9.12.23 Jonathan Fine, NWEA 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 co-host,... Read more
9.13.22 Jonathan Fine, NWEA 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 today,... Read more
4.5.22 Jonathan Fine, NWEA 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 Jonathan Fine, NWEA 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 Jonathan Fine, NWEA 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 Jonathan Fine, NWEA 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 renewal.... Read more
6.22.21 Jonathan Fine, NWEA 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 Jonathan Fine, NWEA 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 us... Read more
2.25.21 Jonathan Fine, NWEA MAP Growth data is shaping South Carolina education policy during COVID-19 South Carolina has its share of challenges. Poverty is pervasive, and the state tends to rank low in educational achievement relative to other states. On the positive side, elected officials and... Read more
2.2.21 Jonathan Fine, NWEA How MAP Growth helps elementary school teachers differentiate instruction Ask Susan Hankins about the most important factor in her school’s success, and she won’t hesitate to tell you: it’s the teachers. In her tenure as principal of Memphis Elementary School,... Read more
1.19.21 Jonathan Fine, NWEA 3 timely ways to make great use of assessment data With so many question marks in the air these days, isn’t there something reassuring about good data that gives us reliable answers? This is certainly true in education, where schools rely on... Read more
12.10.20 Jonathan Fine, NWEA How remote testing can keep students connected and on track When you administer an interim learning assessment like MAP® Growth™, you get back mountains of data that helps you answer all kinds of important questions. For example: Which kids are struggling... Read more
