Advancing research to expand educational opportunities
The Collaborative for Student Growth at NWEA is devoted to transforming education research through advancements in assessment, growth measurement, and the availability of longitudinal data.
The work of our researchers spans a range of educational measurement and policy issues including achievement gaps, assessment engagement, social-emotional learning, and innovations in how we measure student learning. Core to our mission is building research partnerships with universities, think tanks, grant-funding agencies, and other stakeholders to expand the insights drawn from our student growth database—which is one of the most extensive in the world.
New insights about education problems
Beth Tarasawa, executive vice president of research, explains how the Collaborative for Student Growth relies on the right expertise, the right research partners, and the right data to re-envision seemingly intractable problems in education, making them more tractable.
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Research brief
Learning during COVID-19: Initial findings on students’ reading and math achievement and growth
How have COVID-19 school closures impacted student academic growth and achievement? New research using fall 2020 MAP Growth assessment data for 4.4 million students provides new insights, key findings, and actionable recommendations.
Topics: School & test engagement, COVID-19 and schools, Equity, Measurement & scaling
Research by the Collaborative for Student Growth
Growth patterns and distance learning tips for students who are deaf and hard of hearing webinar
In this webinar, learn what new research shows about the academic growth trajectories of students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH), and tips for supporting students who are DHH in distance learning.
Topics: Accessibility, Equity, Growth modeling
The lasting benefits of preschool
The Wall Street Journal‘s Susan Pinker reports on new research examining the extent to which the benefits of pre-K education persist through kindergarten.
Topics: Early learning
Persistence and convergence: The end of kindergarten outcomes of pre-K graduates and their nonattending peers
This study examined the benefits of pre-K through the end of kindergarten for children from low-income homes in a large and diverse county, and factors associated with a reduction in benefits during the kindergarten year.
Topics: Early learning
Projecting the impact of the COVID-19 spring school closures on student learning
In this Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis seminar, Megan Kuhfeld discusses projections of COVID-19-related learning loss and its potential effect on test scores in the 2020-21 school year and outlines on-going work to measure student learning between the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years.
Topics: COVID-19 and schools, Growth modeling, Seasonal learning patterns & summer loss
A “Lost Year” of Data? What Disruptions From COVID-19 Mean For Education Research
This Bellwether Education Partners webinar examines how education research can continue to offer meaningful, relevant information to policymakers and practitioners after the “lost year” of data from COVID disruptions to schools and testing.
Topics: COVID-19 and schools, Empowering educators, Measurement & scaling
Mind the kinder-gap: New data on children’s math and reading skills as they enter kindergarten
Data on children’s academic preparation at kindergarten entry tell a story of both declining achievement and shrinking gaps.
Topics: Early learning, Equity
A cessation of measurement: Identifying test taker disengagement using response time
In this session from the National Council on Measurement in Education 2020 virtual conference (from 1:06:40 in video), Dr. Wise shares research insights into test disengagement and how disengagement should be managed in scoring.
