When Superintendent Curtis Craig, Ed.S., came to the Rensselaer Central Schools Corporation in 2015, he discovered an assessment problem common to many districts. The assessment results--Renaissance STAR and Acuity at the time--were not well aligned to the new, more rigorous standards the district and state had recently adopted. In addition, some educators in the district were concerned that the results simply gave them a score-- not the informative next steps they needed to improve student learning. Enter MAP® Growth™ from NWEA®. Craig had used MAP Growth in a previous district and thought it could help them identify students accurately and direct their efforts more efficiently. This report presents how MAP® Growth™ could benefit the Rensselaer Central Schools Corporation.