NWEA’s early reading specialists present practical, use-tomorrow strategies and downloadable resources for improving engagement and supporting literacy growth for your youngest readers.

NWEA’s early reading specialists shared a preview of this groundbreaking solution, showing how MAP Reading Fluency with Coach saves teachers a significant amount of time by precisely placing K­–5 students within tech-enhanced 1:1 tutoring. You can close those reading gaps!

Formative assessment (FA) isn’t new. But as our education system changes, our approaches to any instructional strategy must evolve. Learn how to put FA to work in your physical or virtual classroom.

NWEA researchers explore the challenges and opportunities surrounding academic recovery. Designed for school and system leaders, this session details their latest research insights and explores the effectiveness of strategies like summer intervention programming and high-dose tutoring.

For this episode, we’re once again joined by Dr. Chase Nordengren, principal research lead for Effective Instructional Strategies at NWEA to talk about teacher-led approaches to academic recovery.

Chase works closely with leading scholars from around the globe to turn theory into actionable practices to drive instructional improvement. His latest study, High Growth for All, captured ways teachers in one Chicago-area district are leading the academic recovery effort and producing above average academic growth over multiple years for kids across the achievement spectrum

Chase is also the author of Step into Student Goal Setting: A Path to Growth, Motivation, and Agency from Corwin Press.

Three education leaders from a high growth district share their strategies for encouraging data-driven instruction. They also offer tips for onboarding new teachers, building trust, and encouraging buy-in—the hallmarks of a strong growth culture.

NWEA collaborates with more than 30 providers to determine how MAP Growth scores can be used by dozens of instructional and data products to make every classroom a data-informed classroom. Learn more about the Instructional Connections program and explore its unique benefits for administrators, teachers, and coaches.