10.31.19 You, too, could raise state scores Susan Miller, associate superintendent of curriculum and staff development for the Archdiocese of New York, loves teaching teachers. Since joining the archdiocese in 2017, her focus has been... Read more
10.29.19 8 ways teachers can make a curriculum equitable This post is part of a three-part series on building an equitable curriculum. In my last two posts, I’ve discussed the positive effects of equitable curriculum on all students and offered... Read more
10.24.19 How to support ELL students: A Q&A with Dr. Jim Soland Dr. Jim Soland, affiliated research fellow with NWEA and assistant professor at the University of Virginia, recently completed a research study exploring the connection between components of... Read more
10.22.19 5 teacher tips for getting it “all” done It’s officially fall, and I’m not quite sure where the time went. As I wrote in the late summer, this school year marked the beginning of a new chapter in my teaching and personal lives. My... Read more
10.17.19 NWEA on the future of state assessment It’s time to rethink state assessment. District leaders and teachers have long desired less testing―not to mention timelier and more meaningful summative test results. State... Read more
10.15.19 How to design trajectory-based performance tasks: Creating the tasks This is the fourth in a series of posts by Christina Schneider and Robert Johnson about building trajectory-based performance tasks. Stay tuned for follow-up posts as well as a webinar on this... Read more
10.10.19 Get more from assessment data—and save teachers time Dr. Tonya Williams, chief academic officer and chief learning officer at Leadership Preparatory Academy in Lithonia, Georgia, knew improving the use of assessment data at her school would be a... Read more
10.8.19 How to design trajectory-based performance tasks: Developing the trajectory This is the third in a series of posts by Christina Schneider and Robert Johnson about building trajectory-based performance tasks. Stay tuned for follow-up posts as well as a webinar on... Read more
10.3.19 3 ways to build the differentiated, equitable school of tomorrow When looking back at the vision of the future in the 1950s and 1960s—think Epcot or The Jetsons—I’m always struck by how well this vision captured the spirit of what the future would look... Read more
10.1.19 4 ways administrators can create an equitable curriculum In my last post, I explored the positive effects an equitable curriculum can have on all students, regardless of their race, socioeconomic background, gender, and other factors. Designing a... Read more
9.26.19 3 ways Elmira City Schools leverages MAP Suite to boost achievement Many educators face a challenge that is all too common: how best to support students unlikely to meet grade-level standards. At Elmira City Schools in New York, Marnie O. Malone and her team... Read more
9.24.19 The new assessment 101: How policy shapes schools At NWEA, our policy and advocacy team, in collaboration with our state and government partnerships team, is committed to educating policymakers around assessment issues to help strengthen the... Read more