Data and Parents[Connecting the Dots]

Lissa BrunanGrand Valley State University

Assessment Specialist

[introductions]

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FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOWABOUT NWEA

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2008 2.8 million students2012 +8 million students

All 50 states20 countries

[criterion referenced]

REVIEW THEFIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

KNOW ABOUT NWEA

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NWEA MAP [growth & proficiency activity]

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[Student Progress Report]

206.7

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“Everybody is a genius.

But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a

tree, it will live its whole life believing that

it is stupid.“-Albert Einstein

Lissa BrunanAssessment Specialist

GVSU Charter Schools Office

brunanl@gvsu.edu