3.21.19 See What Makes MAP Reading Fluency Unique This spring, about a year after we first introduced it, there is a lot of buzz about MAP Reading Fluency! Check out these educators who have been writing about our groundbreaking, K-3 oral reading... Read more
3.14.19 Tackling the question of growth for high-achieving students MAP® Growth™ assessment data can help teachers determine where students are in their learning. It can answer the all-important question, “Is my student performing below, at, or above... Read more
3.12.19 How MAP Reading Fluency Supports Effective Reading Assessment at My School Last week, I blogged here about essential early reading skills and what the research suggests we evaluate in young readers. After working in education for the past 16 years, few experiences... Read more
3.7.19 Thrive Schools Hoping MAP Growth Scores Can Make a Difference Just over four years ago, Thrive Public Schools received a charter from the state of California for their mission to meet individual students where they are and help them meet high expectations for... Read more
3.5.19 What to Look for in Effective Reading Assessment If you’ve ever stepped into an early elementary classroom, you know that energy radiates from young learners. Kids love exploring the world around them and delight in opportunities to... Read more
3.1.19 Opportunities to Learn What’s New with NWEA Research This spring, NWEA researchers will present, chair, or serve as discussants in more than 20 sessions during the 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA), National Council on Measurement... Read more
2.28.19 See How MAP Growth K-2 Exceeds Expectations for Young Learners MAP® Growth™ K-2 delivers three unique assessments that focus on the learning needs and requirements of young students: growth, screening, and skills checklists. The growth assessment measures... Read more
2.26.19 NWEA Adds MAP Spanish to Support Equitable Assessment Our mission at NWEA is partnering to help all kids learn. And we don’t just talk about the mission; we live and breathe it. Providing teachers and administrators with information to know how to... Read more
2.21.19 How to Leverage Growth Data to Improve Student Learning Growth data is powerful and can have an enormous impact for students, teachers, and administrators. For students, the more they understand their own assessment results, the better they’ll be able... Read more
2.14.19 5 formative strategies to improve student learning from Dylan Wiliam and NWEA Dylan Wiliam’s book Embedded Formative Assessment is filled with a number of insights. The foundation of the book highlights the importance of formative assessment as a tool to improve teacher... Read more
2.12.19 Can Your Spanish Speakers Fully Show What They Know? Recently, we blogged about assessment data representing a whole class of diverse learners—including Spanish-speaking students. We asked the question, “Do your current assessments let Spanish... Read more
2.7.19 The Day After the Big Game, My Students Took the Lead On the morning of Monday, February 4th, I had many reasons to be excited. The New Englander in me was thrilled because the Patriots won the Super Bowl the night before! The late sleeper in me was... Read more