Keep the Learning Continuum.
Like many of my colleagues, I used the learning continuum to plan for whole and small group instruction. This valuable tool helped us try to avoid the swiss cheese learning we all dread in education. Without the ease of use of the former learning continuum trying to cross reference student scores and scroll through categories by topic or standard is punishing, arduous and nearly impossible. What you are currently offering as your substitute for the learning continuum is not helpful. It is frustrating. You have essentially stripped away the most valuable facet of the data you provided.
Jessica Jones
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Aurielle Drive commented
I agree. We were extremely upset. Our district is constantly telling us to refer to the learning continuum to make instructional plans and now it is completely unusable. What took mere minutes to glean from the webpage took over an hour and we are still very confused. As teachers, we have so much work to do, and we don't have time to waste trying to decipher this change. I will be using diagnostic tests from other sources until NWEA gets its act together.
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Amy Harrison commented
We used the Learning Continuum to assist in developing supports, as a data point for making instructional decisions, and to better isolate which skills our students needed most. The "old" view was so helpful and saved teachers that used it a ton of time. Please consider bringing it back.
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Molly
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As a specialist I work with small groups of students in grades K-5 based on their ability levels and needs. The class view of the learning continuum was very helpful when making small groups, monitoring progress within groups, and planning lessons and differentiation. Without this tool I spend hours flipping back and forth through student profiles to see who is ready to develop which skills. We need this class view of the report back so we can see quickly what each student group needs to focus on and which skills the groups have mastered. Please bring back this report!
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Judy Kent-Fabris
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Bring back the Learning Continuum of the past!! is was one of, if not the most useful reports a teacher could use for Math!! I'm unhappy with whomever made the change. Teachers used it to inform their daily math; find areas of weakness and strength; fine tune thier lessons and show growth from test session to test session within all sub categories in one report! It has it all there! No need to go here or go there to cobble together something as comprehensive and so utterly useful. Please give us back the magnificent Learning Continuum of 3 years ago.
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Dominique Janeway commented
Could we please revert the Learning Continuum to its previous format? The new version is challenging to work with, and it's become difficult to create differentiated groups without the previous features. I strongly urge you to consider bringing back the previous version. Thank you.
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Aaron Ayres
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Is there a way to incorporate the Class View of the Learning Continuum into the Class Profile report?
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Amy Butler commented
Our teachers are really missing the Learning Continuum view that cross-referenced their student RIT data. This was the most helpful report at the class level, and now our teachers are lacking vital information from MAP. We used this to plan small groups and to guide our whole-group instruction. The new Learning Continuum report is not helpful or user friendly at all. We can't even print it out to cross-reference with student scores.
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DARRYL ROBBINS commented
We need the Learning Continuum Class View to see data about students results. We use the learning continuum to develop our Tier 2 Support for MTSS. This information does not seem to be found elsewhere and was discontinued over the summer which is leaving our school and teachers without the necessary data to make instructional decisions.
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LAURA GREEN commented
We need the Learning Continuum Class View to see data about students results. We use the learning continuum to develop our Tier 2 Support for MTSS. This information does not seem to be found elsewhere and was discontinued over the summer which is leaving our school and teachers without the necessary data to make instructional decisions.
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Allison Benner commented
I completely agree, this new feature adds an additional step for planning instruction related to student needs. The old learning continuum grouped students into their RIT band and explicitly stated the skills they were ready to learn. Not including student names into each RIT band within the standard makes it so much harder and time consuming to plan and try to improve their skills. Please bring this feature back!
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Kelly Manley commented
Can we make the learning continuum WHAT IS WAS instead of this "new and improved" version? How am I supposed to easily create differentiated groups if you take that amazing feature away?! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring it back.
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Carrie Poss commented
At our schools, we are avid users of the learning continuum. We use this to differentiate and plan our lessons accordingly. When the students were placed next to the standard they needed "next" it was a quick and easy way to make plans to match their instructional needs. Now that this feature is gone and "updated" I (we) are literally panicking! We are so upset! HA! The learning continuum before was "hard" to read (I wish we could have just printed the standard we were working on), but NOW it is not user friendly. Not only are the students names missing by their RIT level, but the scrolling is not user friendly. I'm saying all of this with love and as a suggestion, but we sure are upset at our school! :(