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 …

My desire to notice relationships first occurred, I was told, when I was just shy of three years old. I was a chatty little girl and loved to talk to my father, especially when we would go hiking …

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 …

Our Research department is driven by the belief that rigorous research can help create a better, more responsive educational system that helps all kids learn. To support this belief, they partner …

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 for …

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 …

It has been so exciting to get such great feedback from our partners after the “soft launch” of NWEA’s new College Explorer Tool! Since its recent release, well over 7500 people have visited …