This article discusses the role that a well-designed professional learning program can play in increasing teacher satisfaction—and thus teacher retention. Corbin Edginton, the manager of professional learning delivery for strategic accounts, and Lindsay Prendergast, a former school leader and current professional learning consultant for NWEA, share their experiences working in the country’s fifth-largest district.

Help students, caregivers, and families put assessment in context with practical guiding questions and conversation starters.

Implementing the science of reading is an ongoing process to shift instructional strategies to evidence-based practices. Two literacy experts from NWEA® share six ways literacy educators can continue to build on their progress and take the science of reading to the next level.

Literacy subject-matter experts share their best time-saving instructional and operational strategies to support young readers. Learn how incorporating them into your routine can preserve valuable instructional time.

In the wake of pandemic disruptions and interrupted learning, districts need to be able to realign and reacquaint schools with their existing goals and structure around school culture and improvement.

This list and summary will discuss the big 5 reading ideas that have to be taught and assessed prior to grade 3. The National Reading Panel identified five components at the core of effective reading instruction: phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Hit on why this is so important at the early learning stages. List out each reading concept, explain what it is, and why reading research has identified it as important.

Early readers and their teachers deserve all the support we can give them. Here are five strategies to make reading assessment more effective.