PBS NewsHour features Portland Public Schools and NWEA Research 8.24.18 Beth Tarasawa Education Week’s special correspondent Lisa Stark visited Portland, Oregon, to report on Portland Public School’s... More
New Report from Gallup and NWEA: Assessing Soft Skills 8.21.18 Chris Minnich NWEA is pleased to present the fourth installment in our ongoing exploration into public perceptions of K-12... More
Summer Learning Loss: What We Know and What We’re Learning 7.16.18 Megan Kuhfeld It is widely understood that on average students lose academic ground during the summer, a phenomenon frequently... More
How the MAP Growth Insights Report Takes the Headaches Out of Annual Reporting 4.26.18 Kara Bobowski Each spring, many district administrators and leaders are tasked with reporting metrics to others in their communities... More
The Truth About Personalized Learning 3.22.18 Nicole Zdeb Over the past decade, “personalized learning” has evolved from being a buzzword to fueling a multi-million dollar... More
Meet 3 NWEA Research Scientists Testing New Tools in the Field 3.6.18 April Roethel In our first installment of a Partners in Innovation blog, I provided an overview of our program along with a few... More
New Student Assessment Engagement Metrics in MAP Growth Reporting – What you Need to Know 2.8.18 Nate Jensen MAP® Growth™ reporting has added two new student assessment engagement metrics: Percent of Disengaged... More
NWEA Researchers Share Prize for Social-Emotional Learning Measurement 11.17.17 Kara Bobowski This August, two of our research scientists here at NWEA, Jim Soland and Nate Jensen, won first place in the... More
Meet Generation Alpha: 3 Things Educators Should Know 11.16.17 Derrick Vargason They are in your schools now. And there are more coming—lots more. Are you ready for them? This year, more than... More
How Schools Can Partner with NWEA Research 10.19.17 April Roethel Partnership remains at the core of NWEA, and it’s the foundation of our Partners in Innovation program. This program... More
What is NWEA Doing to Manage Disengaged Test Taking on MAP Growth? 9.7.17 Steven Wise In my last blog, I discussed the problems caused by disengaged test taking, and how we detect its occurrence when... More
How Does Test Engagement Affect RIT Score Validity? 8.24.17 Steven Wise Our MAP® Growth™ assessment is designed to provide educators with useful information about what students know and... More
