Study Concludes MAP Growth Items Align to Common Core State Standards 2.27.18 Andy Set At NWEA, one question that we are often asked is how well MAP® Growth™ aligns to different state standards,... More
Eight Daily Classroom Data Sources to Empower Student-Directed Learning 2.22.18 Kathy Dyer Daniel Venables, in a TeachThought blog that I still often refer to, talks about data as tools teachers can use to... More
Less Stopwatch, More Heart: What Football Movies Can Teach Us About Oral Reading Fluency Assessment 2.20.18 Cindy Jiban One-on-one assessment can seem like a really important thing to protect, in the primary grades. I am in that camp... More
5 Ways to Support Girls in STEM 2.15.18 Mary Resanovich Although girls and boys tend to take higher-level math and science courses at relatively the same rate, women represent... More
I’ve Got Struggling Readers: I Need Help! 2.13.18 Virginia "Jenny" Williams Reading. It is a simple task for those of us who are natural readers. When I am asked how I learned to read, I have a... More
New Student Assessment Engagement Metrics in MAP Growth Reporting – What you Need to Know 2.8.18 Dr. Nate Jensen MAP® Growth™ reporting has added two new student assessment engagement metrics: Percent of Disengaged... More
4 Lessons from a Large District Assessment Audit 2.6.18 Derrick Vargason Last week, hundreds of you attended our webinar, “The 3 ways you could be sabotaging your assessment plan” (you can... More
Powerful Words from the 2017 Teachers of the Year 2.1.18 Jennifer Anderson “I realized, I’m much more than a teacher of standards. I’m a teacher of the human heart …” This quote... More
5 Things to Know about MAP Reading Fluency 1.30.18 Kristie Werner Last week, we were excited to announce our groundbreaking new product for K-3 students, MAP® Reading Fluency™.... More
Where is your SEL showing in 2018? 1.25.18 Kathy Dyer There has been a lot of conversation over the past year about SEL—social and emotional learning—or that process... More
MAP Growth Data Drives an Instructional Connections Success Story 1.18.18 Erin Antonius White One of the questions we often hear from teachers is, “Okay, I have my student assessment data. Now what?” With this... More
