Metadata that are often captured and discarded when students take achievement tests on a computer can transform processes for identifying, monitoring, and supporting students who might benefit from social-emotional learning (SEL) interventions. This submission presents a metric called response-time effort (RTE) that relies on such metadata. The…

Thousands of U.S. school districts and many international schools use MAP® Growth™ to monitor the academic growth of their students and to inform instruction. The MAP Growth assessment is untimed, meaning that limits are not placed on how much time a student has to respond to the items. However, to help schools understand the amount of time MAP…