Robert J. Marzano

No matter your school improvement plan, data-driven leadership is key. These five big ideas will dispel popular myths long held by school and district leaders, reinvigorate your commitment to focus on the right work, and guide you in supporting the daily practices that matter most in achieving high levels of student success.

From cover to cover, this collection is packed with examples of effective, research-based strategies for 21st century classrooms.

The world's best education researchers, theorists, and staff developers provide a comprehensive view of instruction from a theoretical, systemic, and classroom perspective.

Cultivate a positive mindset, and choose productive actions by examining your emotions and interpretations in the classroom and understanding factors that influence your decisions.

Access your roadmap to competency-based education (CBE) success and discover essential teaching strategies from educators who have done this work. Learn how you too can positively impact student learning with this instructional framework.

This fourth book in the Marzano Academies series focuses on secondary school leadership for competency-based education. The beauty of the framework, however, is that any leader seeking guidance on innovative, equitable, and effective practices can use this book as a blueprint for positive change.

Learn why classroom assessments should become the primary method for formally measuring student learning and how to revamp them to ensure validity and reliability.

Competency-based learning drives meaningful transformation in education. Explore the Westminster Public Schools learning model, emphasizing vision, leadership, foundational practices, learner-centered classrooms, data-driven improvement, and the High Reliability Schools process.

Educators learn to analyze test question structures in English language arts and mathematics. This book provides strategies to incorporate these structures into classroom content, instruction, and student preparation. K–12 teachers and school leaders can explore methods for integrating testing structures into daily work and examine the role of school leadership in facilitating these new methods.

Based on the latest assessment research, this book provides a practical and ethical approach to deepening students’ knowledge and ethically preparing them to demonstrate that knowledge on large-scale standardized tests.