2.20.24 NWEA research snapshot: Insights on academic recovery strategies Four years after the onset of the pandemic, the dust is settling as a new education landscape comes into focus. Thanks to NWEA assessments and research, we have not only valuable longitudinal data... Read more
2.6.24 Teachers talk about their favorite classroom tools Back in May, the Continuing Educator podcast wrapped up its season with a special episode highlighting success stories, novel teaching ideas, and fun memories shared by podcast listeners. In... Read more
11.21.23 Technology in the classroom: 5 things teachers need to know When it comes to technology, some of us are gadget-loving early adopters and some of us are Luddites who think it’s all been downhill since the advent of the printing press. Most of us are... Read more
10.17.23 From The Continuing Educator: How to bring inclusion, focus, and fuzzy feelings to your classroom If you’re a teacher who’s looking for new ways to keep your students focused and on task, there’s one technique (a bit unorthodox, perhaps, but guaranteed to get their attention) you might... Read more
9.12.23 5 ways to create an authentic classroom culture Did you know that kids can smell inauthenticity? Middle school math teacher Kailey Rhodes recently shared this friendly word of caution on The Continuing Educator podcast. Kailey and her... Read more
9.13.22 How to make stronger decisions with the MAP Growth Class Profile Report You’ve probably heard the saying, often attributed to Desmond Tutu, that the best way to eat an elephant is—wait for it—one bite at a time. In the world of big data we’re all living in... Read more
4.5.22 How data can inform and supercharge your reading instruction strategies There’s a good reason we put books in front of young children so early and often. We’re eager for kids to begin perceiving those mysterious shapes on the page as meaningful letters and words,... Read more
1.13.22 10 ways to prepare students for MAP Growth winter testing As any researcher will tell you, good data doesn’t just happen. It’s the result of a lot of care and planning. When administering an interim assessment like MAP® Growth™, we get good data when... Read more
12.21.21 4 ways a Georgia school district makes the most of professional learning Four years ago, Georgia’s Floyd County Schools District took on a new challenge: rolling out MAP® Growth™ for the first time. For this mostly rural district serving 9,000 kids in the northwest... Read more
6.24.21 Learn how to use ESSER funding to help students with disabilities As the pandemic continues to reverberate throughout our education system, schools find themselves with both unprecedented challenges and rare, potentially transformative opportunities for... Read more
6.22.21 4 indispensable frameworks for successful goal setting “If you have built castles in the air,” wrote Henry David Thoreau in Walden, “your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” In his own... Read more
3.18.21 This time it’s personal: Making the most of distance learning We’re all looking for silver linings these days. For example, while many of us are weary of living so much of our lives online, we also recognize it’s fortunate that tech tools exist to help... Read more