Families are the ultimate teammates, coaches, trainers, and support systems for our students. They deserve support, too! This collection of blog posts demystifies terminology, provides resources for at-home work, offers pointers for working alongside a school team, and makes sure families know how valued they are.
I’ve been seeing news stories recently about parents who wish to opt their children out of testing. Some voice concerns that testing can’t measure the things they care about regarding their …
Author: Raymond Yeagley
Topics: Supporting families
There has been much anticipation for the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). It passed with of vote of 85 to 12 in the Senate and 359 to 64 in the U.S. House of Representatives. The …
Author: Matt Chapman
How can we take what happens naturally at home and connect it explicitly to what is happening in classrooms where formative assessment is well integrated? Or as Michael Fullan and Joanne Quinn …
Author: Kathy Dyer
Topics: Supporting families, Assessment
While parents everywhere are busy getting into the fall routine, once the bus pulls away from the curb, their role in their child’s education is by no means over. There’s homework, of course, and …
Author: Judy Harris
As MAP® Growth™ reports get sent home and parent-teacher conference season approaches, teachers and parents alike might be looking for information to share about MAP Growth. Terms like …
Author: Kara Bobowski
The subject line on the email from my daughter’s third grade teacher read, “Totally Baffled.” It was mid-January, and my daughter’s class had taken the winter MAP Growth Math assessment that …
Author: Tami Hunter
As spring testing season approaches, teachers, principals, and other administrators may be looking for resources and ideas for sharing MAP® Growth™ results with parents. Sometimes parents need a …
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There’s a lot policymakers can do to support schools during COVID-19. We talked with experts Evan Stone and LaTanya Pattillo about what to focus on during SY21–22.
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Effective literacy instruction must rely on the science of reading and best practices in balanced literacy.
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