Instructional Resources
Instructional Resource reports provide at-a-glance understanding of academic diversity within a classroom.
Overview
Used in conjunction with DesCartes, NWEA Instructional Resources give teachers easy access to student data in a format customized for classroom use. With these Int ernet accessible reports, teachers have a quick overview of classroom academic diversity - information they can use to target instruction.
Features
NWEA Instructional Resources includes these reports:
Class Breakdown by RIT
This report presents an onscreen display of academic diversity that clusters students based on their subject-area test scores. The report helps teachers readily identify groups of students for targeted instruction.
Class Breakdown by Goal (view report)
This report displays academic diversity within a goal strand. By clicking on a student name or a score-range, a teacher can link to the appropriate pages in DesCartes for skills and concepts appropriate to that student's instructional level.
Practical Application
With NWEA Instructional Resources, teachers can:
- Group students with similar instructional needs.
- Identify needs for individual learning plans.
- Communicate learning goals to parents.
- Understand academic diversity within a classroom.
- Recognize academic diversity across subject areas.
- Quickly access the skills and concepts in DesCartes that are appropriate for their students.
FAQ
- What are the prerequisites to licensing Instructional Resources?
- DesCartes is required with your Instructional Resources license.
- How are Instructional Resources reports accessed?
- NWEA Instructional Resources reports can be accessed on the NWEA Reports Site by any Internet connected computer.
- When are Instructional Resources reports available?
- Instructional Resources reports are available 24-48 hours after they are uploaded to NWEA. Results remain available both during and after testing for all terms.
- Can reports be viewed for classes that have more than 50 students?
- Due to the limited space available on most computer displays and the visual format of these reports, classes with more than 50 students with valid test scores as defined by your Class Roster File (CRF) cannot be displayed. Please contact Technical Support at 503-624-1951 if your CRF groups students in classes greater than 50 before ordering these reports.