9.24.20 Erin Ryan Getting it right: Educators share 4 best practices for remote testing As schools and districts continue to administer MAP® Growth™ and MAP® Reading Fluency™ to students learning remotely, several share-worthy strategies have emerged to ensure remote testing is... Read more
8.18.20 Joe Gallagher 11 ways to be a remote testing superhero this fall Educators, assemble! (At a safe distance, that is.) Every year, teachers become superheroes for their kids: solving problems, providing role models, and helping break down barriers. This fall,... Read more
8.6.20 Cindy Jiban A brand-new yardstick for measuring growth in oral reading fluency When you’re a little obsessed with good measurement, you might find yourself a bit excited when someone gives you a brand-new measurement tool. It might even make you whistle the happy birthday... Read more
7.30.20 Cindy Jiban Slides and ladders: The importance of fluency with older readers during COVID-19 This summer, my city’s public pools have been closed. I’ve missed sitting at the pool’s edge in sunglasses with a friend, and my boys have missed the high dive. We’ve all missed the big... 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
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
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
3.26.19 Cindy Jiban Early Literacy: Shall We Take the Stairs…or the Interstate? On the U.S. interstate highways, maximum grade is 6 percent. Not so steep, really, but still enough of a climb that the trusty old car I drove in college broke a sweat. But imagine if this were the... Read more
3.21.19 Kristie Werner See What Makes MAP Reading Fluency Unique This spring, about a year after we first introduced it, there is a lot of buzz about MAP Reading Fluency! Check out these educators who have been writing about our groundbreaking, K-3 oral reading... Read more
3.12.19 Carrie Wright How MAP Reading Fluency Supports Effective Reading Assessment at My School Last week, I blogged here about essential early reading skills and what the research suggests we evaluate in young readers. After working in education for the past 16 years, few experiences top... Read more
