What are the impacts of the MAP program?

This study from the Institute of Education Sciences examined the impact of the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) program on student reading achievement and teachers' use of differentiated instructional practices. The MAP program consists of two components: (1) computer-adaptive tests administered three or four times per year and (2) training and online resources for administrators and teachers to understand and use results to differentiate instruction.

Thirty-two elementary schools in five districts in Illinois participated in the two-year randomized study. Results indicate that the MAP program was implemented with moderate fidelity, but that MAP teachers were not more likely than control group teachers to have applied differentiated instructional practices in their classes. Overall, the MAP program did not have a statistically significant impact on students' reading achievement in either grade 4 or grade 5.