Carla Moore - The Essentials for Standards-Driven Classrooms

THE ESSENTIALS FOR STANDARDS-DRIVEN CLASSROOMS

A PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL FOR EVERY STUDENT TO ACHIEVE RIGOR

THE ESSENTIALS FOR STANDARDS-DRIVEN CLASSROOMS

A PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL FOR EVERY STUDENT TO ACHIEVE RIGOR

Carla Moore, Michael D. Toth, and Robert J. Marzano

with Libby H. Garst and Deana Senn

Copyright 2017 by Learning Sciences International

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Names: Moore, Carla. | Toth, Michael. | Marzano, Robert J.

Title: The essentials for standards-driven classrooms : a practical instructional model for every student to achieve rigor / Carla Moore, Michael D. Toth, Robert J. Marzano.

Description: West Palm Beach, FL : Learning Sciences, 2017. | Series: Essentials for achieving rigor. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: ISBN 978-1-943920-15-0 (pbk.) | ISBN 978-1-943920-16-7 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Teaching--Methodology. | Student-centered learning. | Education--Standards. | Effective teaching. | Learning, Psychology of. | Learning strategies. | BISAC: EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General. | EDUCATION / Professional Development. | EDUCATION / Standards.

Classification: LCC LB1025.3 .M65 2017 (print) | LCC LB1025.3 (ebook) | DDC 371.102--dc23.

MARZANO CENTER

Essentials for Achieving Rigor SERIES

Other books in the series:

Identifying Critical Content: Classroom Techniques to Help Students Know What Is Important

Examining Reasoning: Classroom Techniques to Help Students Produce and Defend Claims

Recording & Representing Knowledge: Classroom Techniques to Help Students Accurately Organize and Summarize Content

Examining Similarities & Differences: Classroom Techniques to Help Students Deepen Their Understanding

Processing New Information: Classroom Techniques to Help Students Engage With Content

Revising Knowledge: Classroom Techniques to Help Students Examine Their Deeper Understanding

Practicing Skills, Strategies & Processes: Classroom Techniques to Help Students Develop Proficiency

Engaging in Cognitively Complex Tasks: Classroom Techniques to Help Students Generate & Test Hypotheses Across Disciplines

Creating & Using Learning Targets & Performance Scales: How Teachers Make Better Instructional Decisions

Organizing for Learning: Classroom Techniques to Help Students Interact Within Small Groups

Monitoring the Learning Environment: Classroom Techniques for Creating the Conditions for Rigor

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Dedication

To all the teachers and leaders in the Demonstration Schools for Rigor, my deep admiration and respect for your perseverance and courage to blaze the trail for new learning. Special thanks to fourth-grade teacher Lisa Roman at Acreage Pines Elementary, whose classroom has become a learning laboratory for demonstrating constant learning, reflection, and humility.

Carla Moore

Acknowledgments

Learning Sciences International would like to thank the following reviewers:

Melissa S. Collins

2014 West Tennessee Teacher of the Year

Memphis, Tennessee

Tiffany Richard

2012 Kansas Teacher of the Year

Olathe, Kansas

Aaron Sitze

2013 Illinois Teacher of the Year finalist

Oregon, Illinois

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About the Authors

CARLA MOORE, MSEd, is an experienced professional developer, literacy coach, teacher, and administrator. She oversees product and content development for Learning Sciences International, with a special emphasis on teacher and administrator effectiveness. She is nationally recognized for her commitment to K12 education. In her current role as a thought leader at Learning Sciences International, she is coauthor with Dr. Robert J. Marzano of Creating & Using Learning Targets & Performance Scales: How Teachers Make Better Instructional Decisions and a number of research papers.

MICHAEL D. TOTH is founder and chief executive officer of Learning Sciences International. Formerly the president of the National Center for the Profession of Teaching, a university faculty member, and director of research and development grants, Mr. Toth transformed his university research and development team into a company that is focused on leadership, teacher professional growth, and instructional effectiveness correlated to student achievement gains.

Mr. Toth is actively involved in research and development, gives public presentations, and advises education leaders on issues of leadership and teacher effectiveness, school improvement, and professional development systems. He is coauthor, with Robert J. Marzano, of Teacher Evaluation That Makes a Difference: A New Model for Teacher Growth and Student Achievement and, with Beverly Carbaugh and Robert Marzano, of School Leadership for Results: Shifting the Focus of Leader Evaluation. His most recent book is Who Moved My Standards? Joyful Teaching in an Age of Change: A SOARing Tale.

ROBERT J. MARZANO, PhD, is a nationally recognized education researcher, speaker, trainer, and author of more than thirty books and 150 articles on topics such as instruction, assessment, writing and implementing standards, cognition, effective leadership, and school intervention. His practical translations of the most current research and theory into classroom strategies are widely practiced internationally by both teachers and administrators.

Dr. Marzano codeveloped the Learning Sciences Marzano Center Essentials for Achieving Rigor, a model of instruction that fosters essential teaching skills and strategies to support college and career readiness standards. Dr. Marzano has also partnered with Learning Sciences International to offer the Marzano Teacher Evaluation model, the Marzano School Leadership Evaluation model, and the Marzano District Leader Evaluation model.

Dr. Marzano received his doctorate from the University of Washington. Learn more about his research, as well as his products and services, at the Learning Sciences Marzano Center, www.marzanocenter.com.