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In today's classrooms, it is not uncommon to find students working in collaborative groups. They are placed into these groups by using various methods and sometimes those methods (MAP RIT …
Author: Virginia "Jenny" Williams, NWEA
Topics: Professional learning
Over the past few years NWEA has been developing a program in which we link MAP/MPG results—particularly goal level RIT scores—to digital content that is commercially available. We have done this …
Author: John Wood, NWEA
This is the fourth article in a series on early childhood assessment. In this series, I’m exploring the core concepts from a white paper recently published by Dr. Cindy Jiban. You can find the …
Author: Jennifer Knestrick, NWEA
As the number of blog posts we’ve written on formative assessment continues to grow, I thought it would be a good idea to create a post that could serve as a general resource, sort of a go-to …
Author: Kathy Dyer, NWEA
With the President’s plans for universal Pre-K defined, the next step is state implementation. While the states can qualify for funding under the President’s plan by meeting certain …
If you’re a teacher and have been at it for some time I’m sure you appreciate the opportunity to chat with peers about their classroom dynamic; what’s working for them and perhaps more …
Author: Elaine Vislocky, NWEA
I’ve been following a blog series at Next Generation titled Top 6 Myths About Early Education. The author Reynaldo Fuentes does a great job of laying down myths that opponents of President …
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