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Read moreGoal Setting Is a Key Element to Mitigating COVID-19-Related Impacts on Learning
NWEA shares new, free tools for educators and guidance on how setting meaningful goals for students can foster growth, even in a pandemic Portland, Ore., Sept. 1, 2020 – As...
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Read moreWashington approves innovative NWEA assessment to help screen for dyslexia and early literacy skills
MAP Reading Fluency was added to list of recommended literacy screening tools for Washington’s K – 2 students Portland, Ore. – Sept. 18, 2020 – NWEA – a not-for-profit...
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Read moreNWEA Adds Renowned Mathematics Expert to Its Content and Design Team
Ted Coe, Ph.D., will lead efforts in content advocacy and design Portland, Ore. – Sept. 15, 2020 – Ted Coe, Ph.D., is the new Director of Content Advocacy and...
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Read moreNWEA Test Questions Recognized as Examples of Quality
A widely used teacher tool will now include NWEA test questions as exemplars. This is a marker of excellence in test question design and a notable distinction in the assessment...
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Read moreVirus could put some students behind in school by a year
More than five months have passed since most children in North Carolina set foot in a classroom and saw a teacher face to face – and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight.
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Read moreFast Forward: Will COVID-19 trigger shift from standardized assessments?
Before the coronavirus pandemic, a growing number of educators were questioning the merits of standardized assessments.
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Read moreEducators worry about 'COVID slide'
Learning loss may disproportionately hit the under-served
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Read moreClass of COVID-19
Fall usually means the start of a new school year — but for millions of American kids, it marks the continuation of an extended limbo that’s come to define their lives.
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Read moreMontana Schools Prep For Learning Losses As Classroom Instruction Returns
It’s been about six months since most Montana students sat inside a classroom and as school doors reopen, teachers are eager to see if students fell behind while learning remotely.
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Read moreIndividualize Instruction, Remove Barriers, Track Student Progress: Some Tips for Making Distance-Learning Special Ed Work
Can you give an example of an online lesson that’s effective for students with disabilities?” That’s the question Elizabeth Barker has fielded over and over as schools have prepared to reopen. But it
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Read moreStudents’ educations will suffer because of our failure to control COVID-19
The US’s failure to control the COVID-19 pandemic has obliterated any chance that kids will have a normal school year this year.
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Read moreThe COVID-19 learning cliff
Perhaps the most jarring reality of the COVID-19 pandemic for families has been the sudden and dramatic disruption to all levels of education, which is expected to have deep social and economic reperc
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Read moreNewsela and NWEA to Partner
Newsela, a K–12 instructional content platform, has announced a partnership with NWEA to help teachers meaningfully differentiate instruction and engage all learners at a time when widening learning g
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Read moreThe value of assessment in an uncertain school year
While pushback remains on high-stakes tests, curriculum experts say gauging what students learned during spring is crucial to allocate time and supports.
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Read morePutting interrupted learning back on track
As schools prepare to welcome back students--in person or online--addressing learning gaps caused by COVID-19 is essential
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Read moreWhat Will the First Day of School Look Like?
Terrified teachers. Obstinate officials. Exhausted parents. Inside the city’s messy reopening battle.
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Read moreTeaching with Speech
More than 90 percent of the world’s student population was impacted by school closures due to coronavirus. But if the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that distance learning can be effective with the
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Read moreAs new school year approaches, how will districts address the 'COVID slide'?
Prolonged spring closures and uneven distance learning approaches require preparation for a variety of responses to address learning loss, administrators say.
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Read moreVoice of the Educator: Insights from Educational Leaders on COVID-19 and School Disruptions
NWEA released today a new study on how schools are preparing for the fall, how spring went and their approach to assessment. Portland, Ore. – August 21, 2020 – NWEA –...
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Read moreOhio Department of Education Approves Use of NWEA MAP® Growth™ and MAP® Reading Fluency™
Approval provides quality data tools to Ohio educators to help identify learning gaps and what students are ready to learn next – a critical need in the era of COVID-19...
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NWEA’s data now part of IBM’s Teacher Advisor Math Tool
New partnership brings two educator-focused giants to help mitigate impact on math skills due to COVID-19 school disruptions Portland, Ore. – August 20, 2020 – NWEA, a not-for-profit assessment...
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