

Brief
NWEA Response to April 2023 Zavitkovsky Paper
This brief is a response to Paul Zavitkovskyās paper titled āData Rich/Information Poor,ā and includes NWEAās high-level comments and concerns regarding Mr. Zavitkovskyās claims. The brief highlights five areas that challenge the strength, validity, and quality of some of Mr. Zavitkoskyās āfindings,ā and as such, provide context for interpreting his results with caution and scrutiny.
Topics: Assessment, Education research
Products: MAP Growth


Guide
Classroom ready: Simple, impactful ways to engage your teachers
Like the students they serve, every educator enters the classroom in varying states of readiness. Education leaders must ensure each teacher has the tools, professional learning, and guidance they need to be successful. This detailed guide examines how the components of an NWEA Solution can provide the support teachers demand and deserve.
Topics: Instructional strategies, Assessment, Early learning, Leadership, Literacy, Math, Professional learning
Products: MAP Growth, Professional Learning


Podcast
This was a fun one… because we got to talk to you, our listeners! In this episode: We see how Mr. Potato head can motivate students, one additional limb at a time. We open a big box of costumes in the middle of class. We learn about a teacher who calls students’ parents to share good news, and how one student wanted to return the favor. And finally, we get to hear some incredibly touching stories of students and families letting their teachers know how awesome they are. (Jacob and Kailey get a little misty-eyed.)
Topics: Early learning, Instructional strategies, Literacy, Math, Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning


Guide
Early Word Recognition Lesson Plan tool
The Early Word Recognition Lesson Plan tool provides a framework for sequencing efficient and explicit strategies to create new lessons or to organize and expand upon existing lessons from standards-aligned materials.
Topics: Early learning, Instructional strategies, Literacy, Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning


Guide
Early Word Recognition Learning Walk tool
The Early Word Recognition Learning Walk Tool is a companion for the Early Word Recognition Lesson Plan Tool and is intended to support the teaching and learning shifts educators make to provide equitable and excellent education for all students.
Topics: Early learning, Instructional strategies, Literacy, Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning


Guide
A new school leader’s guide to revitalizing your professional learning program
This guide is designed to help new school leaders revitalize their professional learning programs with useful insights, tips, and ideas. Readers will learn how to begin evaluating the professional learning program currently in place at their schools, how to identify the most important areas where immediate change is needed, and why itās so important to implement a holistic program that avoids the pitfalls of uncoordinated efforts.
Topics: Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning


Podcast
Melissa Lim is a Technology Integration Specialist at Portland Public Schools, but she sees herself first and foremost as a teacher, not an IT professional. In this episode, Melissa chats with Kailey and Jacob about showing kids and teachers whatās possible with technology ,and how she makes them more comfortable using it. They cover ChatGPT and its uses in the classroom (like writing better quizzes!) as well as Melissaās work to bridge the digital divide and give all kids at PPS equal access to tech. She shares her rule for deciding when you shouldnāt use technology, along with her number one tip for teachers: Donāt be afraid to push a new button! You wonāt break anything (probably).v
Topics: Equity, Instructional strategies, Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning