How to better prepare kids for kindergarten 11.14.19 Christine Pitts There is something dreadful about testing incoming kindergarten students at the beginning of the school year. When I... More
2 ways MAP en español can help your students grow 11.12.19 Melissa Stadtfeld Do you have Spanish speakers in your school? Teachers need help identifying what students in one-way and two-way dual... More
How to support ELL students: A Q&A with Dr. Jim Soland 10.24.19 Erin Ryan Dr. Jim Soland, affiliated research fellow with NWEA and assistant professor at the University of Virginia, recently... More
Why language matters in closing the “knowledge gap” 9.17.19 Cindy Jiban Are early readers suffering from a “knowledge gap”? In her Atlantic article “Elementary education has gone... More
How one teacher boosted performance for struggling readers 9.5.19 Fenesha Hubbard Partnering to help all kids learn® is not only the mission of NWEA. It’s also the undertaking of educators... More
4 reasons MAP Growth K–2 should be part of your assessment toolbox 8.29.19 Erin Ryan When Blue Valley School District, the fourth largest district in Kansas, noticed their assessment product for younger... More
3 Questions High Quality Assessments Can Answer For Early Learning Educators 7.16.19 Erin Ryan To build a foundation for future success, Pre-K-3 students are being introduced to education assessments to help gauge... More
Making Sense of Early Childhood Assessment – Four Things to Consider 7.9.19 Derrick Vargason There is consensus among educators that assessments should be purposeful, aligned to instruction, and beneficial to... More
Three Ways to Right-Size Educational Assessments for Early Learners 4.25.19 Kristie Werner When we think about educational assessments, we most often think of elementary, middle, or high school students, but... More
Early Literacy: Shall We Take the Stairs…or the Interstate? 3.26.19 Cindy Jiban On the U.S. interstate highways, maximum grade is 6 percent. Not so steep, really, but still enough of a climb that the... More
See What Makes MAP Reading Fluency Unique 3.21.19 Kristie Werner This spring, about a year after we first introduced it, there is a lot of buzz about MAP Reading Fluency! Check out... More
How MAP Reading Fluency Supports Effective Reading Assessment at My School 3.12.19 Carrie Wright Last week, I blogged here about essential early reading skills and what the research suggests we evaluate in young... More
