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NWEA, 2019
At Tamassee-Salem Elementary School in South Carolina, teacher Anna Durham likes to have data conferences with her third graders. She creates a simple graph of their MAP® Growth™ interim assessment scores with past and current scores, along with a future goal. She believes talking about goals--and how they will get there together--helps to engage…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Scores, Achievement Tests
NWEA, 2017
Educators at North Mason wanted a cohesive assessment plan for their district. With help from NWEA, they aligned assessments to appropriate purposes and began focusing on student growth.
Descriptors: School Districts, Case Studies, Educational Improvement, Strategic Planning
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Alison Heron-Hruby; Brandie Trent; Samantha Haas; Zachary Cole Allen – English Journal, 2015
This article details the authors' success in using youth as a construct to facilitate literary analysis skills among high school students who claimed not to like reading--and who demonstrated difficulty with reading comprehension. The authors provide descriptions of the analysis activities in which the students participated.
Descriptors: High School Students, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension, Literary Criticism