8.6.19 Aaliyah Samuel Put relationship building on your back-to-school to-do list For school-aged children, summer is a time to relax and enjoy the sun, friends, and family. For parents and caretakers, it can be an unstructured season before the focus is once again on logistics,... Read more
6.11.19 Derrick Vargason Involving Students and Parents in End-of-Year Planning A recent blog post – Teacher End-of-Year Planning Using MAP Growth Data – discussed some questions that often arise as the year draws to a close. Were my efforts to support student growth this... Read more
6.4.19 Joi Converse The Ultimate Guide to Parent Resources for Preventing Summer Learning Loss We’ve composed numerous family-centric posts aimed at providing tips, ideas, and thoughts around how parents and guardians can play a pivotal role in their child’s educational acumen. As we head... Read more
1.3.19 Erin Ryan 10 Ways Teachers Can Help Parents Prepare Their Kids for Assessments The hustle and bustle of students returning to the classroom signals the start of winter testing. As this cycle of assessment begins, it’s important to consider a vital stakeholder in student... Read more
12.4.18 Kara Bobowski Parent strategies for improving their child’s math In a previous blog, we shared some parent strategies for improving a child’s reading and writing with some tips that they can use throughout the school year. In this post, we’ll share some... Read more
11.27.18 Kara Bobowski Parent Strategies for Improving Their Child’s Reading and Writing Today, perhaps more than ever, parents play an important role in their child’s education. Gone are the days when it was solely the school’s job to educate. Parents are an active part of the... Read more
10.9.18 Andy Set Three Essential MAP Growth Reports That Facilitate Parent-Teacher Communications The MAP® Growth™ K–12 interim assessment provides essential information about a student’s continuum of learning and growth trajectory. MAP Growth provides real-time information that... Read more
8.14.18 Jean Fleming 12 questions parents ask about the MAP Growth assessment It’s back to school time, and we are ready to work with thousands of schools and districts across the U.S. and in 141 countries around the world. Since we reach millions of students each year,... Read more
8.2.18 Kara Bobowski 10 Ways for Teachers and Parents to Communicate Better about Assessments In an NWEA-Gallup survey of parents, students, and educators that we sponsored in 2016, a key finding was that more than six in 10 parents said their child’s teachers “rarely” or “never”... Read more
7.12.18 Jean Fleming 8 Resources for Parents to Promote Summer Learning As summer sets in, and all of the family routines change, parents might be thinking about having fun and relaxing with their kids – but they might also be wondering about how to avoid losing all of... Read more
7.10.18 Gina Wilmurth Four More Tips to Promote Endless Summer Reading We recently brought you Five Ways to Promote Endless Summer Reading, an action/adventure guide to getting your children to read this summer. Today, we’re pleased to present the sequel, with a few... Read more
7.5.18 Julie Richardson Five Ways to Promote Endless Summer Reading The idea that reading is important isn’t just an intuition. It’s supported by research, like this and this and this. To avoid the dreaded “summer slide” in reading achievement, parents and... Read more
