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Concerns about students losing ground academically during summer break go back at least a century, with early evidence suggesting that summer contributed to large disparities in students’ …
Author: Megan Kuhfeld, NWEA, and Andrew McEachin, NWEA
Topics: Research
At the start of the 2020–21 school year, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to inflict massive disruptions on all aspects of daily life, presenting educators, students, and their families with …
Author: Beth Tarasawa, NWEA
There may never be a way to comprehensively understand how student learning was altered by COVID-19. Everyone’s routines were deeply disrupted, and most of us were just doing the absolute best …
Author: Megan Kuhfeld, NWEA
When I was growing up in Michigan, the summers were hot and sticky. You prayed the evening would bring lightning bugs and a cool breeze. Despite the high temperatures, my Michigan summers were …
Author: Elizabeth Barker, NWEA
When I was in graduate school at Purdue University, I worked on a project recruiting Hispanic students from low-income families for free Saturday gifted and talented enrichment programs. I went …
Author: Scott Peters, NWEA
At NWEA, our mission is Partnering to help all kids learn®. We strive to truly live this mission across the organization, including on the research team. In practice, this means we want to do …
Author: Karyn Lewis, NWEA
“Why do so many of our students meet their growth projections on MAP® Growth™ but fail to ‘meet standards’ on the state test?” Educators from NWEA partner school districts send …
Author: Michael Dahlin, 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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