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
3.5.19 Carrie Wright What to Look for in Effective Reading Assessment If you’ve ever stepped into an early elementary classroom, you know that energy radiates from young learners. Kids love exploring the world around them and delight in opportunities to learn... Read more
2.26.19 Chris Minnich NWEA Adds MAP Spanish to Support Equitable Assessment Our mission at NWEA is partnering to help all kids learn. And we don’t just talk about the mission; we live and breathe it. Providing teachers and administrators with information to know how to... Read more
1.24.19 Amy Schmidt MAP Reading Fluency Testing: 4 Tips for Parents With the winter season in full swing, schools across the country are checking in on student progress. This means teachers and schools have progress data on your student that they can share with you.... Read more
1.10.19 Amy Schmidt MAP Reading Fluency Testing: 9 Tips for Teachers and School Leaders With the winter testing season upon us, we’d like to offer some tips to help you make the most out of this assessment season. These tips are for teachers and school leaders for the upcoming winter... Read more
