Solution Tree

Discover ten key assessment design tools for K–12 educators and learn proven strategies for incorporating them into your practices.

Offering a neutral analysis of educational research, author Nathaniel Hansford provides a crash course on the science behind reading and writing instruction. This book empowers teachers to confidently make evidence-informed instructional decisions.

This book provides the practical tools for data analysis and a crucial data mindset shift. Educational leaders can discover how to find causal data within student data, ensuring the humanity of every student drives instructional strategies. Learn how to use every data-driven decision to drive better instruction and lasting student learning.

Build instructional confidence with this essential reflective guide for navigating challenges and supporting new teachers. It pairs classroom management and expanded instructional strategies with teacher wellness practices—including tips for neurodivergent educators and wisdom from veterans—to ensure first-year success.

Make assessment meaningful, doable, and intentional. This practical companion handbook to the Design in Five, Second Edition, gives teachers simple assessment protocols, editable templates, and artificial intelligence support to drive the Design in Five process. Revolutionize assessment from standards to grading reform and student reflection.

Afterword by: Tina H. Boogren

Built on a foundation of routines and strategies for choosing joy, this book guides educators on a yearlong journey to cultivate lasting joy in their lives. Through insightful narratives and mindful practices, the book explores the power of connection with self and others. Using seasonal reflections, educators learn to experience joy by embracing challenges, finding contentment, and prioritizing rest, resilience, and rejuvenation.

Anyone can learn mathematics and stay in the math game for life once they learn key superpowers that can demystify foundational concepts—from whole numbers, fractions, and place value operations to ratios, proportions, and percentages. This book offers teaching methods to develop a dynamic and flexible understanding of numbers and operations in young learners.

Connecting effective communication practices to leadership’s impact on the emotional, mental, and physical health of self and others, the authors illustrate what it truly means to become an effective Coach Leader and provide tools to hone those skills of positive, empathic leadership.

Build a mindset for collaborative learning using the problem-based learning approach. With a guided plan and scenarios designed to facilitate a shift in thinking, leaders and teacher teams will walk away feeling mentally prepared to navigate the PLC process.

Help your teams get better faster. Written for busy school leaders, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders, this ultimate “grab and grow” guide details how to bridge the gap between learning and doing at every stage of the PLC journey.