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Guide
Improving alignment on early learning: Bringing district leaders together
Debates about the best way to teach and assess reading are long-standing. In this guide, youāll learn how to bridge that divide and bring everyone together with a clear plan and quality assessment data.
Topics: Leadership
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
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Article
How to use assessment and grade-level texts to close the opportunity gap
Literacy is a fundamental skill. Without it, a student is much less likely to live up to their potential. Help your teachers understand how best to support their readers.
Topics: Equity
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
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eBook
Building a data-informed district from the ground up
Trustworthy data from high-quality assessments can transform a classroom and foster a culture of data for schools and districts. Find practical strategies for getting started with solutions for early learners.
Topics: Leadership
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
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Article
Helping hesitant teachers embrace technology in the classroom
One-on-one reading fluency assessments may be familiar and commonplace in early learning classrooms, but thereās a better way. Learn more about the time savings, objectivity, and holistic data available with technology-based fluency assessments.
Topics: Literacy
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
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Video
MAP Reading Fluency: Data in action
MAPĀ® Reading Fluency was designed to deliver a superior reading assessment experience for emerging readers. See how the solution leverages innovative speech-recognition technology to provide teachers with objective, actionable reading data.
Topics: Assessment
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
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Video
Literacy and SEL: What you need to know
Culturally responsive texts can be a childās window to the world or a mirror to their inner self. See how early literacy and social-emotional learning go hand in hand.
Topics: Social emotional learning
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
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Webinar
COVID-19 altered nearly every facet of education last year. Watch the webinar with a panelist of experts as they discuss new research from NWEA on the academic progress of students during the pandemic and implications for policies and practices aimed to support recovery and advance learning for historically underserved communities.
Topics: Education research, Policy & advocacy
Products: MAP Growth