Guide
Kickstart guide: Choosing teacher-approved supplemental digital learning tools
11.04.21

Description
Digital supplementary learning tools can help teachers provide personalized support to students in classrooms with a broad range of needs. With so many options, it can be hard to identify tools teachers will actually find useful. This guide will help you choose tools that earn your teachers stamp of approval.
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Products: MAP Accelerator
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Brochure
Responsive Math Practices Professional Learning Overview
Master math practices that maximize achievement and growth
This math suite provides educators with a deep understanding of content and research-based instructional practices, along with ways to apply that understanding to their unique grade-level instructional needs and content standards.
Topics: Instructional strategy & resources, Math, Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning


Brief
Ninety-nine districts partnered with NWEA and Khan Academy to implement MAP Accelerator during the COVID-disrupted 2020–21 school year. Results indicate that students using MAP Accelerator for 30 or more minutes a week throughout the school year showed greater-than-expected growth, on average, from fall 2020 to spring 2021 on their MAP Growth tests compared to normative growth based on pre-pandemic trends.
Topics: Education research, Math
Products: MAP Accelerator


Video
MAP Accelerator: Maximizing the classroom value of math instructional tools
Math differentiation doesn’t have to include hurried trips to the copier! With MAP Accelerator, educators can set up students for success, establish a routine, and integrate with core instruction. In this seven-minute video, we walk educators and school leaders through the practical advantages of MAP Accelerator, offering five minute-long tips for immediate classroom implementation. Bolstered by recent research and backed by teacher favorite Khan Academy, MAP Accelerator stars in this practical video that offers real implementation strategies.
Topics: Math
Products: MAP Accelerator


Case Study
Ohio middle school sees dramatic math gains with MAP Accelerator
Educators at Lewis F. Mayer middle school discuss the significant increase they’ve in math summative test scores since adding MAP Accelerator to their instructional strategies to address unfinished learning.
Topics: Education research, Instructional strategy & resources, Math
Products: MAP Accelerator


Case Study
Funded by Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility Grant, NWEA joined with Perkins Access, Governor Morehead School, and Sonja Steinbach, a math educator who works with students with vision disabilities. Together, they embarked on a unique research partnership to make middle school mathematics assessments more accessible for students with vision impairments.
Topics: Accessibility, Assessment, Education research, Equity, Math


Case Study
Learning from districts’ COVID recovery interventions alongside AIR and Harvard University
In the wake of instructional challenges faced over the past two school years, NWEA, the Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), and the Center for Education Policy and Research (CEPR) at Harvard University have partnered with a coalition of large school districts across the country to help determine which COVID recovery interventions are working and to what extent.
Topics: Assessment, Early learning, Education research, Equity, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy, Math, Professional learning


Fact Sheet
2022 norms for MAP Growth course-specific tests in Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Geometry
A 4-page document outlining the user norms for MAP Growth tests in Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Geometry. Includes details on how the user norms were developed, how user norms differ from national representative norms, and what years of data were used to craft them. Detailed charts are included that cover fall to winter, Fall to spring, and winter to spring norms.
Topics: Education research, Insights and reports, Leadership, Math
Products: MAP Growth