Portland, Ore. – Aug. 6, 2020 – As millions of students get ready to return to school, school districts are preparing for a large number of them to be learning...

New Lexile Framework for Oral Reading to Provide Powerful Insight to Teachers Addressing Reading Crisis and COVID-19 Disruptions Starting this month, educators assessing early readers with NWEA’s...

NWEA Releases Policy Recommendations for Assessment and Accountability in a Post-COVID World Portland, Ore. — July 14, 2020 — As education leaders face the challenges of reopening schools after the...

New resources available this fall to help mitigate impact of COVID-19 school disruptions Integrated with NWEA’s MAP Growth data, two powerful tools can help schools with academic recovery efforts...

Researchers estimate students coming back after COVID-19 closures may have greater variances in academic skills Education community must be prepared to meet a wider range of diverse academic needs...

Schools should be prepared for some students to be nearly a year behind in math come fall The post New Research from NWEA Projects Major Academic Impacts from COVID-19 Closures for Students,...

NWEA Researchers Share Insights on Research with Implications for PreK-12 Education Policy and Practice The post NWEA Researchers to Present on Growth, Social Emotional Learning, English Language...

South Carolina Department of Education Approves NWEA MAP® Reading Fluency™ for Use by Public Schools Contract adds MAP® Reading Fluency™ to list of approved universal screeners that South Carolina...

The two leading education organizations commit to connecting curriculum and assessment solutions with the mission of supporting every student’s learning needs.  New York, NY and Portland, OR...

Educators for Equity Grant Program to award grants of up to $10,000 to help close the opportunity gaps that affect PreK-12 student achievement   Portland, Ore. — March 3, 2020... The post NWEA...

New college major category and cost analysis features empower college and career planning  as early as fifth grade   Portland, OR., Feb. 10, 2020 — With more than 7,000 colleges and... The post...

Ericka Miller and Tony Smith appointed to NWEA’s diverse group of educational assessment and nonprofit management experts The post Two national education thought leaders join NWEA Board of...

New classroom tool uses MAP Growth scores to automatically generate a personalized learning plan for each student.  Removes the manual work of differentiating instruction  while keeping teachers...

Five teachers nationwide receive “Educators for Equity” grants to close the opportunity gaps that affect student achievement   Portland, Ore. – Oct. 30, 2019:  NWEA, a not-for-profit education...

NWEA Announces Through-Year Assessment, a First-of-Its-Kind Solution That Blends Proficiency and Growth Measurement    States and districts will have a powerful new tool that informs instruction...

More than 23,000 students in Pittsburgh will be measured several times per year to test for academic growth.   Pittsburgh, PA and Portland, OR—Aug. 29, 2019: Pittsburgh teachers will have... The...

Georgia districts to partner with NWEA to make assessments better for students as part of Innovation Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA) program   Atlanta, Ga. and Portland, Ore. – July...

NWEA Appoints Paul D. Nichols as Director of Large-Scale Assessment Design   Organization creates new position to spearhead the creation of next-generation summative, interim and formative...

NWEA Awarded $4.5 Million to Support Expansion of College- and Career-Ready Standards-Aligned Content for MAP Growth   Awards received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation  and Charles and...