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Proportional relationships decluttered—at last!
01.02.20
Description
Math experts detail an elegant new approach to teaching this conceptual cornerstone of advanced mathematics.
View white paperAuthor: Ted Coe
Topics: Education research, Math
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NWEA researchers explore the challenges and opportunities surrounding academic recovery. Designed for school and system leaders, this session details their latest research insights and explores the effectiveness of strategies like summer intervention programming and high-dose tutoring.
Topics: Education research, Instructional strategy & resources, Leadership
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Worth the investment: Why research and innovation matter for improving outcomes for all kids
Trustworthy assessment data and an evidence-based understanding of what truly improves student learning can facilitate decision-making. At NWEA, we pursue both relentlessly because we know doing so improves outcomes for kids.
Topics: Education research
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The Continuing Educator | Secrets & strategies from high growth classrooms, with Chase Nordengren
For this episode, we’re once again joined by Dr. Chase Nordengren, 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 of Step into Student Goal Setting: A Path to Growth, Motivation, and Agency from Corwin Press.
Topics: Assessment, Education research, Insights and reports, Instructional strategy & resources, Math, Professional learning
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The Continuing Educator | Changing attitudes on assessment literacy, with Jacob Bruno
“Professional learning should be intensive, collaborative, job-embedded, and data-driven.”
Jacob hops from the host’s 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 aren’t 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
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Using MAP Growth for gifted and talented service placement decisions
NWEA senior research scientist Scott Peters offers a thoughtful approach to using MAP Growth data to identify advanced learning opportunities for students that helps educators balance access, sensitivity, alignment, and cost in making these key placement decisions.
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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
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Increasing Fluency in Middle School Readers
This study examines the effects of a newly developed fluency protocol on historically marginalized students in three Grade 6 classrooms in a large urban school district. The protocol was designed for ease of use and does not require that educators have prior knowledge of reading instruction.
Topics: Education research, Insights and reports, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy