6.20.19 Kristie Werner What Can These 5 Types of Assessment Data Tell You? Educational assessments can be used to support learning, as well as validate it. The type of assessment you choose should match the purpose behind the questions you’re trying to answer about... Read more
6.18.19 Derrick Vargason 4 Simple Steps For Streamlining Your Assessment System Every assessment has strengths and limitations, which means no single measure will serve every specific need. If your system has been built piecemeal over time, it’s likely to be chaotic, as... Read more
4.25.19 Kristie Werner Three Ways to Right-Size Educational Assessments for Early Learners When we think about educational assessments, we most often think of elementary, middle, or high school students, but more and more K-3 students are being introduced to assessments. Assessing early... Read more
4.4.19 Derrick Vargason Leveraging Growth Data for Teachers and Principals In an earlier post, we shared some insights into how teachers can use MAP® Growth™ assessment data to work with students. Students can leverage growth data to improve their learning and... Read more
3.19.19 Keri Nettles Do Your Assessments Measure Up When It Comes To Equity? At NWEA, our mission is simple, but vast: Partnering to help all kids learn. As a not-for-profit organization, we have the ability not only to believe in the mission, but to invest in it and act on... Read more
2.21.19 Derrick Vargason How to Leverage Growth Data to Improve Student Learning Growth data is powerful and can have an enormous impact for students, teachers, and administrators. For students, the more they understand their own assessment results, the better they’ll be able... Read more
2.14.19 Kathy Dyer 5 Formative Strategies to Improve Student Learning from Dylan Wiliam and NWEA Dylan Wiliam’s book, Embedded Formative Assessment, is filled with a number of insights. The foundation of the book highlights the importance of formative assessment as a tool to improve teacher... Read more
2.5.19 Kristie Werner Filling the Gaps in Understanding for Spanish-Speaking Students One of the foundational purposes of assessment is providing good data—and useful data—to teachers and administrators to help them understand their students’ learning. But sometimes, it can be... Read more
1.17.19 Kathy Dyer 27 Easy Formative Assessment Strategies for Gathering Evidence of Student Learning A few years ago, I came across Terry Heick’s blog – 10 Assessments You Can Perform In 90 Seconds – at TeachThought and really enjoyed the formative assessment strategies he outlined. Using... Read more
1.16.19 Lindsay Stoelting How I Went from MAP Novice to MAP Coordinator at My School “Who wants to go to a conference on MAP training?” This was the title of the email that landed in my inbox. The message that would set off a series of events, taking me from a novice MAP user, to... Read more
1.3.19 Erin Ryan 10 Ways Teachers Can Help Parents Prepare Their Kids for Assessments The hustle and bustle of students returning to the classroom signals the start of winter testing. As this cycle of assessment begins, it’s important to consider a vital stakeholder in student... Read more
12.18.18 Veronica Ramirez Dance Your Way to Effective Assessment Practices? If you were to ask any educator, “What are some current hot topics trending in education right now?” I submit that many of them would mention the idea of formative versus summative assessments.... Read more
