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Guide
Improving alignment on early learning: Bringing district leaders together
Debates about the best way to teach and assess reading are long-standing. In this guide, youāll learn how to bridge that divide and bring everyone together with a clear plan and quality assessment data.
Topics: Leadership
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
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Article
3 ways to promote reading fluency after grade 3
Explicit fluency instruction often takes a back seat after third grade, but thereās still so much for students to learn and practice. This article shares strategies for keeping fluency central in fourth and fifth grade.
Topics: Literacy
Products: MAP Reading Fluency, MAP Spanish
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Infographic
Make the switch to MAP Reading Fluency
Use this checklist to compare MAP Reading Fluency with 1-to-1 reading fluency assessments. When it comes to supporting emerging readers, does your test measure up?
Topics: Assessment
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
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Webinar
Sneak peek: Map Reading Fluency with coach
NWEAās early reading specialists shared a preview of this groundbreaking solution, showing how MAP Reading Fluency with Coach saves teachers a significant amount of time by precisely placing KĀā5 students within tech-enhanced 1:1 tutoring. You can close those reading gaps!
Topics: Assessment, Early learning, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
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Webinar
NWEA research snapshot: Insights on recovery strategies
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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Article
Next-level science of reading: Early word recognition
This article summarizes the foundational research and scholarship on early word recognition, discusses strategies and tactics for putting the science of reading into practice, and includes numerous useful tips and best practices from an experienced reading interventionist.
Topics: Early learning, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
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Podcast
The Continuing Educator | Secrets & strategies from high growth classrooms, with Chase Nordengren
For this episode, we’re once again joined byĀ Dr. Chase Nordengren,Ā 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 ofĀ Step into Student Goal Setting: A Path to Growth, Motivation, and AgencyĀ from Corwin Press.
Topics: Assessment, Education research, Insights and reports, Instructional strategy & resources, Math, Professional learning
Products: MAP Growth, Professional Learning