Nationally recognized tools that help every child grow.
Elementary students take MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) assessments in reading and math. These nationally recognized adaptive tests adjust difficulty based on responses, giving teachers detailed data to guide instruction throughout the year.
Quick, one-on-one assessments measuring key early literacy skills — phonemic awareness, fluency, and comprehension. Teachers use results to identify needs and provide targeted support.
All Ohio kindergartners take the KRA at the start of the year, covering language and literacy, math, social foundations, and physical development to support a strong start.
Parent-completed questionnaires help us understand each young child's growth in communication, motor skills, problem-solving, and social-emotional development.
Pre-K teachers document progress across language, math, physical well-being, social-emotional skills, and approaches to learning to ensure milestones are met.
Every Urban Promise Academy student takes the nationally normed NWEA MAP Growth assessment in fall, winter, and spring. Here is what happened between September and May — for all 23 K–1 students tested in both terms.
Average RIT score growth per student — with 21 of 23 students posting double-digit gains and every single student growing.
The average student began the year below the national average and ended it above — a 17-point percentile climb in one year.
Students reading at or above the national average more than doubled, from 7 in fall to 16 by spring.
Average RIT growth in math, keeping pace with national growth norms while our reading program surged ahead.
The story isn't one or two star students — it's the entire distribution moving. In fall, 16 of our 23 students read below the 50th percentile nationally. By spring, 16 were above it.
Students below the 25th percentile fell from six to two — and the two who remain grew too, with individualized plans in place for both.
The largest group of students moved from the 25th–49th band into the 50th–74th, which nearly tripled from 5 to 14 students.
A percentile compares our students to peers nationwide, so climbing percentiles means growing faster than the average American student. 18 of 23 did exactly that in reading.
Our kindergartners — most from our own preschool pipeline — entered fall right at the national average and then averaged +20 RIT points of reading growth, finishing the year above it. Strong early childhood programs show up in kindergarten data, and ours do.
Our first-grade cohort, many new to the Academy, entered the year well behind national norms. They averaged +16 RIT points in reading — with individual students jumping as much as 40 percentile points — proof that with small classes and data-driven instruction, catching up is possible.
Methodology: matched fall-to-spring NWEA MAP Growth results for all 23 K–1 students tested in both terms of the 2025–2026 school year, compared against NWEA national norms. Percentile bands reflect national student comparisons; RIT is MAP's grade-independent scale score. Aggregate data only — individual results are shared privately with each family three times a year.
Assessments guide instruction — teachers and small classes do the rest.
