There is additional information on all Center events available on our Upcoming Events page.

Also, our annual conference will be held on August 23, 2023 in Novi. For more information on the annual conference, visit our conference page.

For additional guidance, please see the Assessment Update for 2021-22 School Year that was distributed to partner schools on August 6, 2021. We recognize that the pandemic may present challenges that impact the reasonableness of these windows and your ability to fulfill these requirements. We strive to be good partners and encourage schools that may experience challenges to reach out to Sherry Betcher at sbetcher@thecenterforcharters.org or Davie Store at dstore@thecenterforcharters.org to discuss flexibility.

The Center provides all of the 2022-23 assessment windows and all assessment-related submission requirements in the Master Calendar of Reporting Requirements Assessment Guide.

Note: Schools with Labor Day waivers from the Michigan Department of Education must follow their customized assessment windows and assessment-related Master Calendar of Reporting Requirements due dates.

Please see the MAP Assessment Requirements and Best Practices document for a full description of the assessment administration requirements and best practices, and watch the Establishing Exceptional Assessment Environments video.

Please see Section 7b; Educational Goal and Related Measures and Section 7e; Methods of Pupil Assessment of your charter contract for the grade levels and subject areas you are required to assess.

For additional guidance, please see the Assessment Update for 2021-22 School Year that was distributed to partner schools on August 6, 2021. We recognize that the pandemic may present challenges that impact the reasonableness of your ability to fulfill these requirements. We strive to be good partners and encourage schools that may experience challenges to reach out to Sherry Betcher at sbetcher@thecenterforcharters.org or Davie Store at dstore@thecenterforcharters.org to discuss flexibility.

No, administration of the winter assessment is not required.

• The winter assessment window is highly recommended, but not required.
• The Center does not calculate assessment participation during the suggested winter window, unlike the required fall and spring windows.
• If assessment administration occurs outside of the suggested winter test window, please contact the Center’s assessment team for modifications.

Please see the MAP Assessment Requirements and Best Practices for a full description of student accommodations.

Please see NWEA’s Accessibility & Accommodations FAQ for a full description of student accommodations as recommended by NWEA.

The Center obtains the number of students who completed the assessments from the MAP site, enrollment provided by the academy on the Assessment Coordinator Verification form, as well as academy-entered enrollment information from MSDS to complete participation calculations.

Extenuating circumstances (quarantine, hospitalization, incarceration, etc.) prohibiting students from completing the assessment must be noted on the Assessment Coordinator Verification form. The Center may require additional documentation during the participation calculation process for clarification.

For additional guidance, please see the Assessment Update for 2021-22 School Year that was distributed to partner schools on August 6, 2021. We recognize that the pandemic may present challenges that impact the reasonableness of the test windows and your ability to fulfill these requirements. We strive to be good partners and encourage schools that may experience challenges to reach out to Sherry Betcher at sbetcher@thecenterforcharters.org or Davie Store at dstore@thecenterforcharters.org to discuss flexibility.

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The Assessment Coordinator Verification form involves a critical process designed to ensure that MAP reports include the test data for all students. To ensure reports holistically demonstrate the achievement and growth for every student you serve, certain student data elements must be accurate and complete on the NWEA website. Prior to submitting Form A2, ensure accurate completion of all students’:

• First and last names
• 10-digit Unique Identification Code (UIC)
• Birthdate
• Grade level
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• School of Record
• Class
• Current Term

If any of the required student demographic information is missing or incomplete, the form will not be accepted in Epicenter. For support with this process, view the Guidance for Verifying Student Data Elements for Form A2 video and/or question 10 below.

Note: This process takes time. Please begin this process at the beginning of the test window and submit Form A2 early to allow time for corrections if needed.

When creating and uploading the Class Roster File (CRF):

• Format the Student ID column as “Text” to ensure Excel does not automatically drop leading zeroes when saving, opening and/or uploading the CRF to NWEA’s MAP site.

When opening a Students by District report or a CRF:

• Please refer to the Guidance for Verifying and Correcting Students Data Elements for Form A2 video and/or the written guidance provided below.

1. Right-click on the .csv file and select Open with… Select Notepad.
2. With the file open in Notepad, Select File => Save As.
3. Remove the .csv from the file name and make sure the type is text.
4. Close the file in Notepad.
5. Open Excel.
6. Go to File => Open => go to folder where the file has been saved. NOTE: if the file isn’t shown, select the file type (which will probably say All Excel Files…) and using the drop-down box, select All Files.
7. Select the text file and open. A Text Import Wizard will pop up. Select ‘Delimited’ as the file type. Check the box; ‘My data has headers,’ then Next.
8. Click on the ‘comma’ box under delimiters, then Next.
9. Scroll through the file and locate the UIC in the ‘Student ID’ field. Highlight the column and select ‘Text’ in the Column Data Format box. Click Finish.
10. In the spreadsheet that opens, find the Student ID field, and highlight the entire column.
11. Right Click, select ‘Format Cells.’
12. Go to the number tab and select ‘Text.’ Hit OK, then save the file as an Excel sheet.