The NWEA COVID-19 visualization provides state-level insights into 2020–2021 MAP Growth performance to inform academic recovery¶

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q1 i? The visualization provides state-level insights into how students performed on MAP Growth in the 2020–2021 school year, with the stated goal of informing academic recovery efforts. → Greg King 2023

Evidence¶

Greg King 2023¶

Greg King. (2023). Exploring the educational impacts of COVID-19. NWEA Research. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/exploring-the-educational-impacts-of-covid-19/

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Descriptive statement from the NWEA Research page about the tool's purpose: it was "developed to provide state-level insights" into MAP Growth performance for the 2020–2021 school year. No performance statistics are printed on the page itself.

"This visualization was developed to provide state-level insights into how students performed on MAP Growth in the 2020–2021 school year."

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