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
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