6.6.19 Jessica McFeron NWEA and Khan Academy: A Partnership with a Purpose We’re proud to announce that NWEA is partnering with Khan Academy. United by our shared commitment to student success, we are joining forces with Khan Academy to develop an innovative personalized... Read more
5.30.19 Derrick Vargason 5 Ways One School District Makes the Most of MAP Growth At Novi, a district of 6,000 students in Oakland County, Michigan, MAP® Growth™ has long been a part of their balanced approach to assessment. According to Dr. R.J. Webber, Assistant... Read more
5.28.19 Erin Ryan Using MAP Growth Assessment Data to Improve Students’ Futures The Pewaukee School District (PSD) in Wisconsin, like most school districts across the country, strives to improve student learning to open doors to bright futures. After more than a decade of using... Read more
5.23.19 Megan McCall 5 Steps to Engaging Students More with MAP Growth Have you and your students ever just had it up to here with math? I know I have. After months of teaching the fifth-grade curriculum as prescribed, many students in my class were frustrated as they... Read more
5.14.19 Derrick Vargason How to Improve Your District End of Year Planning with Assessment Data In an earlier post – Teacher End-of-Year Planning Using MAP Growth Data – we shared three questions that many teachers contemplate after the school year ends, and that the assessment data from... Read more
4.30.19 Derrick Vargason 3 Teacher Tips for Driving Better Instruction with Data Tamassee-Salem Elementary is one of 10 elementary schools in the Oconee County School District in South Carolina, and they have been using the MAP® Growth™ interim assessment for more than 10... Read more
4.23.19 Derrick Vargason Teacher End-of-Year Planning Using MAP Growth Data It doesn’t seem possible, but the end of the school year is closing in fast. Before you close the books on this year, some year-end reflection can help you build on your successes heading into... Read more
4.18.19 Beth Tarasawa LeBron James’ I Promise School Story Underscores Importance of Assessment to Close Educational Opportunity Gaps The New York Times featured a story on the I Promise School in Akron, Ohio and supported by the LeBron James Family Foundation, which highlighted encouraging initial results for its third and fourth... Read more
4.11.19 Cindy Jiban Growth both ways: How can you assess the two types of growth in early literacy? At NWEA, we measure growth. Most of our partners know us for the MAP® Growth™ test, where overall growth is gauged by a RIT score on a continuous scale. But in early reading, we have an additional... Read more
4.9.19 Kristie Werner Five frequently asked questions about MAP Spanish assessments Of approximately 4.8 million English Language Learners (ELLs) in US public schools, nearly 80% are native Spanish speakers. Educators are looking for better information on the largest subset of... 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
4.2.19 Brian Tosky Helping More Kids Win The most exciting thing I saw during the Super Bowl wasn’t the play on the field or the halftime show. It was this commercial from Microsoft. It’s not that I’m a big-time commercial buff.... Read more
