6.25.20 Cindy Jiban Let’s talk equity: Reading levels, scaffolds, and grade-level text Our students already had quite a spring. Now, they are having what looks to be quite a summer. COVID-19 introduced some serious challenges to equal educational access and opportunity. Now, we are... Read more
3.12.20 Lynne Kulich How to help third graders meet reading requirements Ask any K–3 teacher about phonics or phonological awareness and, well, be careful what you ask for! You’re likely to take a deep dive into the bowl of alphabet soup that is reading instruction... Read more
1.30.20 Erin Ryan How to make reading assessment fun and easy MAP® Reading Fluency™ has been a game changer for students and teachers. Why? Because it makes learning fun and lets teachers assess oral reading fluency, literal comprehension, and foundational... Read more
12.12.19 Derrick Vargason How to make your kindergartener a book worm This fall, my five-year-old daughter started kindergarten—and learning how to read. While she had plenty of practice with letters and their sounds in preschool, she’d never sounded out words... Read more
11.14.19 Christine Pitts How to better prepare kids for kindergarten There is something dreadful about testing incoming kindergarten students at the beginning of the school year. When I was a reading specialist, I assessed students entering with lower proficiency in... Read more
11.12.19 Melissa Stadtfeld 2 ways MAP en español can help your students grow Do you have Spanish speakers in your school? Teachers need help identifying what students in one-way and two-way dual language programs are ready to learn. They also need help knowing which kids... Read more
10.24.19 Erin Ryan How to support ELL students: A Q&A with Dr. Jim Soland Dr. Jim Soland, affiliated research fellow with NWEA and assistant professor at the University of Virginia, recently completed a research study exploring the connection between components of... Read more
9.17.19 Cindy Jiban Why language matters in closing the “knowledge gap” Are early readers suffering from a “knowledge gap”? In her Atlantic article “Elementary education has gone terribly wrong”—and in her new book, The Knowledge Gap—education journalist... Read more
9.5.19 Fenesha Hubbard How one teacher boosted performance for struggling readers Partnering to help all kids learn® is not only the mission of NWEA. It’s also the undertaking of educators nationwide throughout the school year. Districts establish policies and guidelines to... Read more
8.29.19 Erin Ryan 4 reasons MAP Growth K–2 should be part of your assessment toolbox When Blue Valley School District, the fourth largest district in Kansas, noticed their assessment product for younger learners wasn’t meeting all their needs, they switched to MAP® Growth™ K–2... Read more
7.16.19 Erin Ryan 3 Questions High Quality Assessments Can Answer For Early Learning Educators To build a foundation for future success, Pre-K-3 students are being introduced to education assessments to help gauge where they are in their literacy and math skillsets. By assessing students... Read more
7.9.19 Derrick Vargason Making Sense of Early Childhood Assessment – Four Things to Consider There is consensus among educators that assessments should be purposeful, aligned to instruction, and beneficial to student outcomes. However, there is a vein of debate running through the early... Read more
