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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    NWEA MAP Suite

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ANWEA, a nonprofit headquartered in Portland, offers the MAP Suite, their flagship assessment platform and suite.N/A

    PowerSchool Unified Classroom

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/APowerSchool Unified Classroom is a learning management and classroom collaboration solution suite. It aims to empower teachers with real-time student interaction inside and outside the classroom, bringing in more social and collaborative learning. Teachers can quickly create and deliver rich engaging lessons, electronically collect, annotate, and grade work, and easily collaborate and share with other educators. Unified Classroom includes PowerSchool solutions Assessment, Gradebook, Learning,…N/A
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    NWEA MAP SuitePowerSchool Unified Classroom
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    Pricing Offerings
    NWEA MAP SuitePowerSchool Unified Classroom
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    NWEA MAP SuitePowerSchool Unified Classroom
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of NWEA MAP Suite and PowerSchool Unified Classroom
    Feature
    NWEA MAP Suite
    -
    Ratings
    PowerSchool Unified Classroom
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Course authoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Course catalog or library00 Ratings6.72 Ratings
    Player/Portal00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Learning content00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Mobile friendly00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Assignments00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Learning administration00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    NWEA MAP SuitePowerSchool Unified Classroom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NWEA MAP SuitePowerSchool Unified Classroom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    NWEA
    NWEA MAP is a great assessment for 1st grade and up. It directly aligns with the college and career standards. It can predict achievement on the ACT and state assessments. NWEA MAP used with kindergarten is not as aligned. It is very difficult for new kindergarteners to take. Most students guess because the assessment gets very long for them. It is a great assessment for the middle of the year for high achievers and at the end of the year for all students who are entering 1st grade.
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    In the classroom it is very well suited. For classroom teachers, and for school systems in general. It is appropriate in this capacity because it creates a streamlined sense of communication for all stakeholders: teachers, parents, students, and administration. It makes parent meetings very easy, it makes interventions for students easy, and it helps administration keep tabs on overall progress
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    Pros
    NWEA
    • NWEA MAP Suite calculates projected growth for individual students based on their grade level and RIT score for each subject.
    • Projected growth can be found on many different reports.
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    • Hand in/Hand Out Assignments
    • Standards Based Assessments
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    Cons
    NWEA
    • NWEA MAP has technical issues during prime testing times (fall, winter, and spring). It is as if the system gets overloaded and cannot handle all of the students logged on at once.
    • I would like to be able to see the reports immediately. Currently, you have to wait until the next day for the scores to be available.
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    • The user interface is a little blocky and not entirely user-friendly.
    • It does take more training than we'd like with new staff.
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    Support Rating
    NWEA
    The customer service is phenomenal! Every time I call, which is not very often, I always get a friendly agent that works hard to solve my problem and does not give up. They look at all angles of the issue and will go above and beyond to help. For example, our students are rostered by connecting NWEA MAP Suite to our SIS, and sometimes there is a glitch. NWEA will call the other software company if necessary, to help get the glitch fixed.
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    They are very responsive to the issues that we have and follow through with their assistance. Having a live assist that is available when our teachers need it is essential too. They also seem to listen to suggestions on making improvements and have been transparent with us when renovations are done.
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    Alternatives Considered
    NWEA
    NWEA MAP Suite is more directly aligned to our college and career readiness state standards and ACT. The questions are more rigorous than Renaissance Star Assessments. The reports on the NWEA MAP Suite are more detailed and exact in where the data came from.
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    I have used markbook and gradebook. Each system had good features that were slightly different but the fact that this one is web based and accessible makes it the best of the 3 I have used. The learning curve to using the program is similar to the other 2 and overall has allowed me to save time reporting to students and parents.
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    Return on Investment
    NWEA
    • Allowed us to test students 3x a year to better evaluate if a student is growing or not.
    • The data from the MAP assessment may be included as part of the placement review process along with other data points, such as student work samples and other assessment data to help determine if a student is ready for the next grade level.
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    • Positive impact- i don't know how much it costs but every teacher spends probably 1-4 hours on powerschool every week but it streamlines communication
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