The gains fall away by 3rd grade, and a delay in starting school can cost families an extra year of childcare, the firm's ...

NWEA, a K-12 assessment and research organization, released today a new analysis examining data on delaying five-year-olds' kindergarten entry — a practice known as redshirting. Using national data ...

K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA has added an AI reading coach feature to its MAP Reading Fluency early literacy assessment product. Dubbed Maya, the Coach tool uses artificial ...

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NWEA, a K-12 assessment and research organization, announced today a new national dashboard that provides timely trends and data on U.S. student academic ...

Houston ISD’s elementary and middle school students achieved above average annual growth on the reading and math Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress exams but below ...

Between 2017 and 2025, 5 percent of kindergarteners were redshirted each year on average. The rate peaked in fall 2021 at 6.4 percent. This rate is on par with rates seen in the 1990s and 2000s, ...