Pacific Technology School aims to have every student reach the level of state grade-level content standards. In addition to state tests, Pacific Technology School employs a non-profit organization, The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), which offers computer-adapted tests to schools and school districts to evaluate the student learning and make necessary suggestions to teachers for individual students.

MAP test is used to measure individual levels of student performance reflected in the California Content Frameworks and the State Standards and Benchmarks. The questions also measure various skills, such as analytic ability, critical thinking, and synthesis. While the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) testing is not used as a basis of yearly promotion, it is a valuable resource to identify students in need of remediation and intervention.

MAP is administered 3 times every academic year. With a large norm reference group (more than 2 million every year), MAP reports provide highly accurate feedback as how Pacific Technology School students perform compared to their peers throughout the nation. The assessment adapts to the student's ability, accurately measuring what a child knows and needs to learn. MAP measures academic growth over time, independent of grade level or age.

The first MAP test of the year is implemented in the first two weeks of the school year. NWEA provides test results within 24 hours of the test allowing the school administration and the teachers plan necessary interventions for the students.

• Identify the skills and concepts individual students have learned
• Diagnose instructional needs
• Monitor academic growth over time
• Make data-driven decisions
• Place new students into appropriate instructional programs

• Reading
• Language Usage
• Mathematics

Please visit www.nwea.org for more information about MAP testing.