Fact Sheet
Fluency Protocol for Upper Grades
This document describes the Fluency Protocol developed as part of an NWEA research study funded by the Reading Reimagined grant, a program within the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF). It consists of five sessions, approximately 20 minutes each.
Topics: Literacy, Instructional strategies
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Mini-lesson examples for sixth-grade classrooms that can be adapted for other grades. Each is approximately 15 minutes.
Topics: Instructional strategies, Literacy
Brief
Increasing Fluency in Middle School Readers
This study examines the effects of a newly developed fluency protocol on historically marginalized students in three Grade 6 classrooms in a large urban school district. The protocol was designed for ease of use and does not require that educators have prior knowledge of reading instruction.
Topics: Education research, Insights & reports, Instructional strategies, Literacy
eBook
Triangulating assessment data: How to use MAP Growth and MAP Reading Fluency reports together
Learn about the best MAP Growth and MAP Reading Fluency reports to pull and how to look at them together, whether you’re a school leader or classroom teacher, in this best of Teach. Learn. Grow. eBook.
Topics: Assessment, Early learning, Insights & reports, Literacy, Professional learning
Products: MAP Growth, MAP Reading Fluency, MAP Suite, Professional Learning
Policy Brief
This brief provides a policy perspective into the recent NWEA research on how COVID-19 has affected student learning. It builds on previous research showing achievement levels stalling over the 2022–23 school year from the previous year.
Topics: Assessment, Education research, Literacy, Math, Policy & advocacy
Products: MAP Growth
Fact Sheet
Tools for fostering early word recognition: embedded mnemonics samples
One hurdle for young students who are beginning to read is learning letter names, shapes, and sounds. To help students master these arbitrary pairings between letter shape and letter sound, using letter-embedded mnemonics has been found to be more effective than using letters on their own or letters accompanied by a picture. Try out this sample set of embedded mnemonics with your early learners!
Topics: Early learning, Instructional strategies, Literacy, Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning
Guide
Classroom ready: Simple, impactful ways to engage your teachers
Like the students they serve, every educator enters the classroom in varying states of readiness. Education leaders must ensure each teacher has the tools, professional learning, and guidance they need to be successful. This detailed guide examines how the components of an NWEA Solution can provide the support teachers demand and deserve.
Topics: Instructional strategies, Assessment, Early learning, Leadership, Literacy, Math, Professional learning
Products: MAP Growth, Professional Learning
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