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Embrace a technology-supported and balanced approach for performance-based assessment. Use triangulation of assessment through performance observations, conversations, and physical products to accurately measure student competence for learning objectives.

Learn how to balance traditional written assessments with performance tasks and conversations, and how to harness the power of tablets and smartphones to capture digital evidence of students' learning.

This book presents a deep and thoughtful conversation about what is meant by effective reading instruction for all students.

Learn how to become a more authentic and equitable educator. This book guides teachers in understanding their identity, challenging systemic inequities, and building stronger relationships with students. Master how to identify harmful practices, create inclusive classrooms, and envision a more just educational future.

Reach alienated youth using the unique strategies of the updated Reclaiming Youth at Risk book by Larry K. Brendtro, Martin Brokenleg, and Steve Van Bockern. Learn how cultivating the Circle of Courage values of belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity can combat core hazards that dominate the lives of youth at risk.

Learn how to implement equitable instruction, assessment, grading, and reporting practices to help diverse 21st century learners reach proficiency.

Schools have long tied student behavior to academic grades. This book will help you separate achievement from behavior and learn how to teach students positive behaviors, social-emotional intelligence, and skills for navigating their place as learners.

Discover how to establish engaging argumentation units of instruction that empower students to present and convince others of their position.

This user-friendly resource provides practical recommendations and strategies for designing units of study that center on students writing narrative fiction and nonfiction.

Grades K–8 teachers, curriculum specialists, literacy coaches, reading interventionists, and administrators gain research-based strategies for small-group reading instruction tailored to five developmental phases. This book equips you with practical templates and reading strategies for effective small-group instruction, catering to each developmental phase.