the answer sheet for grading.
What a school day looks like
MAP Growth measures achievement through tests rather than supplying a daily curriculum. Between test sessions, the school or family uses another program to teach the subjects and assign the work.
Our Parent Dashboard lays out today's lessons by subject. You can build the week around your family's hours and print it for the fridge.
Interactive articles weave in your child's interests, with images and videos made for them. Reading checks confirm understanding, then your child applies the idea in a project, such as optimizing lap times for F1 or working out a rocket’s fuel load.
When your child gets stuck
MAP Growth tests what a student already knows. Help with a difficult idea comes later from the teacher or program using the results to decide what the student needs next.
Our Always-On Mentor sits beside every reading and project, so help is there the moment your child needs it.
The mentor also steps in on its own when your child seems stuck, explains the idea another way, and can make it visual by drawing on its board. In a reading check or a project, it guides your child's thinking without giving the answer away.
Learning to keep a notebook
From Grade 3, our readings offer an optional Notebook guide to help your child organize their learning. It encourages lesson headings and unit labels, and the printable guide offers tips for taking notes in their own words rather than copying the article.
The guide encourages your child to note where they struggled and how they got past it. One tip is to star a useful takeaway, then gather those takeaways into a review page. When your child scans and uploads their notebook pages, we help them remember those ideas and shape practice problems around the places they struggled.
Who grades the work
MAP Growth scores tests on its achievement scale and tracks changes between sessions. It measures growth through those tests, while daily assignments and their grades come from the student's separate curriculum.
We grade everything your child submits as soon as they submit it, so grading never lands on you. When your child gets something wrong, we help them work through it, and projects come back with feedback so they can revise them.
Records, state paperwork, and the transcript
MAP Growth reports results for students, schools, and districts. It can also predict performance on state tests, the ACT, or the SAT, giving schools evidence to use in their instructional decisions.
At TheHomeschoolingCompany, your child's school record builds as they work: daily check-ins log attendance, and everything they finish is saved automatically. Attendance logs and learning summaries are ready to export, and we draft the documents your state asks for from that same record, including portfolios with real work samples.
Our high school transcript builds from completed work, with courses, letter grades, credits, and GPA calculated for you.
Moving from NWEA MAP Growth to us
School in a Box includes up to 12 subjects, from the core to custom electives on anything your child is curious about. Single Subject covers one course, if you would rather start there.
Start the 14-day trial and choose School in a Box or Single Subject.
Pick your child's subjects, including any topics they have been asking to learn more about.
Your child takes a placement in each subject, and their whole curriculum is built around them.
Other questions
- Does my child need a MAP Growth score to start?
- No. Our placement test is part of setting up your child, and every subject begins from its result.
- Can my child retake placement during the year?
- Yes. Your child can retake placement in one subject while their other courses carry on, and completed work stays saved.
- Can brothers and sisters each have their own path?
- Yes. Each child takes their own placement test and starts from its result, all under one parent account.
- Can we use ESA funds?
- We are approved in Arizona, Alabama, New Hampshire, and Utah. Program rules apply.
Your child's curriculum. Your family's time.
Give your child a next lesson after the assessment, with work that shows how their understanding develops.
$149/month per child after the trial.