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Ayesha Hashim

Ayesha Hashim, senior research scientist at NWEA, draws on interdisciplinary and mixed-methods research designs to study the impacts of district-level school policies on student learning, as well as the leadership, organizational, and implementation conditions that can explain observed results. Her research covers a range of topics including the integration of technology with standards-based instruction, school choice and accountability, teacher professional development, and COVID recovery. Ayesha’s work has been published in Education Finance and Policy, Economics of Education Review, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Computers and Education, the American Journal of Education, and the Peabody Journal of Education. Prior to joining NWEA, Ayesha was an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She completed her PhD in education policy, MA in economics, and master’s in public policy at the University of Southern California.

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Address opportunity gaps

MAP® Growth™ can help teachers understand where students are in their learning journey and close gaps in learning.

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Making data work for your parent-teacher conferences

The new year often brings a flurry of parent-teacher conferences, and with that comes the challenge of talking about assessment data in meaningful, actionable ways.

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Family guide to MAP Growth

Our MAP® Growth™ fact sheet for families covers all the basics: what the assessment is, what it measures, how it works, and what a RIT score is.

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