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Our MAP® Growth™ assessment is designed to provide educators with useful information about what students know and can do, and what they are ready to learn next. But having a well-designed test …
Author: Steven Wise, NWEA
Topics: Research, Assessment
From our phones to our sidewalks, it seems like games are everywhere. The language and the dynamics of games have embedded themselves in nearly every aspect of our culture, nowhere more so than in …
Author: Chase Nordengren, NWEA
Topics: Research
A recent study, published in the Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk, found that students who participated in an Early Kindergarten Transition (EKT) program …
Author: Beth Tarasawa, NWEA
Topics: Research, Policy & advocacy
If all students are going to be college and career ready, many have a lot of catching up to do. And one question NWEA researchers are frequently asked is “What is a reasonable growth target …
Author: John Cronin, NWEA
Sometimes, two unrelated experiences coalesce to stimulate thinking. This is what happened and what I have been thinking. Experience one: I had the opportunity to review secondary ELA units for …
Author: John Wood, NWEA
Before I address the question, indulge me while I set some context by discussing NAEP scores. As you know, 2015 NAEP scores showed a pretty broad-based decline breaking a trend of small …
With the increased emphasis now placed on the use of Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) in the evaluation of teacher performance, a question educators, administrators and policy makers are asking is: …
Author: Andrew Hegedus, NWEA
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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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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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