Case Study
School leaders see lasting change with professional learning, collaboration, and trustworthy data
Discover how Elgin Childrenās Foundation used MAP Growth in Southern Appalachia districts to promote academic growth, dental care, and more in order to break the cycle of poverty.
Topics: Leadership
Products: MAP Growth
Brief
How can we support academic growth for English learners (ELs) who may have experienced disproportionate academic impacts from COVID-19? Recent NWEA research may help inform how federal ESSER funding can provide early intervention and extended school year support in the summer and after-school that can create sustainable change and further growth for ELs.
Topics: Assessment, Multilingual learners, Policy & advocacy
Products: MAP Growth
Brief
How can we support academic growth for students with disabilities (SWD) who may have experienced disproportionate academic impacts from COVID-19? Recent NWEA research may help inform how federal ESSER and IDEA funding can provide early intervention, extended school year support in the summer, and other evidence-based supports that can create sustainable change and further growth for SWD.
Topics: Education research, Multilingual learners, Policy & advocacy
Video
Simplify math differentiation with one powerful tool
When you have students who learn math in different ways and at various paces, how does one instructor cater to everyone? Watch this video to see how MAP Accelerator reduces the manual work of differentiating math instruction.
Topics: Math
Products: MAP Accelerator
Webinar
Goals mean growth: Using student goal setting to jumpstart student motivation and success
Chase Nordengren shares research-based, actionable strategies for making goal setting part of your instructional practice. Learn tips for using goals to drive growth and discover how goal setting can lead to a deeper exploration of responsive teaching and learning.
Topics: Instructional strategy & resources
Products: Professional Learning
Podcast
The Continuing Educator | Student Goal Setting, with Chase Nordengren and Amanda Thornton
For our final episode on student agency, we thought it was time to help our students set some better goals. So, we brought in Chase Nordengren, senior research scientist at NWEA and author of the forthcoming book, Step Into Student Goal Setting (Corwin, Jan 2022).
Topics: Instructional strategy & resources
Products: Professional Learning
Podcast
The Continuing Educator | Assessment Empowerment, with E. Caroline Wylie and Erin Beard
In this episode, we present the five principles of assessment empowermentālearner context, learning environments and relationships, appropriate purpose, responsive learning cycles, communicationāand offer listeners strategies they can try for each.
Topics: Instructional strategy & resources
Products: Professional Learning