Fact Sheet
5Essentials + MAP Growth Fact Sheet
09.07.22

Description
Learn how the 5EssentialsSurvey and framework are useful, meaningful indicators for elementary schools working to improve student outcomes.
View fact sheetTopics: Early learning, School improvement
Products: School Improvement
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eBook
Triangulating assessment data: How to use MAP Growth and MAP Reading Fluency reports together
Learn about the best MAP Growth and MAP Reading Fluency reports to pull and how to look at them together, whether youāre a school leader or classroom teacher, in this best of Teach. Learn. Grow. eBook.
Topics: Assessment, Early learning, Insights and reports, Literacy, Professional learning
Products: MAP Growth, MAP Reading Fluency, MAP Suite, Professional Learning


Brochure
MAP Reading Fluency Professional Learning Overview
Turn learning evidence into instructional action
Activate MAPĀ® Reading Fluency⢠with professional learning around using your assessment data to gain a more holistic view of early readersā abilities and how to target instruction that is just right for each student and track learning progress.
Topics: Assessment, Early learning, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy, Professional learning
Products: MAP Reading Fluency, Professional Learning


Podcast
The Continuing Educator | Comedy and the Classroom, with Nicholas Joe
Kailey chats with actor, comedian, and NWEA professional learning lead consultant Nicholas Joe about how, why, and when teachers get laughs in their classroom. Along the way they discuss strategies like how to pivot in the classroom with a āYes, andā¦ā mindset and how to utilize comedy in your lesson planning. And yes, Nick gets Kailey to do improv!
Topics: Equity, Instructional strategy & resources, Leadership, Professional learning, School improvement, Social emotional learning
Products: Professional Learning


Podcast
What a great crowd for our first live show! After discussing their Georgia roots, Jacob and Kailey chat with their guests about choosing the best summer professional learning opportunities and what gets them motivated at a conference. Next, they turn to the new school year and discuss the biggest challenges ahead, including how to scale success across schools and districts.Ā Kailey also asks a few of her signature lightning-round, light-hearted questions.Ā Finally, stay tuned for the audience Q&A at the end of the show for your daily dose of teacher inspiration. There may have been some tears of joy in the roomā¦
Topics: Instructional strategy & resources, Leadership, Professional learning, School improvement, Social emotional learning
Products: Professional Learning


Policy Brief
This brief provides a policy perspective into the recent NWEA research on how COVID-19 has affected student learning. It builds on previous research showing achievement levels stalling over the 2022ā23 school year from the previous year.
Topics: Assessment, Education research, Literacy, Math, Policy & advocacy, School improvement
Products: MAP Growth


Fact Sheet
Tools for fostering early word recognition: embedded mnemonics samples
One hurdle for young students who are beginning to read is learning letter names, shapes, and sounds. To help students master these arbitrary pairings between letter shape and letter sound, using letter-embedded mnemonics has been found to be more effective than using letters on their own or letters accompanied by a picture. Try out this sample set of embedded mnemonics with your early learners!
Topics: Early learning, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy, Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning


White Paper
The Transformative Ten: Instructional Strategies Learned from High Growth Schools
This paper describes high quality teaching practices in two schools that produce exceptional growth for all kinds of students. These practices focus on making the most of instructional time and exposing students to high quality content in a variety of contexts. They prove teachers don’t need to choose between differentiating to meet students’ needs and giving them access to grade-level learning.
Topics: Education research, Equity, Professional learning, School improvement