Research partnerships
Collaborating with schools, districts, and states on research that is timely, relevant, and actionable for the education community.
Partnership as a driver for change
Collaborating with local education leaders
Compelled by our mission, we engage in collaborative research at the local level with education leaders and school systems across the country to address practical and relevant questions of policy and practice.
Examining key questions facing K-12 education
Together we examine critical questions and generate actionable insights to help K-12 leaders, educators and policy makers tackle the most pressing issues impacting their schools today. While our organization has deep roots in assessment, the research we pursue is not limited to measuring student achievement.
District and school leaders consistently face complex questions about instructional policies and strategies that impact the students in their community. Most don’t have an in-house research team to evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies, and this is where we can provide immense value.
— Dr. Scott Peters, Director of Research Consulting Partnerships at NWEA
What’s possible
We offer our partners the guidance, expertise, and resources of our dedicated research team.
District and school leaders come to us with novel, pressing problems; a deep understanding of the needs of their students and schools; and rich data sources to provide a clear picture of student learning.
Meet our researchers involved in partnerships
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT
NewSchools Venture Fund
NWEA researchers partnered with Education Analytics and NewSchools Venture Fund to explore questions about the protective factors of school climate and student social-emotional learning on student academic outcomes using data from NewSchools Venture Fund and MAP® Growth™ assessments.
Explore our research partnership models
In collaboration with school systems and through strategic partnerships with universities, foundations, and think tanks our research becomes actionable—informed by experiences of educators, researchers, and policymakers across the country.
Collaborating with universities, foundations, and think tanks
Our collaborations with universities and research organizations illuminate inequities. Together with our research partners, we identify gaps and determine the root causes of those gaps to remedy them.
Our work also seeks to address relevant, pressing needs in the education landscape, such as examining what interventions, policies, or practices are positively impacting student recovery efforts in the face of COVID.
Working together with school systems
We partner with school systems to produce relevant, applied research; improve the use of data in decision-making; and help pre-K–12 education leaders tackle the most pressing issues they see in their schools today.