All Publications | NWEA https://www.nwea.org/research/theme/student-growth-accountability-policies/ Partnering to Help all Kids Learn® Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:10:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Effects of 4-day school weeks on older adolescents: Examining impacts of the schedule on academic achievement, attendance, and behavior in high school https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/effects-of-4-day-school-weeks-on-older-adolescents-examining-impacts-of-the-schedule-on-academic-achievement-attendance-and-behavior-in-high-school/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 21:58:21 +0000 https://prd.cms.nwea.io/research/publication/effects-of-4-day-school-weeks-on-older-adolescents-examining-impacts-of-the-schedule-on-academic-achievement-attendance-and-behavior-in-high-school/ The post Effects of 4-day school weeks on older adolescents: Examining impacts of the schedule on academic achievement, attendance, and behavior in high school appeared first on NWEA.

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]]> Scott J. Peters, PhD https://www.nwea.org/research/our-researchers/scott-j-peters-phd/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 18:20:26 +0000 https://prd.cms.nwea.io/research/our-researchers/scott-j-peters-phd/ Scott J. Peters specializes in educational assessment and data use, gifted and talented student identification, equity within advanced educational opportunities, and effectiveness of educational policy. His research focuses on how schools can leverage assessment data for maximum school and student benefit. His ongoing projects relate to balancing cost, sensitivity, and equity in gifted and talented

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]]> Scott J. Peters specializes in educational assessment and data use, gifted and talented student identification, equity within advanced educational opportunities, and effectiveness of educational policy. His research focuses on how schools can leverage assessment data for maximum school and student benefit. His ongoing projects relate to balancing cost, sensitivity, and equity in gifted and talented student identification, how to proactively screen students for advanced learning opportunities, examining growth trajectories for advanced learners, and how to ensure all students have access to advanced learning opportunities.

Prior to coming to NWEA, for 13 years, Dr. Peters served as a professor of assessment and research methodology at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater.  His scholarly work has appeared in the Australian Educational Researcher,  AERA Open, Teaching for High Potential, the British Journal of Educational Psychology, Exceptional Children, and Gifted Child Quarterly, and many other publications. He received his PhD from Purdue University in educational psychology and applied research methodology.

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]]> Ayesha K. Hashim, PhD https://www.nwea.org/research/our-researchers/ayesha-k-hashim-phd/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 18:06:19 +0000 https://prd.cms.nwea.io/research/our-researchers/ayesha-k-hashim-phd/ Ayesha K. Hashim draws on interdisciplinary and mixed-methods research designs to study the impacts of district-level school policies on student learning, as well as the leadership, organizational, and implementation conditions that can explain observed results. Her research covers a range of topics including the integration of technology with standards-based instruction, school choice and accountability, teacher

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]]> Ayesha K. Hashim draws on interdisciplinary and mixed-methods research designs to study the impacts of district-level school policies on student learning, as well as the leadership, organizational, and implementation conditions that can explain observed results. Her research covers a range of topics including the integration of technology with standards-based instruction, school choice and accountability, teacher professional development, and COVID recovery. Ayesha’s work has been published in Education Finance and Policy, Economics of Education Review, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Computers and Education, American Journal of Education, and Peabody Journal of Education.

Prior to joining NWEA, Ayesha was an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She completed her PhD in urban education policy, MA in economics, and master’s in public policy at the University of Southern California. She received the New Scholar Award in 2017 from the Association for Education Finance and Policy for her dissertation research.

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]]> Looking back: how prior-year attendance impacts starting achievement https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/looking-back-how-prior-year-attendance-impacts-starting-achievement/ Fri, 12 Jun 2020 20:28:05 +0000 https://prd.cms.nwea.io/research/publication/looking-back-how-prior-year-attendance-impacts-starting-achievement/ The post Looking back: how prior-year attendance impacts starting achievement appeared first on NWEA.

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]]> Impacts of school entry age on academic growth through second grade https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/impacts-of-school-entry-age-on-academic-growth-through-second-grade/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 18:09:02 +0000 https://prd.cms.nwea.io/research/publication/impacts-of-school-entry-age-on-academic-growth-through-second-grade/ The post Impacts of school entry age on academic growth through second grade appeared first on NWEA.

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]]> Catching up or falling behind: Measuring middle school achievement trajectories for college readiness https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/catching-up-or-falling-behind-measuring-middle-school-achievement-trajectories-for-college-readiness/ Wed, 27 May 2020 23:19:00 +0000 https://prd.cms.nwea.io/research/publication/catching-up-or-falling-behind-measuring-middle-school-achievement-trajectories-for-college-readiness/ The post Catching up or falling behind: Measuring middle school achievement trajectories for college readiness appeared first on NWEA.

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]]> Student test engagement and its impact on achievement gap estimates https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/student-test-engagement-and-its-impact-on-achievement-gap-estimates/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 23:43:46 +0000 https://prd.cms.nwea.io/research/publication/student-test-engagement-and-its-impact-on-achievement-gap-estimates/ The post Student test engagement and its impact on achievement gap estimates appeared first on NWEA.

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]]> How to support ELL students: A Q&A with Dr. Jim Soland https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/how-to-support-ell-students-a-qa-with-dr-jim-soland/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 22:53:57 +0000 https://prd.cms.nwea.io/research/publication/how-to-support-ell-students-a-qa-with-dr-jim-soland/ The post How to support ELL students: A Q&A with Dr. Jim Soland appeared first on NWEA.

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]]> Reconciling long-term education policy goals with short-term school accountability models https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/reconciling-long-term-education-policy-goals-with-short-term-school-accountability-models-paper/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 22:04:56 +0000 https://prd.cms.nwea.io/research/publication/reconciling-long-term-education-policy-goals-with-short-term-school-accountability-models-2/ The post Reconciling long-term education policy goals with short-term school accountability models appeared first on NWEA.

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]]> School effectiveness, summer loss, and federal accountability: Applying the compound polynomialmodel in a program evaluation context https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/school-effectiveness-summer-loss-and-federal-accountability-applying-the-compound-polynomialmodel-in-a-program-evaluation-context/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 21:36:56 +0000 https://prd.cms.nwea.io/research/publication/school-effectiveness-summer-loss-and-federal-accountability-applying-the-compound-polynomialmodel-in-a-program-evaluation-context/ The post School effectiveness, summer loss, and federal accountability: Applying the compound polynomialmodel in a program evaluation context appeared first on NWEA.

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