COVID-19 has made teaching incredibly hard. This e-book brings together research and practical advice to support you in continuing to reach your youngest learners during this difficult year.

The findings on how school closures have affected student learning are in. Read our research, then get the practical advice you need to support kids with unfinished learning in reading and math.

There’s a psychology behind creating confident math students. In this compilation ebook, we will explore the approaches that are most effective for helping students overcome a fear of math.

NWEA research into student learning during the 2020–21 school year has confirmed what many suspected was true: COVID-19 school closures have exacerbated inequities in education. This eBook details the findings and offers pragmatic advice for reading and math instruction that can help teachers harness the power of growth mindset.

In this collection of Teach. Learn. Grow. posts, Erin Beard, content design coordinator on NWEA’s professional learning team, offers validation, information, strategies, and tools educators can use in any kind of learning space to support their students in social-emotional learning and overcoming toxic stress and trauma.

Literacy can be a big predictor of how a child will do in school—and even whether they’ll graduate. There’s a lot families can do to support a young reader at home. This collection of Teach. Learn. Grow. blog posts by NWEA literacy experts will walk you through exactly what to try. (If you’re an educator eager to support families reading at home, please share this e-book with them!)

Confused by conflicting reports on what works in literacy instruction? This ebook provides a concise view of evidence-based best practices for improving elementary reading outcomes.