Books & Videos

In Ambitious Instruction, author Brad Cawn offers a blueprint for how to make rigor visible, accessible, and actionable in grade 6–12 classrooms. Educators can improve students’ cognitive function and ensure college and career readiness through problem-based learning examples and rich content.

Dramatically improve your school by merging the High Reliability Schools (HRS) model and the PLC at Work® process. Ensure continuous quality improvement through strong leadership and culture building.

With the support of this comprehensive guide, you will discover how to transform teaching and learning with personalized competency-based education. The resource’s research-based instructional strategies will prepare educators for learner-centered teaching in modern learning environments.

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.

Learn how to employ effective feedback to create a student-centered culture in your classroom. Understand the importance of high-quality student feedback and communication in the classroom and how you can coach your students to their next steps.

A companion to Collaborative Common Assessments, this practical handbook presents measures for improving your collaborative common assessment process. Evaluate your common assessments’ ability to provide actionable insights into student learning and success.

Design and implement collaborative common assessments that strengthen teamwork, improve collaborative instruction, and increase student success. These two assessment books will show you how your school can best use the common assessment process and provide practical tools and protocols to make it a reality.

Discover a clear path for implementing a proficiency-based grading (evidence-based grading) system where student growth is at the heart of every classroom, in every content area, from career and technical education to world languages.

Build a culture of purposeful assessment design and data analysis for student learning. Drive student achievement in your school or classroom with a systematic approach to conducting effective assessments, collecting meaningful data, and taking action based on the results.

Learn how to develop creativity assessment practices that foster creative skills of students rather than just measuring creativity. This book by Katie White will help you design rich learning experiences and thoughtful assessments.