Discover how to weave an in-depth understanding of the Common Core into successful classroom practice with this two-part resource. You'll learn how to power the standards with guided assessment and measure student progress in a way that accurately reflects learning. Included are hundreds of ready-to-use, research-based proficiency scales for both English language arts and mathematics.
 Benefits
 - Gain a clear understanding of what the CCSS are, how they are organized, and how they can be used in the classroom. - Learn how to integrate 21st century thinking and reasoning into instruction. - Design learning goals and proficiency standards geared toward individual students.

Using Common Core Standards to Enhance Classroom Instruction & Assessment

Business & Money

Robert J. Marzano

Jan K. Hoegh

Julia A. Simms

David C. Yanoski

Education & Reference

Marzano Research Laboratory

Accurately report students academic strengths and weaknesses with standards-based grading. Rather than using traditional systems that incorporate nonacademic factors such as attendance and behavior, learn to assess and report student performance based on prioritized standards. You will discover reliable, practical methods for analyzing what students have learned and gain effective strategies for offering students feedback on their progress.
Benefits
 - Distinguish between standards-based and standards-referenced grading, and examine the basis of each.
 - Understand the research and reasoning for standards-based grading, and read other educators accounts of applying it in their schools.
 - Examine current grading practices, and identify ways to ensure grades accurately reflect students strengths and weaknesses.
 - Discover how to improve student achievement through meaningful, measurable, and accurate reporting.
 - Address the role of exceptional learners students with special needs, English learners, and gifted and talented students in the assessment process.

A School Leader's Guide to Standards-Based Grading

Education & Teaching

Tammy Heflebower

Phil Warrick

With Mitzi Hoback

With Margaret McInteer

With Bev Clemens

Foreword by Robert Marzano

Schools & Teaching

Discover a practical, comprehensive model of effective professional learning communities. In this user-friendly guide, educators explore research-based steps and strategies designed to increase the effectiveness of collaborative teams and enhance PLCs. Examine how the PLC process can transform critical components of education by expanding the responsibilities of collaborative teams, enabling them to transform the scope and content of the curriculum, the nature and function of classroom assessments, the manner in which instruction is planned and executed, the system in which teachers develop, and the way schools are led. 
Benefits - Gain a model of effective instruction and strategies for direct instruction. -Explore resources for collaborative teams to use as they have honest and challenging discussions, set and monitor norms, and focus on the right work. -Chart progress and transformation of your own schools and classrooms to inform and adjust curriculum, instruction, and assessment with self-evaluation surveys. -Study vignettes that depict how real schools have successfully implemented the strategies of a professional learning community outlined in each chapter. -Use reproducible agendas, scales, and checklists to improve schoolwide practices. -Answer comprehension questions to review each chapter's main points and increase your ability to support teacher development and student achievement.

Collaborative Teams That Transform Schools: The Next Step in PLCs (Improving Student Learning in PLCs; Effective Leaders and Team Collaboration That Bolster PLCs)

Gavin Grift

Laurel Hecker

Janelle Wills

Marzano Research

With foreword by Robert J. Marzano When teachers adopt standards-based learning, students take ownership of their education and achievement soars. Written specifically for K-12 teachers, this resource details a sequential approach for connecting curriculum, instruction, assessment methods, and feedback through standards-based education. The authors provide practical advice, real-world examples, and answers to frequently asked questions designed to support you through this important transition. Implement standards-based grading, instruction, and curriculum in your classroom and school: 
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<li>Explore the theories and benefits of a standards-based curriculum and become familiar with several significant paradigm shifts that will help you make a strong transition to a standards-based classroom.</li> <li>Explore ways to shift your thinking about teaching and lesson plans in order to better understand content as a vehicle for the achievement of standards.</li> <li>Learn how to develop proficiency scales that will offer guidance in teaching to standards and establishing informative classroom assessment for student learning.</li> <li>Discover new styles of instruction, educational assessment, feedback, and curriculum building that are well suited to standards-based education.</li> <li>Understand how to develop student ownership through the setting of goals, and access free downloadable reproducibles available with this book.</li>
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Contents: About the Authors About Marzano Research Foreword by Robert J. Marzano Introduction Chapter 1: Planning Instruction With Proficiency Scales Chapter 2: Instructing With Proficiency Scales Chapter 3: Setting Goals and Tracking Progress Chapter 4: Administering Quality Classroom Assessments and Figuring Grades Chapter 5: Teaching Exceptional Students Chapter 6: Communicating Grades Epilogue Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions Appendix B: Creation of an Elementary Unit Plan References and Resources Index

A Teacher's Guide to Standards-Based Learning (An Instruction Manual for Adopting Standards-Based Grading, Curriculum, and Feedback)

Philip B. Warrick

Jeff Flygare

Discover a clear path for creating and utilizing high-quality proficiency scales. Through this practical handbook, you will gain access to a comprehensive toolkit of strategies, methods, and examples for a variety of content areas and grade levels. The author also outlines an array of accommodations and modifications to support students with disabilities, English learners, and gifted and talented students. Benefits: 
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<li>Understand how to create and use proficiency scales to clearly frame classroom instruction and assessments.</li> <li>Learn how to write high-quality proficiency scales and review how to enrich student learning opportunities.</li> <li>Recognize the various ways teachers, students, and parents can use proficiency scales.</li> <li>Access rubrics, criteria checklists, and pacing guides that you can use in concert with proficiency scales to provide valuable feedback to students.</li>
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Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: The What and Why of Proficiency Scales Chapter 2: Developing Proficiency Scales Chapter 3: Score 4.0 Complex Content Chapter 4: Using Proficiency Scales in the Classroom Chapter 5: Scales and Related Tools Chapter 6: Using Scales With Exceptional Learners Chapter 7: Scales for Behaviors That Promote Academic Success Epilogue Appendices

Handbook for Developing and Using Proficiency Scales in the Classroom, A (A clear, practical handbook for creating and utilizing high-quality proficiency scales)

Marzano Resources

"Standards-based learning has been implemented into schools across the globe, yet it often does not receive the attention and hard work it needs to truly affect a students learning. A Handbook for Implementing Standards-Based Learning is an all-encompassing Standards-Based Learning guide that authors Tammy Heflebower, Jan K. Hoegh, and Philip B. Warrick have written to help schools properly develop and implement a Standards-Based Learning curriculum. The Handbook explores five different phases of Standards-Based implementation, with specific steps and guidelines for processes such as developing the right curriculum, gathering and implementing feedback, and modifying the curriculum to ensure the best educational experience possible. This book is ideal for those who may wish to lead a Standards-Based reform in their school with in-depth processes for every step along the way. Standards-Based Learning is a great step forward for education, but it needs to be implemented correctly to make a difference"--

Leading Standards-Based Learning: An Implementation Guide for Schools and Districts (A Comprehensive, Five-Step Marzano Resources Curriculum Implementation Guide)

Product Description 
Shifting to standards-based learning is a big change. Rely on Planning and Teaching in the Standards-Based Classroom to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. Authors Jeff Flygare, Jan K. Hoegh, and Tammy Heflebower have created a must-have guide for teachers that delivers straightforward, practical tools and detailed instructions for everything from lesson planning to proficiency scales to parent communication.\nUnderstand priority standards and proficiency scales. 
Develop curriculum maps to plan for the entire year or course. 
Follow the steps of the instructional cycle to create standards-based units and lessons. 
Help exceptional students continue to thrive and grow in a standards-based environment. 
Communicate objectively with students and families about learning.\nContents: Introduction Chapter 1: Curriculum Based on Standards and Scales Chapter 2: Year-Long Planning With Curriculum Maps Chapter 3: Unit Planning With the Instructional Cycle Chapter 4: Lesson Planning and Teaching Within the Instructional Cycle Chapter 5: Assessments and Progress Tracking Chapter 6: Communication Using Proficiency Scales Epilogue 
 About the Author 
Jeff Flygare is a former classroom teacher, English department chair, professional developer, and building leader. During his twenty-six-year career teaching high school English in Academy District 20 in Colorado, he taught nearly every course in the department. Jeff developed classes in mythology, Shakespeare, philosophy, and comparative religions, and worked with social studies colleagues to create an interdisciplinary class called World Studies, which he team-taught successfully for seventeen years. He taught Advanced Placement (AP) English classes for twenty-one years and served as an AP English literature reader and table leader for Educational Testing Service for many years. He adopted standards-based learning in his classroom and successfully taught students at all levels in a standards-based environment for many years. 
Jan K. Hoegh has been an educator for over thirty years and an author and associate for Marzano Resources since 2010. Prior to joining the Marzano team, she was a classroom teacher, building leader, professional development specialist, high school assistant principal, curriculum coordinator, and assistant director of statewide assessment for the Nebraska Department of Education, where her primary focus was Nebraska State Accountability test development. Jan has served on a variety of statewide and national standards and assessment committees and has presented at numerous conferences around the world. 
Tammy Heflebower, EdD, is a highly sought-after school leader and consultant with vast experiences in urban, rural, and suburban districts throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. She has served as an award-winning classroom teacher, building leader, district leader, regional professional development director, and national and international trainer. She has also been an adjunct professor of curriculum, instruction, and assessment at several universities, and a prominent member and leader of numerous statewide and national educational organizations.

Planning and Teaching in the Standards-Based Classroom

What do successful assessments look like? According to this team of authors, they provide meaningful assessment data that inform your instruction to help your students reach proficiency in priority standards. With the help of this practical guide, learn how to successfully integrate assessment with the standards-based teaching and learning process to improve student performance and evaluate instructional efficacy. 
This book will help K–12 teachers and assessment coordinators: Gain clarity on the different roles of assessment throughout the instructional cycle Determine the timing and format of assessments to best support student learning Address test validity, reliability, and fairness Understand collaborative techniques for assessment consistency Access numerous sample assessments from the field 
Contents: Introduction 
Chapter 1: The Role and Purpose of Classroom Assessment 
Chapter 2: Assessment Throughout the Instructional Cycle 
Chapter 3: Assessment Practices for Consistency and Collaboration 
Chapter 4: Technical Quality 
Chapter 5: The Process of Scoring Assessments 
Chapter 6: The Use of Data From Assessments 
Chapter 7: Feedback to Students 
Epilogue 
References and Resources 
Index

Assessing Learning in the Standards-Based Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers (Successfully integrate assessment practices that inform effective instruction for every student)

Dramatically improve schooling by harnessing the collective power of the High Reliability SchoolsTM (HRS) model and the PLC at Work® process. Featuring some of America's best educators, this anthology includes information, insights, and practical suggestions for both PLCs and HRS. The overarching purpose is to demonstrate how these two approaches, taken together, complement each other and support educators in their efforts to create a culture of continuous improvement. Use this resource to ensure a guaranteed and viable curriculum: 
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<li>Study the HRS and PLC practices with guidance from numerous practitioners and experts, developing good teachers into great teachers through a culture of accountability.</li> <li>Learn how to keep your school focused on the right work in order to achieve learning for all through a continuous improvement process.</li> <li>Understand how the HRS model can improve success with the PLC process and how the PLC at Work process is the cornerstone of a high reliability school.</li> <li>Explore the ways in which strong leaders can model and improve the why and how of PLC at Work through a collaborative culture.</li> <li>Explore the five levels of the HRS model, and then learn how to relate each level to PLC at Work process to improve education in your school or district.</li>
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Professional Learning Communities at Work® and High Reliability SchoolsTM: Cultures of Continuous Learning (Ensure a viable and guaranteed curriculum) (Leading Edge) (Leading Edge, 11)

Cameron L. Rains

Mike Ruyle

Anthony Muhammad

Robert Eaker

Timothy D. Kanold

Heather Friziellie

Julie A. Schmidt

Mike Mattos

William M. Ferriter

Eric Twadell

Mario Acosta

Toby Boss

Marc Johnson

Solution Tree Press

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