NWEA News March 25, 2019

NWEA Researchers Present at NCME and AERA

NWEA Researchers Present at NCME and AERA

Researchers from the Collaborative for Student Growth discuss math achievement and self-efficacy, seasonal learning patterns, student engagement, and school effectiveness, among other topics; Researcher awarded distinguished fellowship

Portland, Ore. – March 25, 2019 – Researchers from the Collaborative for Student Growth at NWEA, the not-for-profit provider of assessment solutions, are presenting at the joint annual meetings of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), April 4-8, and the American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 5-9, in Toronto, Canada.

Five researchers from NWEA’s Collaborative for Student Growth are presenting on a broad range of topics that impact education policy and practice, including accountability and growth; social emotional learning; student engagement; and early learning. These presentations include:

Ninth Grade; Megan Kuhfeld, Ph.D., along with researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

In addition, NWEA is pleased to announce that Megan Kuhfeld, Ph.D., Research Scientist at

NWEA’s Collaborative for Student Growth, has been granted the prestigious AERA–SRCD

(Society for Research on Child Development) Early Career Fellowship in Middle Childhood Education and Development. This fellowship provides early career scholars with a two-year collaborative opportunity to participate in a research network focused on middle childhood education and development.

The Collaborative for Student Growth is one of three recently introduced Research and

Innovation Centers at NWEA, including the Center for School and Student Progress and the Product Innovation Center. Each center has a distinct mission and purpose, undertaking research to provide greater insights to inform education practice and policy. NWEA researchers have a wealth of multi-disciplinary academic and industry experience. They publish original research, provide expert insight as presenters and panelists at conferences, and serve on editorial boards and technical advisory committees. NWEA researchers have ready access to one of the world’s richest databases of student achievement data—the NWEA Growth Research Database (GRD™), comprised of longitudinal student data points from over 230 million anonymized test events.

 

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