

Podcast
The Continuing Educator | Assessment Empowerment, with E. Caroline Wylie and Erin Beard
In this episode, we present the five principles of assessment empowerment—learner context, learning environments and relationships, appropriate purpose, responsive learning cycles, communication—and offer listeners strategies they can try for each.
Topics: Classroom tips, Empowering educators, Growth, Informing instruction, Progress monitoring, Teacher preparation
Products: Professional Learning


Podcast
The Continuing Educator | Accessibility and student agency, with Douglas Buttorff and Elizabeth Barker
In this episode, we discuss information why and how teaching programs fail to prepare gen ed teachers for working with students with disabilities, break down a few common myths about students with disabilities, and give teachers actionable ideas and strategies for building student agency with their entire class. Our guests are two NWEA experts in special education: Douglas Buttorff (content designer) and Elizabeth Barker (accessibility research scientist).
Topics: Classroom tips, Empowering educators, Growth, Informing instruction, Progress monitoring, Teacher preparation
Products: Professional Learning


Webinar
All eyes on math: Choosing learning tools teachers love
Math educators with experience at the classroom, school, and district levels share their selection criteria to help your team evaluate the marketplace and choose high-quality supplementary learning tools.
Topics: Math & STEM, Growth, Math & science, Personalized learning
Products: MAP Accelerator


Podcast
The Continuing Educator | Emergent bilingual student agency, with Angela Johnson, Teresa Krastel, and Adam Withycombe
In this discussion, we cover how to recognize the assets emergent bilingual students bring with them, how to get back into the groove of academic language, and how to make room for both language and communication with English language learners.
Topics: Classroom tips, Empowering educators, Growth, Informing instruction, Progress monitoring, Teacher preparation
Products: Professional Learning


Guide
How MAP Accelerator connects math assessment data to the right instruction for each student
Math outcomes across a school or district are often far from homogenous. MAP Accelerator, a personalized math learning tool for students in grades 3–8, can help you build a more cohesive, consistent set of instructional practices. It brings MAP Growth data and Khan Academy learning pathways together to better support your math teachers in helping all students grow.
Topics: Differentiated instruction, Empowering educators, Informing instruction, Math & science, Math & STEM, Personalized learning
Products: MAP Accelerator


Guide
Kickstart guide: Choosing teacher-approved supplemental digital learning tools
The availability of digital supplementary learning tools has exploded in recent years—but not all tools are created equal. See what makes a tool a must-have for teachers in this helpful guide.
Topics: Math & STEM, Math & science, Personalized learning
Products: MAP Accelerator


Fact Sheet
NWEA Policy and Advocacy Agenda
In relentless pursuit of our mission to help all kids learn, the Policy and Advocacy team at NWEA elevates five key areas in which we seek to influence decision-making: informing the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, driving equity and innovation in assessments, supporting the reimagining of accountability, building and supporting a diverse educator workforce, and expanding opportunities to learn.
Topics: Empowering educators, Equity, ESSA, Growth, Informing instruction, Innovations in reporting & assessment, Insights and reports, Measurement & scaling, Policy & Advocacy, Research, School improvement, Teacher preparation