7.21.20 Jamie Kline How one Virginia district uses the MAP Suite to measure—and drive—growth It’s tempting to present Goochland County Public Schools purely as an academic success story. Serving a quiet, rural community just outside of Richmond, Virginia, the district consistently earns... Read more
3.1.18 Kristie Werner Eight Tips for a Successful MAP Skills Implementation MAP® Skills™ is an online classroom assessment system that quickly measures student skills in math, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and language usage. MAP Skills is designed to give a “power... Read more
11.7.17 Kristie Werner Closing Achievement Gaps and Moving Students Forward with MAP Skills If El Dorado Middle School sounds familiar, it might be because we keep sharing what they’ve learned on the road to success in using MAP® Skills™: Media Spotlight: Using MAP Skills at El... Read more
10.3.17 Kristie Werner Implementing MAP Skills? Here Are 5 Things to Know MAP® Skills™ (formerly known as Skills Navigator) is an online classroom assessment tool that quickly and accurately measures student K-8 building block skills in math, reading comprehension,... Read more
9.14.17 Kara Bobowski Preparing for Open House Night with Assessment in Mind With school in full swing, teachers everywhere are preparing for their open house nights, when the doors to the classroom are opened and the parental questions are posed. This is a great time for... Read more
6.15.17 Kristie Werner How a Kansas Middle School Gets the Most from MAP Skills Late last year we blogged about our partner, El Dorado Middle School in Kansas, and their pilot of MAP® Skills™ (formerly known as Skills Navigator®) to differentiate instruction for their middle... Read more
6.7.17 Katie Topping The NWEA Brand – Elevating the Stories of Educators and Students Best-selling novels all have something in common: They know how to evolve a storyline and develop characters with compelling efficiency. As a reader, you can hardly wait to turn the page to see what... Read more
2.7.17 Virginia "Jenny" Williams Building Successful RTI and Personalized Learning Programs Response to Intervention (RTI) programs and personalized learning initiatives are becoming increasingly popular as more and more educators are tasked with addressing the individual needs of all... Read more
12.2.16 Joi Converse Media Spotlight: Using Skills Navigator at El Dorado Middle School Today, our Media Spotlight shines on a partner in Kansas, where the Butler County Times-Gazette reported on how El Dorado Middle School teachers are using Skills Navigator® to differentiate... Read more
7.16.15 Jean Fleming Skills Navigator Wins Best in Show at ISTE We have had a great couple of weeks here at NWEA, between launching our new assessment tool, Skills Navigator, at the ISTE conference at the end of June, and then seeing all of you at Fusion in... Read more
7.14.15 Virginia "Jenny" Williams Three Reasons to Include Play in Your Classroom I attended the NWEA Fusion Central conference (July 7-9, 2015) and was delighted at the opportunity to learn, meet, and greet partners both known and unknown (and even a few co-workers!). While the... Read more
6.30.15 Jean Fleming Sharing Skills Navigator at ISTE What an exciting time this has been for those of us who believe in the power of great information to transform outcomes for students. NWEA has a team at the ISTE 2015 conference and we’re sharing... Read more
