12.17.19 6 steps for building science trajectory-based performance tasks This is the sixth in a series about building trajectory-based performance tasks. Stay tuned for follow-up posts, and watch our on-demand webinar on this topic. In our last post, we explored... Read more
12.12.19 How to make your kindergartener a book worm This fall, my five-year-old daughter started kindergarten—and learning how to read. While she had plenty of practice with letters and their sounds in preschool, she’d never sounded out words... Read more
12.10.19 How to advance equity in gifted education Did you know researchers use MAP® Growth™ data to explore how schools and districts can improve opportunities for students? At Texas A&M, Dr. Karen Rambo-Hernández and her team recently... Read more
12.5.19 How phenomena can change how you teach science This is the fifth post in a series about building trajectory-based performance tasks. Stay tuned for follow-up posts, and watch our on-demand webinar on this topic. We hope you’re becoming... Read more
12.3.19 Here’s how to source and manage student data In the busy rush of teaching, there’s isn’t always time to look at many data points before making decisions about student learning. But using multiple measures to evaluate learning can... Read more
11.26.19 3 ways to boost your SEL curriculum My oldest son began second grade this fall. During a recent visit to the grocery store, he started bickering with his older sister. When I threatened that they’d lose their afternoon treat if... Read more
11.21.19 How MAP Accelerator makes a difference for kids At Khan Academy, our goal has always been to pinpoint where students are in their learning so we can help them close their learning gaps or move ahead if they’re ready to advance. We also want... Read more
11.19.19 8 tips for bringing Shakespeare—and ELA—to life for students If you spend quality time with the Common Core State Standards for English language arts, you’ll find very few authors or works of literature mentioned by name. While many are called out in... Read more
11.14.19 How to better prepare kids for kindergarten There is something dreadful about testing incoming kindergarten students at the beginning of the school year. When I was a reading specialist, I assessed students entering with lower proficiency... Read more
11.12.19 2 ways MAP en español can help your students grow Do you have Spanish speakers in your school? Teachers need help identifying what students in one-way and two-way dual language programs are ready to learn. They also need help knowing which... Read more
11.7.19 The proctor tip you haven’t tried: A mascot When Alex Martin, lead teacher at Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori School in North Charleston, South Carolina, first learned about the new auto-pause feature in MAP® Growth™, he was... Read more
11.4.19 What is MAP Accelerator? A Q&A with NWEA CEO Chris Minnich Educators want to meet the unique needs of their students, but most share two common roadblocks: a lack of time and not enough high-quality resources. Manually connecting assessment data to... Read more