Ask any K–3 teacher about phonics or phonological awareness and, well, be careful what you ask for! You’re likely to take a deep dive into the bowl of alphabet soup that is reading instruction …
Author: Lynne Kulich
Topics: Early Learning, MAP Reading Fluency
MAP® Reading Fluency™ has been a game changer for students and teachers. Why? Because it makes learning fun and lets teachers assess oral reading fluency, literal comprehension, and foundational …
Author: Erin Ryan
This fall, my five-year-old daughter started kindergarten—and learning how to read. While she had plenty of practice with letters and their sounds in preschool, she’d never sounded out words …
Author: Derrick Vargason
Topics: Early Learning, Supporting Families
There is something dreadful about testing incoming kindergarten students at the beginning of the school year. When I was a reading specialist, I assessed students entering with lower proficiency in …
Author: Christine Pitts
Topics: Early Learning, Policy & Advocacy
Do you have Spanish speakers in your school? Teachers need help identifying what students in one-way and two-way dual language programs are ready to learn. They also need help knowing which kids …
Author: Melissa Stadtfeld
Topics: Early Learning, MAP Spanish, Equity
Dr. Jim Soland, affiliated research fellow with NWEA and assistant professor at the University of Virginia, recently completed a research study exploring the connection between components of …
Topics: Early Learning, Research & Thought Leadership, Equity
Are early readers suffering from a “knowledge gap”? In her Atlantic article “Elementary education has gone terribly wrong”—and in her new book, The Knowledge Gap—education journalist …
Author: Cindy Jiban
Topics: Early Learning, Classroom Tips, MAP Reading Fluency
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