Founded August 19, 2005, the SC MAP Foundation is a non-profit corporation dedicated to increasing the instructional growth of all students across the state of South Carolina and beyond.

The foundation began as the vision of Tom Pritchard, an educator with Horry County Schools. Tom Pritchard wanted to create an organization where the broad spectrum of educators, classroom teachers, district office staff, superintendents, school board members, and others could come together to discuss formative assessment and methods of using the results of formative assessment to inform and guide instructional practices in the classroom.
 
The founding members were of the SC MAP Foundation were the following:
Debbie Ham, Richland School District Two
Missy Wall Mitchell, Lexington School District Five
Kristy Smith, Beaufort School District
Tom Pritchard, Horry County School District
 
Past conferences have been held in:
2003 Columbia, SC - 300 attendees
2004 Myrtle Beach, SC - 700 attendees
2005 Greenville, SC - 1,000 attendees
2006 Hilton Head, SC - 1,000 attendees
2007 Columbia, SC - 1,000 attendees
2008 Myrtle Beach, SC - 700 attendees
2009 Columbia, SC - 750 attendees
The 2010 conference in Hilton Head is anticipated to include 800 attendees.
 
The Beaufort County School District is hosting this year's conference; the team members coordinating this year's event include:

• Dr. Ahmed Sean Alford
• Daniel Fallon
• Elaine Morgan
• Casey Newsome
• Diana Park