4.28.15 STEM in the Classroom: 3 Free Resources for Educators STEM education continues to hold center court as educators strive to improve upon student abilities in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In my last post I... Read more
4.3.15 Build a Better Individualized Education Program (IEP) using MAP Writing an Individualized Education Program (or IEP) can be a daunting task. Yet these documents are crucial for clarifying instructional plans to meet the needs of special education students.... Read more
3.25.15 UNPACK Assessment Data – Here’s How Imagine an educational system without assessments. But, you ask, how will we know students are learning? How do we ensure our programs are helping students grow? Educators now have... Read more
3.5.15 I’ll Come Back When You’re Teaching What does it look like when the principal heads down the hall to the new pre-kindergarten room for his scheduled observation? Sometimes, it works great. But sometimes, it looks like this: he... Read more
3.3.15 10 Questions to Ask about Norms This summer NWEA will release the 2015 norms. What exactly are norms and why should educators care? Think of social norms. They are the standard or typical behaviors that we expect from all... Read more
2.10.15 How Using First Language Supports Can Propel Academic Content in English In today's classrooms, it is not uncommon to find students working in collaborative groups. They are placed into these groups by using various methods and sometimes those methods (MAP RIT... Read more
2.4.15 NWEA Research Partnership Has Local Impact Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) is a proud partner of the Multnomah County Partnership for Education Research (MCPER), established in 2013 with the University of Portland (UP). The... Read more
1.20.15 Some Global Thoughts on Adaptive Curriculum Everyone who drives a car and uses a GPS navigation system has a story to tell. Some stories are funny and some are just frustrating. Recently, in Chandler, AZ, the GPS instructed me to make a... Read more
1.8.15 STEM in the Primary Classroom: 4 Ways Educators are Acclimating to STEM Education Today’s earliest primary grade classrooms retain some of the hallmarks of classrooms throughout the years; calendar activities, tables for small group learning, and big books for a whole class read... Read more
11.13.14 Using MAP to Predict Proficiency on Summative Assessments NWEA’s Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®) assessment serves many purposes, from informing instruction to identifying students for intervention to projecting proficiency on state... Read more
10.31.14 The Power of the Learning Continuum: One Partner’s Journey in Data Analysis A few years ago, I was working with a district that was partnering with NWEA to help all kids grow and learn. This was a new experience for me. I had not experienced the power of MAP interim... Read more
10.23.14 8 Formative Assessment Data Sources that Help Students Become Better Learners Not too long ago Daniel Venables shared a blog at TeachThought titled 8 Frequent Sources Of Formative Assessment Data which talks about data as tools teachers can use to teach better. He provides... Read more