{"id":955,"date":"2021-01-11T17:13:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T22:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/kowalski\/?p=955"},"modified":"2021-01-11T17:13:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T22:13:53","slug":"nwea-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/kowalski\/2021\/01\/11\/nwea-information\/","title":{"rendered":"NWEA Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Parent Information for NWEA Assessments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is very important that the results from the NWEA assessment are valid or real from the actual student taking the assessment.&nbsp; The student who is logged in should be the only one taking the assessment and answering the questions.&nbsp; A very helpful suggestion is to have a parent or older brother or sister help with getting the test started.&nbsp; They can help with finding the NWEA website and logging them into the program.&nbsp; Once the student has started the assessment, they should be the only one deciding on which answer they are going to choose.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The results are used to see where the student is at with specific subjects areas or skills at this point in the school year.&nbsp; It will help the teacher and the staff understand if they need help in a certain area, that they are where they are supposed to be at this time, or if they are excelling in a certain area.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We can then use the results or data to help us understand what extra support a student may need before the end of the school year or before the next NWEA spring assessment.&nbsp; The scores of the assessments are compared with each other from the Fall to Winter.&nbsp; This shows the growth the student is making and the areas we need to focus on.&nbsp; These goals areas are also focused on during small group meetings and learning labs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We would like for students to find a quiet place in the house to take the assessment.&nbsp; This will help them to focus when they are reading and answering the questions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is also very important that the student&#8217;s camera is always on during the assessment.&nbsp; This will give the teacher a chance to see what the student is doing and if they are in need of any assistance or help.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If your child needs to ask the teacher a question during the assessment we would like for them to put it in the chat, instead of calling it out to the teacher.&nbsp; This will help with not interrupting the other students that may be online taking the assessment at the same time.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parent Information for NWEA Assessments It is very important that the results from the NWEA assessment are valid or real from the actual student taking the assessment.&nbsp; The student who is logged in should be the only one taking the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/kowalski\/2021\/01\/11\/nwea-information\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1521,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/kowalski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/kowalski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/kowalski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/kowalski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/kowalski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/kowalski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":956,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/kowalski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions\/956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/kowalski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/kowalski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/kowalski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}