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Linking Smarter Balanced Assessments to NWEA MAP Assessments

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Linking Smarter Balanced Assessments to NWEA MAP Assessments

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Comparative Data to Inform Instructional Decisions

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Comparative Data to Inform Instructional Decisions

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Skills Navigator Recognized as Exceptional New Assessment Product at ISTE 2015 - NWEA

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Skills Navigator®, the new classroom assessment system from the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), has just been named a Best in Show product by Tech & Learning magazine. The award recognizes the most promising products from the 2015 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference, an annual showcase for cutting edge instructional technologies.

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Book Wizard: Find and Level Books for Your Classroom | Scholastic

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Level your classroom library, create book lists, and find the right book at just the right reading level for students with Book Wizard.

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Step 1: Choose a Skill

Each lesson can be used multiple times with the same students. Choose different reading material each time. This gives the students a chance to become comfortable with the format and the expectations so they can focus on the skill.

Model, model, model, model!

Demonstrate the skill in detail, explaining your thinking process out loud, especially for struggling students.

Show the assignment page on an overhead projector. Read the article together. Pause and describe your thoughts as you look for the information needed to complete each part of the assignment.

The first time you give an assignment, complete at least the first half of it as a whole class. Give the students multiple chances to hear you explain how to use the skill before asking them to try it on their own.

Allow students to work together. Talking through the work may help them clarify their thinking and gives you a chance to listen in and better understand how much they are able to do.

Lesson Ideas:

| Grades 3, 6-8 | RIT <171-220 |

Students line up strips of paper with events from a story.(Could be modified for nonfiction also)

Step 2: Choose an Article

Each article is available at three reading levels:

Level 1: Approximate reading level 3-4 grade

Level 2: Approximate reading level 5-6 grade

Level 3: Approximate reading level 7-10 grade

Note: These articles are fiction, but they are written to be read and used as non-fiction. Many of the stories have their basis in a real event or situation, but the names, places and details have been changed. As much as possible, statistics in the articles are true so that classroom discussion isn't guided by false information.For older and more advanced students, these articles can be great resources for a lesson on validity of a source. Ask students: How do you know if what is written here is true? Can you believe what you read?

Articles:

Legend of Silent Rock - Level 1 | Level 2 | Related Skills: Cause/Effect, Main Idea, Fact/Opinion Level 3

Story about the Silent Rock on Mt. Hood in Oregon, where superstition says you must be quiet or something bad will happen

Barefoot Running - | Level 1 Level 2 | Level 3
Related Skills: Fact/Opinion, Main Idea, Cause/Effect Informational article about the pros and cons of recreational running without shoes

Buried Treasure - Level 1 | Level 2 | Related Skills: Fact/Opinion, Main Idea, Sequencing Level 3

Story of a man who found a mysterious box buried on his farm

Dog Rescue - Related Skills: Cause/Effect, Main Idea, Sequencing

Story of a girl who helps local dog shelters match missing dogs with their owners

Eat Your Greens - | Level 1 | Level 3 Related Skills: Cause/Effect, Fact/Opinion, Main Idea
Level 2

Informational article about students making healthier food choices

House of Snakes - Level 1 | Level 2 | Related Skills: Cause/Effect, Fact/Opinion, Main Idea, Sequencing Level 3

Story about a house infested with snakes

Legend of Silent Rock - Level 1 | Level 2 | Related Skills: Cause/Effect, Main Idea, Fact/Opinion Level 3

Story about the Silent Rock on Mt. Hood in Oregon, where superstition says you must be quiet or something bad will happen

Lost in the Woods - Level 1 | Level 2 | Related Skills: Cause/Effect, Main Idea, Sequencing Level 3

Story about a boy who got lost during a camping trip

Lunch Choices - Level 1 | Level 2 | Related Skills: Fact/Opinion, Main Idea Level 3

Informational article about efforts to make school lunches healthier

Silent Football - Level 1 | Level 2 | Related Skills: Fact/Opinion, Main Idea, Sequencing Level 3

Story about a deaf student who plays football

Step 3: Assign Students

Use assessment data and classroom performance to determine the most effective level for each child to work.

Assign each student the level of article most appropriate for that individual student. All students can read about the same story and practice the same skills using reading materials that are at their own level so they are able to learn more (See Zone of Proximal Development)

Be flexible. If a student is struggling or needs more of a challenge, adjust his/her assigned work accordingly.

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Step 1: Choose a Skill Each lesson can be used multiple times with the same students. Choose different reading material each time. This gives the students a chance to become comfortable with the format and the expectations so they can focus on the skill. Model, model, model, model!

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Instructional Connections

Personalize Learning to Help Each Student Grow

We collaborate with the industry's most extensive array of instructional partners to help schools and districts get more from tools they're already using. We vet all our instructional partners to ensure superior content quality, supports a diverse student population, is standards-aligned and engages across many levels of student learning. And, because MAP Growth isn't tied to a particular curriculum offering, you can be sure you're getting an independent validation of student learning.

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To help teachers to unlock learning gains for every student, NWEA® has partnered with Khan Academy® to develop MAP® Accelerator™. This powerful online tool ties MAP Growth scores to personalized learning pathways so students get support tailored to their needs, whether on, above, or below grade level.

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To close learning gaps, educators need trustworthy data to understand what students are ready to learn, along with relevant content to engage them in the learning process and bring curriculum to life. Newsela, an instructional content platform, has partnered with NWEA to meet this important need and meet students where they are.

With precise assessment insights from MAP Growth scores and authentic content from Newsela, educators can automatically differentiate instruction for all students with captivating content delivered at each student's reading level.

NWEA and Learning A-Z work together to integrate MAP and MPG assessment results with Raz-Plus and Reading A-Z's literacy-focused curriculum resources, creating differentiated instructional recommendations for teachers to use with each student or groups of students.

Liftoff by Education Galaxy

Grades: K-8 Subjects: Math, ELA, Reading

Mindprint - MAP Growth Learning Plan

Grades: 2-12 Subjects: Math, ELA

A tool that says, 'A MAP Growth score of 193 represents this particular level of skill, and to get to this level you need to move to this additional skill,' is very useful for teachers. John Wilson, Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Director, Tempe Elementary School District, Arizona

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