eBook
Assessment empowerment 101: What it is, why it matters, and how to do it
We assess our students every day. But do we always know why? In this e-book, Erin Beard, content design coordinator on NWEA’s professional learning team, tells you everything you need to know about assessment empowerment, from what it is to exactly how to bring it to life in your classroom.
Topics: Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning
White Paper
The Transformative Ten: Instructional Strategies Learned from High Growth Schools
This paper describes high quality teaching practices in two schools that produce exceptional growth for all kinds of students. These practices focus on making the most of instructional time and exposing students to high quality content in a variety of contexts. They prove teachers don’t need to choose between differentiating to meet students’ needs and giving them access to grade-level learning.
Topics: Education research, Equity, 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 strategy & resources, Assessment, Early learning, Leadership, Literacy, Math, Professional learning
Products: MAP Growth, Professional Learning
Article
10 can’t-miss benefits of MAP Reading Fluency
All reading tests are not created equal. With helpful features, innovative reporting tools, and robust professional learning experiences, MAP® Reading Fluency™ is an early reading assessment unlike any other. Learn more about the equity-advancing, time-saving features included with MAP Reading Fluency
Topics: Assessment, Early learning, Equity, Instructional strategy & resources, Leadership, Literacy, Multilingual learners, Professional learning
Products: MAP Reading Fluency
Case Study
See how an Indiana middle school leveraged MAP Growth and IXL to pioneer a new “run-first, walk-later” approach to the curriculum.
Topics: Assessment, Insights and reports, Math
Products: MAP Growth
Brochure
Assessment Empowered Classrooms Professional Learning Overview
Empower students with a healthy, collaborative classroom culture of learning
This suite focuses on aligning the mindsets, systems, and practices that sustain an assessment system centered on empowering students and offers educators a framework for appropriately using assessments and their results to inform critical instruction-related decisions.
Topics: Assessment, Instructional strategy & resources, Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning
Brochure
NWEA Professional Learning: Make meaningful, measurable instructional change
NWEA Professional Learning develops professional practice in four critical, interconnected categories that help educators make the most instructional impact. Get a closer look at the robust, holistic offerings available for your school or district.
Topics: Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning