6.13.17 Beth Tarasawa NWEA Research Gets Local and National Attention 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... Read more
10.11.16 Joi Converse Employee Profile – Taking partnerships to the next level 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... Read more
6.16.16 John Cronin How many students and schools actually make a year and a half of growth during a year? 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... Read more
3.1.16 John Wood Reading Stamina: What is it? Can I Plan for It? 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... Read more
2.25.16 Rebecca Moore Empower Students with the College Explorer Tool 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... Read more
2.18.16 Michael Dahlin Measuring Growth and Understanding Negative Growth As a researcher at NWEA, I often answer questions about how to measure and interpret growth using the Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®) assessment. Measuring student growth with MAP is a lot... Read more
2.16.16 Zuly Naegele “One Day Soon” Reflections from a Doctoral Fellow Editor’s Note: Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) is a proud partner of the Multnomah County Partnership for Education Research (MCPER), established in 2013 with the University of... Read more
1.14.16 Nikkie Zanevsky The SLO mid-year checkpoint: 3 questions to help you determine if you’re on track The SLO mid-year checkpoint: 3 questions to help you determine if you’re on track In the fall, we shared our top three recommendations for developing Student Learning Objectives (SLOs),... Read more
11.17.15 John Wood Of NAEP and Norms: Why Do NWEA Norms Change? 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 increases... Read more
10.20.15 Nikkie Zanevsky Four Critical Questions to Help You Set Your Student Learning Objectives While the process of setting Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) varies across states, one thing is clear: developing high quality SLOs is no easy task. Among other challenges, districts need to make... Read more
10.15.15 Quinn Lathrop Measuring the Quality of Classification Decisions As a Research Scientist at NWEA, I do research on the statistical methods and techniques that are used in educational research. My background is very technical and most of my day is spent wrestling... Read more
9.17.15 Kathy Dyer Research Proof Points – Better Student Engagement Improves Student Learning We’ve posted research that has shown that using formative assessment can improve student learning. One of the ways that formative assessment does this is by improving student engagement, a... Read more
