NWEA

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}}The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA){{Cite web|title=NWEA Rebranding FAQ {{!}} NWEA Connection|url=https://community.nwea.org/docs/DOC-2424|website=community.nwea.org|access-date=2020-05-07}}{{Cite web|last=ProPublica|first=Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Ken Schwencke, Brandon Roberts, Alec Glassford|title=NWEA - Form Form 990 for period ending Jun 2018 - Nonprofit Explorer|url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/930686108/05_2019_prefixes_91-94/930686108_201806_990_2019051616309491|access-date=2020-06-03|website=ProPublica|date=9 May 2013|language=en}} is a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (acquired by HMH in 2023) that creates academic assessments for students pre-K-12.

NWEA assessments are used by over 50,000 schools and districts in 149 countries.{{Cite web|title=NWEA: Advancing growth for all students|url=https://www.nwea.org/about/|website=NWEA|access-date=2020-05-07}} There are over 16.2 million students using NWEA. Its primary assessment product is the MAP Suite, a collection of formative and interim assessments that help teachers identify unique student learning needs, track skill mastery, and measure academic growth over time.{{Cite web|title=MAP Suite|url=https://your.acsi.org/Map-Suite|website=your.acsi.org|access-date=2020-05-07}} Test subjects are math, reading, language, and science.

By testing students two or three times over the school year, MAP assessments attempt to track student growth over time in order to help educators plan curriculum that matches a student's ability, and provides a method of visualizing the student's educational progression. MAP assessments are graded using the RIT scale, measuring between 140 to a maximum of 300. Students access the MAP Test by either going to the login website on a regular web browser, or using the NWEA Secure Test Browser. NWEA Secure Testing has a major advantage over the website, as it restricts test-takers from external digital information on their device, locking them on the assessment and nothing else.

In January 2023, it was announced that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt had acquired NWEA and would operate as a division of HMH.{{Cite web|title=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Acquires Assessment Provider NWEA, in Education Mega-Deal|url=https://marketbrief.edweek.org/marketplace-k-12/houghton-mifflin-harcourt-acquires-assessment-provider-nwea-education-mega-deal/|website=EdWeek Market Brief|date=10 January 2023 |access-date=2023-01-14}} This was finalized on May 1, 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmhco.com/about-us/press-releases/hmh-completes-acquisition-of-nwea|title=HMH Completes Acquisition of NWEA|work=HMH|access-date=2023-07-25|language=en-US}}

Chris Minnich is the current president of NWEA.