Podcast
The Continuing Educator | Secrets & strategies from high growth classrooms, with Chase Nordengren
For this episode, we’re once again joined byĀ Dr. Chase Nordengren,Ā principal research lead for Effective Instructional Strategies at NWEA to talk about teacher-led approaches to academic recovery.
Chase works closely with leading scholars from around the globe to turn theory into actionable practices to drive instructional improvement. His latest study, High Growth for All, captured ways teachers in one Chicago-area district are leading the academic recovery effort and producing above average academic growth over multiple years for kids across the achievement spectrum
Chase is also the author ofĀ Step into Student Goal Setting: A Path to Growth, Motivation, and AgencyĀ from Corwin Press.
Topics: Assessment, Education research, Insights and reports, Instructional strategy & resources, Math, Professional learning
Products: MAP Growth, Professional Learning
Podcast
The Continuing Educator | Changing attitudes on assessment literacy, with Jacob Bruno
āProfessional learning should be intensive, collaborative, job-embedded, and data-driven.ā
Jacob hops from the hostās chair to the hot seat as he sits down with Kailey to discuss his journey through the education world to become a leader in professional development for teachers. Starting with his time working with abused & neglected children, Jacob realized how much he would need to continue to grow to best serve his students. After time as a high school math teacher and coach for math educators, Jacob dedicated his career to serving teachers looking to improve their craft. Then, Kailey & Jacob get into the details of what kinds of professional learning teachers need more of now. They talk about why teachers arenāt taught about the assessment side of instructional practice and how new attitudes towards data literacy are changing that trend.
Topics: Assessment, Insights and reports, Instructional strategy & resources, Math, Professional learning
Products: MAP Growth
Guide
Design your MAP Growth Success plan
This three-year sample professional learning plan will set you and your team up for long term success with MAP Growth.
Topics: Assessment, Professional learning
Products: MAP Growth, Professional Learning
Podcast
The Continuing Educator | A more welcoming science classroom, with Megan Kuehl and Kim Baker
Kailey & Jacob are joined by two educators and NWEA content specialists who have thought a lot about how to improves student experiences in science. Kim Baker has been at NWEA for 13 years, and Megan Kuehl has been here for eight. We discuss challenging assumptions about the science classroom and unpack the notion that science is inherently impartial.
Topics: Equity, Instructional strategy & resources, Professional learning, Science, Social emotional learning
Products: Professional Learning
Article
Make empowered, data-informed decisions with MAP Growth instructional connections
NWEA collaborates with more than 30 providers to determine how MAP Growth scores can be used by dozens of instructional and data products to make every classroom a data-informed classroom. Learn more about the Instructional Connections program and explore its unique benefits for administrators, teachers, and coaches.
Topics: Assessment, Insights and reports, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy, Math
Products: MAP Growth
Fact Sheet
Fluency Protocol for Upper Grades
This document describes the Fluency Protocol developed as part of an NWEA research study funded by the Reading Reimagined grant, a program within the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF). It consists of five sessions, approximately 20 minutes each.
Guide
Mini-lesson examples for sixth-grade classrooms that can be adapted for other grades.Ā Each is approximately 15 minutes.