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Classroom Assessment and Grading That Work
If you've ever questioned the logic of reducing a student's entire academic performance to a single test score or a vague letter grade, then here's a book that will revolutionize the way you think about assessment and grading. Drawing from years of in-depth research, Dr. Robert J. Marzano provides y...
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Designing and Assessing Educational Objectives: Applying the New Taxonomy
This hands-on guide explains how to apply the new taxonomy to develop meaningful and targeted educational objectives and assessments. Translating mandated standards into concrete objectives and then creating appropriate tasks to assess student learning of those objectives can be a challenge for educ...
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District Leadership That Works: Striking the Right Balance
Bridge the great divide between distanced administrative duties and daily classroom impact. This book introduces high-level leaders to a top-down power mechanism called “defined autonomy,” a concept that focuses on district-defined, nonnegotiable, common goals and a system of accountabil...
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Formative Assessment & Standards-Based Grading
Learn everything you need to know to implement an integrated system of assessment and grading. The author details the specific benefits of formative assessment. He explains how to design and interpret three different types of formative assessments, how to track student progress, and how to assign ...
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Making Standards Useful in the Classroom
It's true that state standards often have way too much content and aren't written in a way that enhances classroom instruction and formative assessment. That's why this guide is invaluable for any educator who wants to ensure that standards actually lead to higher student achievement. The authors gi...
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Standards-Based Reporting and Formative Assessment: On the Road to a Highly Reliable Organization
DVD and CD ROM with presentation (CD ROM also includes handouts, e-materials, and links)
Presented at Solution Tree's Assessment Summit (2008)
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Marzano uses the framework described in Classroom Assessment and Grading That Work and Making Standards Useful in the Classroom ...
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Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills
As the 21st century unfolds, the pace of change in the world is accelerating. The authors believe a combination of cognitive skills (skills students will need to succeed academically) and conative skills (skills students will need to succeed interpersonally) is necessary for the 21st century. This c...
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The Classroom Strategies Series Three-Book Set
This three-book set includes the first three books in the Classroom Strategies Series at a reduced price. The series offers in-depth research-based instructional strategies that can be used in the classroom to enhance student achievement. Classroom teachers as well as building- and district-level ad...
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The New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, 2nd Edition
A thoroughly updated guide to the nature of knowledge! The New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives—the most current and comprehensive guide in 50 years to define the new standard for education—is a must-have resource for all directors of curriculum and instruction, directors of staff deve...
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The Principal as Assessment Leader
Editor(s): Thomas R. Guskey
Filled with first-hand experiences from expert practitioners, The Principal as Assessment Leader delivers the motivation needed to ignite a shift toward formative assessment and overall school improvement through building teacher literacy, providing targeted professional...
Author(s):
Dennis King, Ainsley B. Rose, Cassandra Erkens, Chris Jakicic, Thomas Guskey, William M. Ferriter, Tammy Heflebower, Tom Hierck, Nicole Vagle, Charles Hinman, Mark Weichel, Susan Huff
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The Teacher as Assessment Leader
Editor(s): Thomas R. Guskey
Discover how to improve student learning through the power of effective, efficient assessments, and realize your power to transform education from inside the classroom. Meaningful examples, expert research, and real-life experiences illustrate the capacity and responsibi...
Author(s):
Sharon V. Kramer, Ainsley B. Rose, Cassandra Erkens, Chris Jakicic, Thomas Guskey, Adam Young, William M. Ferriter, Michelle Goodwin, Tammy Heflebower, Tom Hierck, Jeff Overlie, Nicole Vagle
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Transforming Classroom Grading
At a time when educators are being bombarded with information on standards, testing, and other performance measurements, few if any books tackle the real crux of the matter: classroom grading. Now here's an authoritative guide that explains what's wrong with most grading systems and how they can be ...
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