5.8.18 The Power of a Teacher’s Reach On the last day of a conference I attended in November, I was standing in the back of the auditorium listening to George Couros convince us that teachers must embrace social media if we want to be... Read more
5.1.18 3 Keys to Assessment Implementation Success Initiative fatigue. Is that something happening in your school or district? The last ten years of legislation and technology – and changes to both – have driven a lot of new initiatives into the... Read more
4.26.18 How the MAP Growth Insights Report Takes the Headaches Out of Annual Reporting Each spring, many district administrators and leaders are tasked with reporting metrics to others in their communities – from parents to school boards – that answer the question, “How are the... Read more
4.19.18 Making Assessment More Meaningful with Norms If you’ve finished spring testing and are diving into reporting data, you might be looking for a refresher on what norms are and why they are important. An educational norm is simply a picture of... Read more
4.12.18 48 School Days Left – Making the Most of Them I just returned from Spring Break. Not “SPRING BREAK” like the college kids sometimes partake in, but nonetheless, a break from work, during the season of spring. This year, my family was lucky... Read more
4.10.18 We Must See Beyond NAEP Today, the National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP, scores were released. What some call “the nation’s report card” often starts a debate about what NAEP results tell us about... Read more
4.3.18 It Takes a Village (of Applications) They say it “takes a village” to raise a child, and at NWEA, we believe that means a “village” of approaches: students do better when teachers apply a variety of tools to help them... Read more
3.27.18 Five Ways to Help Parents Get the Most Out of MAP Growth Results As spring testing season approaches, teachers, principals, and other administrators may be looking for resources and ideas for sharing MAP® Growth™ results with parents. Sometimes parents... Read more
3.15.18 How NOT to get Overwhelmed by Data: Teacher Reports to use Throughout the Year Raise your hand if you feel like data is a dirty word? Data meetings, data interventions, data analysis... Let’s face it, for the most part, that word can stir up some negative feelings in... Read more
3.13.18 7 Ways to Prepare for MAP Growth Getting ready for spring testing? It’s likely that almost all teachers who prepared for the MAP® GrowthTM assessment last fall learned something along the way. While there’s never only one way... Read more
3.8.18 What Happens Below Zero: Meaningful Growth for Kids Who Read Zero Words Correct Per Minute It’s been cold here in Minnesota. Now for some parts of the country, cold means 30 degrees. But in Minnesota, I’m talking about subzero temperatures. Before wind chill, even. To tell the... Read more
2.27.18 Study Concludes MAP Growth Items Align to Common Core State Standards At NWEA, one question that we are often asked is how well MAP® Growth™ aligns to different state standards, including Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Today, we are excited to share that an... Read more