10.26.18 Beth Tarasawa Seven Successful Strategies for Literate Assessment While “tests” are often the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “assessment,” a balanced assessment system encompasses a wide range of methods for evaluating a child’s... Read more
10.2.18 Chris Minnich New NWEA Research Explores the Relationships Between Poverty and School Performance Since its founding, NWEA has focused its research on understanding the dynamics of student growth in schools. We have always believed that when educators and the communities they serve have insight... Read more
9.27.18 Beth Tarasawa Three Research-based Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies U.S. public schools are becoming increasingly diverse, yet teachers of color continue to make up less than 20% of our teacher workforce. Here in Multnomah County in Portland, David Douglas School... Read more
9.21.18 John Cronin Testing Duration: How Long is Too Long to Spend on the MAP Growth Assessment? As fall is in full swing, and most schools and districts are either testing or starting to view results, we thought it was timely to share some findings from NWEA Research on average test duration.... Read more
9.13.18 John Cronin Why NWEA Invalidates MAP Growth Tests for Rapid Guessing If you have started MAP Growth testing this fall, you saw that more student assessments are being invalidated this year than in prior years. You may also be wondering why that’s the case. At NWEA,... Read more
9.7.18 April Roethel Back to School with the Innovation Lab Partnering with schools and districts is the foundation of our Partners in Innovation research program (we’ve blogged about the program previously here and here). With the recent formation of... Read more
9.4.18 Megan Kuhfeld Summer Learning Loss: Does It Widen the Achievement Gap? Summer is over, and many kids are heading back to school having lost some skills or knowledge from the previous school year. I wrote earlier this summer about how MAP Growth provides unique insights... Read more
8.24.18 Beth Tarasawa PBS NewsHour features Portland Public Schools and NWEA Research Education Week’s special correspondent Lisa Stark visited Portland, Oregon, to report on Portland Public School’s Early Kindergarten Transition (EKT) program for PBS’s NewsHour. The segment... Read more
8.21.18 Chris Minnich New Report from Gallup and NWEA: Assessing Soft Skills NWEA is pleased to present the fourth installment in our ongoing exploration into public perceptions of K-12 assessment. In this newly commissioned report from NWEA and Gallup – Assessing Soft... Read more
7.16.18 Megan Kuhfeld Summer Learning Loss: What We Know and What We’re Learning It is widely understood that on average students lose academic ground during the summer, a phenomenon frequently referred to as “summer learning loss” or “summer slide.” But there are... Read more
4.26.18 Kara Bobowski How the MAP Growth Insights Report Takes the Headaches Out of Annual Reporting Each spring, many district administrators and leaders are tasked with reporting metrics to others in their communities – from parents to school boards – that answer the question, “How are the... Read more
3.22.18 Nicole Zdeb The Truth About Personalized Learning Over the past decade, “personalized learning” has evolved from being a buzzword to fueling a multi-million dollar EdTech industry and becoming a focus for philanthropy. Personalized learning is... Read more
