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NWEA’s Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®) assessment serves many purposes, from informing instruction to identifying students for intervention to projecting proficiency on state …
Author: Michael Dahlin, NWEA
Topics: Research, Assessment
Everyone who drives a car and uses a GPS navigation system has a story to tell. Some stories are funny and some are just frustrating. Recently, in Chandler, AZ, the GPS instructed me to make a …
Author: John Wood, NWEA
Topics: Research
Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) is a proud partner of the Multnomah County Partnership for Education Research (MCPER), established in 2013 with the University of Portland (UP). The …
Author: Beth Tarasawa, NWEA
As NWEA prepares to release 2015 norms this summer, I am exploring the thoughtful use of norms in a series of four posts. The first post focused on understanding what norms are and how to judge …
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Students continue to rebound from pandemic school closures. NWEA® and Learning Heroes experts talk about how best to support them here on our blog, Teach. Learn. Grow.
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Guide
The science of reading is not a buzzword. It’s the converging evidence of what matters and what works in literacy instruction. We can help you make it part of your practice.
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High-quality professional learning can help teachers feel invested—and supported—in their work.
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