“For many, learning mathematics leads to perceiving the subject as a collection of procedures that are disconnected from any big picture. It’s much like filling a box with puzzle pieces, yet never building the puzzle.”

For this episode, we are joined by Dr. Ted Coe and Anita Brown of NWEA to discuss how educators move beyond doing math to thinking about mathematical concepts, with a focus on formative conversation starters.

Two years on from the start of the pandemic and we’re starting to see a glimmer of hope and pieces of normalcy return to our schools and classrooms. But as we move forward, we cannot ignore the lingering impact of pandemic disruptions.

Ector County Independent School District in Odessa, Texas, used ESSR funding to support learners by partnering with high-impact tutoring firms. Read how custom MAP Growth reports yielded consistent, individualized data to measure impact.

Learn how NWEA will support more confident decision-making this fall with updates to MAP Growth, MAP Reading Fluency, MAP Accelerator, and our professional learning and school improvement offerings.

We’ve made the solutions you use work smarter and more effectively for teachers, students, and administrators. NWEA’s
new features and enhancements for 2022 are designed to streamline decision-making for educators and help solve
challenging problems like how to show impact for students, identify where additional support is needed, and engage
teachers in instructional supports.

Learn how educators can avoid thinking of assessments as frustrating events, irrelevant tasks, or disempowering hoops to jump through and create learning experiences around assessment that empower students and foster growth.

Literacy can be a big predictor of how a child will do in school—and even whether they’ll graduate. There’s a lot families can do to support a young reader at home. This collection of Teach. Learn. Grow. blog posts by NWEA literacy experts will walk you through exactly what to try. (If you’re an educator eager to support families reading at home, please share this e-book with them!)