8.8.19 Waiting for the names This summer I have been fortunate enough to laugh and learn alongside some amazing educators. In my role as a consulting teacher for Center for Responsive Schools, I have had the opportunity to share... Read more
8.6.19 Put relationship building on your back-to-school to-do list For school-aged children, summer is a time to relax and enjoy the sun, friends, and family. For parents and caretakers, it can be an unstructured season before the focus is once again on... Read more
8.1.19 How to be assessment literate, no matter your role A confident understanding of assessment helps teachers meet their students’ needs early, when it’s easier to close opportunity gaps and pave the way to a long and successful academic career.... Read more
7.30.19 A High School Student Shares His Experience With MAP Growth For the past year, high school junior Max P. has been an intern in the marketing department at NWEA. Since it’s not often we get to hear detailed student reactions to assessments, we thought... Read more
7.25.19 Why We’re All-in on Student Test Engagement Teachers have long known that students don’t always give their best effort when they take a test. A lack of student test engagement can negatively impact scores and misrepresent a student’s... Read more
7.23.19 7 Steps to Creating a Growth Assessment that Works Thanks to high-quality assessments, teachers, students and families are able to see and celebrate heroic growth. Consider a fifth-grade student who starts the year reading at a second-grade... Read more
7.18.19 Why It’s Important to Consider the Assessment Data Needs of All Stakeholders When we think about educational assessments, “timely” means that assessment data is delivered at a time when it will be most useful to the people who need it the most. When building a coherent... Read more
7.16.19 3 Questions High Quality Assessments Can Answer For Early Learning Educators To build a foundation for future success, Pre-K-3 students are being introduced to education assessments to help gauge where they are in their literacy and math skillsets. By assessing students... Read more
7.11.19 Three Ways to Better Engage Students to Get the Most from Educational Assessments It’s not uncommon to find a classroom where a few highly motivated students monopolize the discussion. To ensure that all students are learning, teachers need to find opportunities to actively... Read more
7.9.19 Making Sense of Early Childhood Assessment – Four Things to Consider There is consensus among educators that assessments should be purposeful, aligned to instruction, and beneficial to student outcomes. However, there is a vein of debate running through the early... Read more
7.3.19 A teacher’s thoughts on saying goodbye to the school year It seems like every year, my classroom has a song, or a movie soundtrack that exemplifies who they are as a group. A few years ago, it was the soundtrack to Trolls because that group just could not... Read more
6.27.19 Rethinking School Performance with Dr. Andrew Hegedus Dr. Andrew Hegedus, Research Consulting Director for NWEA recently completed a noteworthy research study exploring the relationship between poverty and school performance. We caught up with Andy... Read more