From the very beginning, working with NWEA’s professional learning team means experiences custom-built by expert educators—and an ongoing partnership that’s committed to better learning outcomes for your students.

With the right support from professional learning and an open dialogue with administrators from the very beginning, you can empower teachers to turn insights into action and improve student outcomes.

Robust, holistic professional development experiences are more than a “nice-to-have,” they’re an investment in your staff and students. See how ongoing professional learning can empower teachers and improve student outcomes.

By giving educators a chance to review what was and was not working, the space to create new plans, and the support to implement them, professional learning led to lasting change.

Educators and NWEA researchers offer research-backed suggestions and strategies to help recover unfinished learning and chart a new path forward after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Traditional grading practices typically incorporate non-learning measures such as behavior and effort into an average. Yet by mixing achievement and behavior, we miscommunicate on both accounts. Students and parents still need information on both, but the critical step is to separate reporting, and Dr. Matt Townsley and NWEA User Experience Designer Chris Thoms will share with us both why this is crucial for equity, and how teachers can put it into action.

To successfully create the conditions where grading for learning practices may thrive, consider first the importance of ensuring student-centered assessment. Hear from experts on how formative assessment is crucial to cultivating a growth-mindset in a safe, respectful classroom environment, and learn how to invite students to be co-pilots in the assessment and feedback cycle rather than passengers.