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Who are Solution Tree authors? They’re educators. They’re researchers and thought leaders. They’re the movers and shakers of education you may already be familiar with: Robert J. Marzano, Richard DuFour, David A. Sousa, Carol Ann Tomlinson, Timothy D. Kanold, Toby J. Karten, and others. Build your students’ knowledge base and refine their passion for education with the resources inside.

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Instruction Assessment Common Core Classroom Management and Behavior Literacy 21st Century Skills English Learners Response to Intervention Professional Learning Communities at Work™ Leadership Order Form

Instruction On Excellence in Teaching Edited by Robert J. Marzano By Barrie Bennett, David Berliner, Jere Brophy, Lynn Erickson, Thomas Good, Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Jana Marzano, Robert J. Marzano, Richard Mayer, Jay McTighe, Matthew Perini, Debra J. Pickering, Harvey Silver, Carol Ann Tomlinson, and Grant Wiggins

Learn from the world’s best education researchers, theorists, and staff developers as they present recommendations on effective instruction. The book provides a comprehensive view of instruction from a theoretical, systemic, and classroom perspective. The authors’ diverse expertise delivers a wide range of ideas and strategies.

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Introduction A Focus on Teaching Section 1 Theories of Excellence 1 What’s My Job? Defining the Role of the Classroom Teacher 2 Forty Years of Research on Teaching 1968–2008: What Do We Know Now That We Didn’t Know Then? 3 The Artful Science of Instructional 392 pages | Hardcover | 2009 Integration 32BCB–BKF278 $34.95 4 Applying the Science of Learning to ISBN 978-1-934009-58-1 Instruction in School Subjects Section 2 Systemic Excellence 5 The Incompatibility of High-Stakes Testing and the Development of Skills for the Twenty-First Century 6 Teaching the Thinking Skills That Higher-Order Tasks Demand

7 Conceptual Designs for Curriculum and Higher-Order Instruction 8 Instructional Cartography: How Curriculum Mapping Has Changed the Role and Perspective of the Teacher 9 Developing Expert Teachers Section 3 Classroom Excellence 10 Differentiating Instruction in Response to Academically Diverse Student Populations 11 Understanding by Design and Instruction 12 Cultivating Student Appreciation of the Value of Learning 13 The Eight Cs of Engagement: How Learning Styles and Instructional Design Increase Student Commitment to Learning 14 The Inner Game of Teaching

The Highly Engaged Classroom By Robert J. Marzano and Debra J. Pickering With Tammy Heflebower Bestseller Gain an in-depth

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understanding of how to generate high levels of student attention and engagement. Using the suggestions in this book, every teacher can create a classroom environment where engagement is the norm, not the exception.

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Research and Theory How Do I Feel? Am I Interested? Is This Important? Can I Do This? Planning for High Engagement

Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D

Answers to Exercises What Is an Effect Size? Sample Unusual Information Planning Questions

240 pages | 2010 | Published by Marzano Research Laboratory 32BCB–BKL005 $29.95 ISBN 978-0-9822592-4-5

Becoming a Reflective Teacher By Robert J. Marzano With Tina Boogren, Tammy Heflebower, Jessica Kanold-McIntyre, and Debra J. Pickering Bestseller Learn how to combine a

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model of effective instruction with goal setting, focused practice, focused feedback, and observations to improve your instructional practices. Included are 280 strategies related to the 41 elements of effective teaching proven to enhance student achievement.

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Research and Theory Having a Model of Effective Teaching Setting Growth Goals Engaging in Focused Practice Receiving Focused Feedback Observing and Discussing Teaching

Compendium Strategies for Reflective Practice Appendix A Answers to Comprehension Questions Appendix B Teacher Scales for Reflective Practice

256 pages | 2012 | Published by Marzano Research Laboratory 32BCB–BKL011 $34.95 ISBN 978-0-9833512-3-8

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Instruction Bringing Innovation to School Empowering Students to Thrive in a Changing World By Suzie Boss Foreword by Chris Lehmann

NEW! Are you preparing a new generation of innovators? Activate your students’ creativity and problem-solving potential with breakthrough learning projects. Across all grades and content areas, student-driven, collaborative projects will teach students how to generate innovative ideas and then put them into action. You’ll take learning to new heights and help students master core content.

Contents Part I Setting the Stage 1 Coming to Terms With Innovation 2 Seeing Educators as Innovators 3 Growing a New Global Skill Set Part II Building the New Idea Factory 4 Seeding Innovation 5 Integrating Design Thinking Throughout the Curriculum 6 Making Room for Thinkers

7 Taking Advantage of Technology 8 Gaming for Real Learning Part III Moving From Thinking to Doing 9 Spreading Good Ideas 10 Taking Action Appendix A Additional Resources Appendix B Innovation Rubric Appendix C Discussion Guide

184 pages | 2012 32BCB–BKF546 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-936765-26-3

Mind, Brain, & Education

Neuroscience Implications for the Classroom Edited by David A. Sousa By Daniel Ansari, Joanna A. Christodoulou, Donna Coch, Stanislas Dehaene, Keith Devlin, Marianna D. Eddy, Matthias Faeth, Kurt W. Fischer, John Gabrieli, Mariale M. Hardiman, Katie Heikkinen, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Tricia O’Loughlin, Michael I. Posner, David A. Sousa, Diane L. Williams, and Judy Willis

Understanding how the brain learns helps teachers do their jobs more effectively. Primary researchers in the emerging field of educational neuroscience share the latest findings on the learning process and address their implications for educational theory and practice. 312 pages | Hardcover | 2010 32BCB–BKF358 $34.95 ISBN 978-1-935249-63-4

Contents 1 How Science Met Pedagogy 2 Neuroimaging Tools and the Evolution of Educational Neuroscience 3 The Current Impact of Neuroscience on Teaching and Learning 4 The Role of Emotion and Skilled Intuition in Learning 5 The Speaking Brain

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The Reading Brain Constructing a Reading Brain The Mathematical Brain The Calculating Brain The Computing Brain The Creative-Artistic Brain The Future of Educational Neuroscience

Critical Conversations in Co-Teaching A Problem-Solving Approach By Carrie Chapman and Cate Hart Hyatt In this practitioner’s guide to building quality collaborative relationships, the authors explain co-teaching models and how co-teaching fits within school improvement initiatives. Through practical examples and real-life stories, they present the critical conversations framework designed to foster dramatic improvements in the way co-teachers communicate. 176 pages | 2011 32BCB–BKF428 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935542-32-2

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Contents 1 An Opening Invitation to Co-Teaching Conversations 2 Co-Teaching Models 3 The Critical Conversations in Co-Teaching Framework 4 Critical Conversations in Action 5 Expanding Co-Teaching Conversations

6 Critical Conversations Protocols: Set 1—Engage Partners 7 Critical Conversations Protocols: Set 2—Examine Data 8 Critical Conversations Protocols: Set 3—Enhance Instruction 9 Critical Conversations Protocols: Set 4—Expand Impact

Instruction Think Big, Start Small How to Differentiate Instruction in a Brain-Friendly Classroom By Gayle Gregory and Martha Kaufeldt You no longer have to be a neuroscientist to understand how your students absorb knowledge. This easy-to-comprehend guide pares down the vast field of neuroscience and covers the brain basics that affect your classroom the most— attention, memory, emotions, and stress. With a variety of simple brain-compatible strategies, you’ll see a measurable difference in your differentiated classrooms.

Contents 1 Using Educational Neuroscience to Differentiate Instruction 2 Creating a Brain-Compatible Environment 3 Engaging, Exciting, and Energizing the Learner

4 Exploring the Learning 5 Extending and Expanding Learning for Every Student 6 Evaluating the Learning 7 Think Big, Start Small

168 pages | 2011 32BCB–BKF471 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935543-06-0

Differentiation and the Brain How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom By David A. Sousa and Carol Ann Tomlinson Examine the basic principles of differentiation in light of what current research on educational neuroscience has revealed. This research pool offers information and insights that can help educators decide whether certain curricular, instructional, and assessment choices are likely to be more effective than others. Learn how to implement differentiation so that it achieves the desired result of shared responsibility between teacher and student.

Contents 1 The Nonnegotiables of Effective Differentiation 2 Mindset, Learning Environment, and Differentiation 3 Curriculum and Differentiation 4 Classroom Assessment and Differentiation

5 Differentiating in Response to Student Readiness 6 Differentiating in Response to Student Interest 7 Differentiating in Response to Student Learning Profile 8 Managing a Differentiated Classroom

216 pages | 2010 32BCB–BKF353 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-935249-59-7

When Actions Speak Louder Than Words Understanding the Challenging Behaviors of Young Children and Students With Disabilities By Kim Davis and Susan D. Dixon Build your understanding of behavior as communication, and learn to interpret the messages behind the actions. This book provides information and tools to support all children whose primary way to communicate is through challenging behaviors. Enlightening, sometimes humorous stories provide examples of how children use behavior to communicate. Engaging exercises and end-of-chapter questions can be used to improve current practice.

Contents Part I Foundational Knowledge and Philosophy 1 Introduction 2 Forms of Communication 3 Functions of Communication 4 The Big Picture of Challenging Behaviors: Six Critical Questions 5 Hidden Issues

6 Disability Issues Part II Practical Strategies for Supporting Behavior 7 Supportive Learning Environments 8 Proactive Behavioral Strategies 9 Proactive Instructional Strategies 10 Reactive Strategies 11 A Child-Centered Approach

216 pages | Grades K–6 | 2009 32BCB–BKF274 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-934009-60-4

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Instruction Inclusion Strategies & Interventions By Toby J. Karten Inclusion means more than just preparing students to pass standardized tests and increasing academic levels. In inclusive classrooms, students with special educational needs are treated as integral members of the general education environment. Gain strategies to offer the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral benefits that allow all students to achieve their highest potential. 208 pages | 2010 32BCB–BKF381 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-935543-23-7

Contents Part 1 Promoting Learning in the Inclusive Classroom 1 Understanding the Inclusive Classroom 2 Organizing for Instruction 3 Addressing Student Needs 4 Using Assessments, Accommodations, and Data Part 2 Strategies for Effective Curriculum Practice 5 Literacy and Communication

6 Mathematics 7 Social Studies and Science 8 Art, Music, and Movement 9 An Interdisciplinary Approach 10 Transitional Plans Part 3 Maintaining the Inclusive Classroom 11 Professional Collaboration 12 Honoring Inclusion Appendix A Abbreviations Appendix B Legal Aspects of Inclusion

Teaching for Diversity A Guide to Greater Understanding By Ricardo L. García 3rd Edition Explore the demographic shifts in American life and schools throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and examine the impact of these shifts on education. This book provides a powerful theoretical framework for thinking about and fostering acceptance of diversity and difference.

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What Is an American? Diversity in a Free Society Universal Education for a Free Society Honoring Culture and Self-Identity Reducing Prejudice

6 Understanding the Achievement Gap 7 Teacher as Learning-Enabler 8 Linking Goals and Instructional Strategies 9 Developing Curricula for Diversity 10 Building Community in Diverse Classrooms

216 pages | 2011 | A joint publication with Phi Delta Kappa International 32BCB–BKF400 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935542-01-8

Breaking the Poverty Barrier Changing Student Lives With Passion, Perseverance, and Performance By Ricardo LeBlanc-Esparza and William S. Roulston Strong leadership, parent involvement, mentoring, data-based intervention, and high expectations are known factors in student success, but what do they really look like in practice—and are they as powerful as research says? This book illustrates the specific strategies and critical steps that transformed a school beset with poverty and shockingly low proficiency into a National Showcase School. 216 pages | 2011 32BCB–BKF476 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-935543-14-5

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From Not-So-Good to Great Leading the Turnaround Parent Engagement Strategies Mentorship

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Our Reading Intervention Other Interventions Turnaround From the Inside Out Will the Granger Model Work in Any School?

Assessment Grading and Learning Practices That Support Student Achievement By Susan M. Brookhart Grades should reflect and motivate learning. This book is relatable, relevant, and effective in improving educators’ assessment and reporting processes and supporting students’ motivation to learn. Learn how to grade individual assignments and give report card grades that accurately reflect and clearly communicate student achievement. Clear, concrete examples help translate state standards into curriculum goals.

Contents 1 All Students Can Learn 2 Grading on Standards for Achievement 3 Grading Strategies That Support and Motivate Student Effort and Learning 4 Designing and Grading Assessments to Reflect Student Achievement 5 Designing Report Card Grading Policies to Reflect Student Achievement

6 Beginning and Implementing Learning-Focused Report Card Grading Policies 7 Communicating With Students and Parents 8 Assessing Readiness for Grading Reform Conclusion Keeping the Promise

168 pages | 2011 32BCB–BKF457 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935542-84-1

Elements of Grading A Guide to Effective Practice By Douglas B. Reeves Learn several strategies for improving grading practices, while examining the common arguments against reform. With this practical guide, you can improve grading to meet four essential criteria— accuracy, fairness, specificity, and timeliness—and also make the process quicker and more efficient. Examples, case studies, and opportunities for reflection facilitate individual and schoolwide examination of grading practices.

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Grading Is Feedback The Grading Debate How to Improve Accuracy How to Improve Fairness How to Improve Specificity How to Improve Timeliness

7 Time-Saving Strategies for Busy Teachers 8 Leading Change for Effective Grading Practices Conclusion Leading Change in Grading Systems

152 pages | 2010 32BCB–BKF410 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935542-12-4

Embedded Formative Assessment By Dylan Wiliam Bestseller Formative assessment plays

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an important role in increasing teacher quality and student learning when it’s viewed as a process rather than a tool. Emphasizing the instructional side of formative assessment, this book explores in depth the use of classroom questioning, learning intentions and success criteria, feedback, collaborative and cooperative learning, and selfregulated learning to engineer effective learning environments for students.

1 Why Educational Achievement Matters 4 Eliciting Evidence of Learners’ Achievement 2 The Case for Formative Assessment 5 Providing Feedback That Moves 3 Clarifying, Sharing, and Understanding Learning Forward Learning Intentions and Success 6 Activating Students as Instructional Criteria Resources for One Another 7 Activating Students as Owners of Their Own Learning

200 pages | 2011 32BCB–BKF418 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-934009-30-7

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Assessment Ahead of the Curve The Power of Assessment to Transform Teaching and Learning Edited by Douglas B. Reeves By Larry Ainsworth, Lisa Almeida, Anne Davies, Richard DuFour, Linda Gregg, Thomas R. Guskey, Robert J. Marzano, Ken O’Connor, Douglas B. Reeves, Rick Stiggins, Stephen White, and Dylan Wiliam Bestseller This anthology brings the

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ideas and recommendations of many of the world’s education leaders into one resource that illustrates the many perspectives on effective assessment design and implementation. From involving students in the assessment process to ensuring accuracy and applying assessments to English learners and students with special needs, you will find compelling insights and proven strategies.

Introduction From the Bell Curve to the Mountain: A New Vision for Achievement, Assessment, and Equity Section 1 Classroom Assessment 1 Using Assessments to Improve Teaching and Learning 2 Involving Students in the Classroom Assessment Process 3 Assessment for Learning: An Essential Foundation of Productive Instruction Section 2 System-Level Assessment 280 pages | Hardcover | 2007 4 Common Formative Assessments: 32BCB–BKF232 $34.95 The Centerpiece of an Integrated ISBN 978-1-934009-06-2 Standards-Based Assessment System 5 Designing a Comprehensive Approach to Classroom Assessment 6 The Last Frontier: Tackling the Grading Dilemma

Section 3 Assessment Challenges 7 The Journey Toward Effective Assessment for English Language Learners 8 Crossing the Canyon: Helping Students With Special Needs Achieve Proficiency Section 4 Assessment Leadership 9 Content Then Process: Teacher Learning Communities in the Service of Formative Assessment 10 Data on Purpose: Due Diligence to Increase Student Achievement 11 Challenges and Choices: The Role of Educational Leaders in Effective Assessment Epilogue Once Upon a Time: A Tale of Excellence in Assessment

Common Formative Assessment A Toolkit for Professional Learning Communities at Work™ By Kim Bailey and Chris Jakicic Foreword by Richard DuFour and Rebecca DuFour Bestseller The catalyst for real student

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improvement begins with a decision to implement common formative assessments. In this conversational guide, the authors offer tools, templates, and protocols to incorporate common formative assessments into the practices of a PLC to monitor and enhance student learning.

1 Getting Started as a Collaborative Team 2 Setting the Stage for Common Formative Assessments 3 Power Standards—The Essential Outcomes 4 The Unwrapping Process—Achieving Collective Clarity on Learning Targets

144 pages | 2011 32BCB–BKF538 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-936765-14-0

5 Designing Quality Common Formative Assessments 6 The Big Picture—Pacing Guides and Unit Design 7 Now What? Using Data to Make a Difference 8 Getting the Most Bang for Your Assessment Buck—Involving Students 9 Sustaining the Work Appendix Tools for Teams

Balanced Assessment From Formative to Summative By Kay Burke Learn how to integrate formative and summative assessments seamlessly into instruction. Research, rationale, strategies, and examples help teachers develop their own repertoire of assessments to monitor, grade, and gauge a student’s ability to meet standards and curriculum goals. 176 pages | 2010

1 Standards-Based Instruction and Assessment: Begin With the End in Mind 2 The Balanced Assessment Model: When Formative Meets Summative 3 Common Assessments: A Community of Assessors 4 Performance Tasks: The Key to an Engaging Curriculum 32BCB–BKF272 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-934009-52-9

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5 Checklists: Progressions of Learning 6 Rubrics: All Roads Lead to the Standards 7 Formative Assessment Tools: Real Time and Real Fast 8 Summative Assessment and Evaluation: The Last Judgment

Assessment The Teacher as Assessment Leader Edited by Thomas R. Guskey By Cassandra Erkens, William M. Ferriter, Michelle Goodwin, Tammy Heflebower, Tom Hierck, Chris Jakicic, Sharon V. Kramer, Jeffry Overlie, Ainsley B. Rose, Nicole Vagle, and Adam Young

Discover how to improve student learning through the power of effective assessment, and realize your power to transform education from inside the classroom. Meaningful examples, expert research, and real-life experiences illustrate the capacity and responsibility every educator has to ignite positive change. Packed with practical strategies from expert practitioners for designing, analyzing, and using assessments, this book shows how to turn best practices into usable solutions.

Contents Part One Laying the Foundation of Assessment Literacy 1 Developing Our Assessment Literacy 2 Assessment That Makes Sense 3 Yes, I Can: Responsible Assessment in an Era of Accountability Part Two Collecting, Interpreting, and Reporting Data 4 Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Write Me a Test 5 Proficiency: More Than a Grade

6 Using Common Assessments in Uncommon Courses 7 Creating Equity in Classroom Assessment for English Language Learners and Students With Special Needs Part Three Involving Students in Assessment 8 Creating Confident, Capable Learners 9 Inspiring and Requiring Action 10 Engaging the Nintendo Generation 11 Differentiated Pathways to Success

280 pages | 2009 32BCB–BKF345 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-934009-49-9

Redefining Fair How to Plan, Assess, and Grade for Excellence in Mixed-Ability Classrooms By Damian Cooper Foreword by Michael Fullan

Learn how to define proficiency accurately and differentiate to help all students achieve it. Using stories, strategies, case histories, and sample documents, the author explains how to implement equitable instruction, assessment, grading, and reporting practices for diverse 21st century learners. 200 pages | 2011

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Introduction Why This Book Now? 1 Why Is Differentiation Essential Today? 2 What Does “Fair” Mean in the MixedAbility Class? 3 How Should Curriculum and Assessment Connect in the MixedAbility Class? 4 How Should I Assess Students’ Needs in the Mixed-Ability Class? 32BCB–BKF412 $29.95 5 What Does Excellence Look Like in the ISBN 978-1-935542-14-8 Mixed-Ability Class?

6 How Should I Assess Learning in the Mixed-Ability Class? 7 How Should Assessment and Instruction Connect in the MixedAbility Class? 8 How Should Assessment Be Matched to Students’ Needs? 9 How Do I Grade Learning in the Mixed-Ability Class? 10 How Can I Report Effectively to Students in the Mixed-Ability Class and to Their Parents?

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Common Core Using Common Core Standards to Enhance Classroom Instruction & Assessment By Robert J. Marzano, David C. Yanoski, Jan K. Hoegh, and Julia A. Simms With Tammy Heflebower and Phil Warrick

NEW! Discover how to weave an in-depth understanding of the Common Core into successful classroom practice with this two-part resource. You’ll learn how to power the standards with guided assessment and measure student progress in a way that accurately reflects learning.

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Introduction The History of StandardsBased Education in the United States Part I Applying the Common Core State Standards 1 Understanding the Common Core State Standards 304 pages | 2013 | Published by Marzano 2 Teaching the Common Core State Research Laboratory Standards 32BCB–BKL015 $34.95 3 Measuring Student Performance on ISBN 978-0-9833512-9-0 the Common Core State Standards

4 Using the Common Core State Standards for Assessment and Grading Part II Scoring the Common Core State Standards Proficiency Scales for the ELA Common Core State Standards Proficiency Scales for the Mathematics Common Core State Standards

20 Literacy Strategies to Meet the Common Core Increasing Rigor in Middle & High School Classrooms By Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins and Allyson J. Burnett NEW! With the advent of the Common Core State Standards and high expectations with regard to content literacy, some secondary teachers are scrambling for what to do and how to do it. This book provides an accessible plan for implementing content literacy and offers 20 research-based literacy strategies designed to help students meet those standards and become expert readers.

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Part I Overview of Key Ideas and Details Strategy 1 Read-Decide-Explain Strategy 2 Show You Know Strategy 3 Prove It Strategy 4 Read Like a Detective Strategy 5 Question Like an Investigative Reporter Strategy 6 Think Like a Private Investigator Strategy 7 Snapshot Summary Strategy 8 Identify-Analyze-Summarize Strategy 9 What-How-Why (Individuals) Strategy 10 What-How-Why (Events) 328 pages | Grades 6–12 | 2012 32BCB–BKF588 $34.95 Strategy 11 What-How-Why (Ideas) ISBN 978-1-936764-28-0

Part II Overview of Craft and Structure Strategy 12 Quick-REACH Vocabulary Toolkit Strategy 13 Weigh the Words Strategy 14 Identify-Analyze-Relate (Problem-Solution) Strategy 15 Identify-Analyze-Relate (Cause-Effect) Strategy 16 Purpose-Content-Style Part III Integration of Knowledge and Ideas Strategy 17 Navigate-Integrate-Evaluate Strategy 18 Delineate-Evaluate-Explain Strategy 19 Analyze-Compare-Write Part IV Range of Reading and Text Complexity Strategy 20 Literacy Rehearsal

How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core 7 Key Student Proficiencies of the New National Standards By James A. Bellanca, Robin J. Fogarty, and Brian M. Pete NEW! Packed with examples and tools, this practical guide prepares teachers across all grade levels and content areas to teach the most critical cognitive skills from the Common Core State Standards. Discover a doable three-phase model of explicit teaching, guided practice in content-based lessons, and authentic application in standards-based performance tasks that will strengthen students’ ability to learn across the curriculum. 240 pages | 2012

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Critical Thinking 1 Analyze 2 Evaluate 3 Problem Solve Creative Thinking 4 Generate 5 Associate 6 Hypothesize Complex Thinking 7 Clarify 8 Interpret 32BCB–BKF576 $29.95 9 Determine ISBN 978-1-936764-07-5 Comprehensive Thinking 10 Understand

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11 Infer 12 Compare and Contrast Collaborative Thinking 13 Explain 14 Develop 15 Decide Communicative Thinking 16 Reason 17 Connect 18 Represent Cognitive Transfer 19 Synthesize 20 Generalize 21 Apply

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Common Core Mathematics in a PLC at Work™ series

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Edited by Timothy D. Kanold By Thomasenia Lott Adams, Harold Asturias, Diane J. Briars, John A. Carter, Juli K. Dixon, Francis (Skip) Fennell, David Foster, Mardi A. Gale, Timothy D. Kanold, Beth McCord Kobett, Matthew R. Larson, Mona Toncheff, Jonathan A. Wray, and Gwendolyn Zimmermann These teacher guides illustrate how to sustain successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics. Discover what students should learn and how they should learn it at each grade level. Comprehensive and research-affirmed analysis tools and strategies will help you and your collaborative team develop and assess student demonstrations of deep conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. You’ll also learn how fundamental shifts in collaboration, instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention can increase college and career readiness in every one of your students.

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Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at Work™ series By Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Cynthia L. Uline NEW! These teacher guides illustrate how to sustain successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts in K–12 instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention practices within the powerful Professional Learning Communities at Work™ process. Teachers will discover the fundamental learning targets necessary for college and career readiness and how students can master them for each grade level. Each book includes comprehensive and researchaffirmed analysis tools and strategies to help collaborative teams develop and assess student understanding. 2012 | 2013 | Joint publications with the International Reading Association

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Classroom Management and Behavior Motivating Students 25 Strategies to Light the Fire of Engagement By Carolyn Chapman and Nicole Vagle Learn why students disengage and how to motivate them to achieve success with a five-step framework. Research-based strategies and fun activities show how to instill a lasting love of learning in students of any age. Classroom tips and troubleshooting advice for common motivation problems prepare readers for the real-world ups and downs of motivating students.

Contents 1 Understanding Motivation 2 Building a Classroom Learning Community 3 Describing Planning and Learning

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Finding Adventure Promoting Choice and Control Ensuring Learning Keeping the Flame Burning!

240 pages | 2010 32BCB–BKF371 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-935249-78-8

Power Struggles Successful Techniques for Educators By Allen N. Mendler and Brian D. Mendler 2nd Edition Regain the focus of challenging students with this practical resource on classroom management, discipline, and motivation. The dedicated authors re-examine the root causes of student misbehavior and offer a range of easy-to-implement instructions and activities to prevent and defuse future disruptive moments.

Contents When Kids Push Our Buttons Prevention Strategies Intervention Strategies

Defusing Strategies Challenge Strategies Power Struggle Scenarios

96 pages | 2011 32BCB–BKF480 $17.95 ISBN 978-1-935543-20-6

You’ve Got to Reach Them to Teach Them Hard Facts About the Soft Skills of Student Engagement By Mary Kim Schreck Navigate the hot topic of student engagement with a true expert. Become empowered to demand an authentic joy for learning in your classroom. Real-life notes from the field, detailed discussions, practical strategies, and space for reflection complete this essential guide to student engagement. 232 pages | 2010 32BCB–BKF404 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-935542-05-6

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Contents Introduction Engagement 1 Relationships 2 Emotion 3 Environment 4 Motivation 5 Fun 6 Confidence

7 Attitudes 8 Cultural Awareness 9 Expectations 10 The Engagement Toolbox 11 Creativity 12 Soft Skills

Classroom Management and Behavior Assertive Discipline® Positive Behavior Management for Today’s Classroom By Lee Canter 4th Edition This book contains the best concepts and teacher-tested strategies by the author. New content includes a special emphasis on the needs of new and struggling teachers. The author also introduces a real-time coaching model and explains how to establish a schoolwide Assertive Discipline ® program. 176 pages | 2009

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Section 1 Becoming an Effective Classroom Manager 1 You Can Be an Effective Classroom Manager 2 Develop Your Teacher Voice 3 Hold High Expectations Section 2 Developing Your Classroom Discipline Plan 4 Establish Rules 32BCB–BKF246 $24.95 5 Determine Positive Support Strategies ISBN 978-1-934009-15-4 6 Determine Corrective Actions Section 3 Teaching Responsible Behavior 7 Teach Policies and Procedures at the Beginning of the School Year 8 Develop a Responsible Behavior Curriculum

Section 4 Utilizing the Behavior Management Cycle 9 Effectively Communicate Explicit Directions 10 Utilize Behavioral Narration 11 Take Corrective Actions 12 Teach Students to Manage Their Own Behavior Section 5 Reducing Disruptive Behavior 13 Instructional Strategies That Reduce Disruptive Behavior Section 6 Working With Difficult Students 14 Build Positive Relationships With Students 15 Develop Individualized Behavior Plans 16 You Can’t Do It on Your Own

Classroom Management for Academic Success By Lee Canter This groundbreaking resource details effective management strategies you can implement from day one so that all students achieve in the classroom. Teacher-tested, research-based strategies create a classroom in which children learn free from the distraction of disruptive behavior. 304 pages | 2005

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Part 1 Overview of Classroom Management for Academic Success Part 2 Empowering Beliefs and Expectations Part 3 Teaching Responsible Behavior for Academic Success at the Beginning of the School Year Part 4 The Behavior Management Cycle 32BCB–BKF488 $39.95 Part 5 Building Trusting Relationships

Part 6 The 2-Week Turnaround Program Part 7 Managing Instructional Activities to Promote Academic Success Part 8 Managing Procedures for Academic Success Part 9 Establishing Classroom Policies for Academic Success Appendix Overhead Transparencies

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Literacy Rebuilding the Foundation Effective Reading Instruction for 21st Century Literacy Edited by Timothy V. Rasinski By Peter Afflerbach, Richard L. Allington, Rita M. Bean, Donald R. Bear, Camille L. Z. Blachowicz, Ruth Culham, Patricia M. Cunningham, Peter J. Fisher, Linda B. Gambrell, James V. Hoffman, Lesley Mandel Morrow, Maureen McLaughlin, Maryann Mraz, P. David Pearson, Timothy V. Rasinski, Timothy Shanahan, William H. Teale, Shane Templeton, Richard T. Vacca, Susan Watts-Taffe, and Junko Yokota

Teaching reading is a complex task without a simple formula for developing quality instruction. Rather than build on or alter existing models, this book considers how educators and policymakers might think about rebuilding and reconceptualizing reading education, perhaps from the ground up. 352 pages | Hardcover | 2011

Contents 1 Principles of Effective Reading 2 3 4

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Instruction Motivation in the School Reading Curriculum Materials in the School Reading Curriculum Developing Effective Reading Curricula for Beginning Readers and the Primary Grades Developing Effective Reading Curricula Beyond the Primary Grades

6 Developing Effective Reading Curricula for Struggling Readers 7 Teaching Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition, and Spelling 8 Teaching Reading Fluency 9 Teaching Vocabulary 10 Teaching Comprehension 11 Reading With a Writer’s Eye 12 Content-Area Reading Instruction 13 Assessing Reading 14 The Reading Coach: Professional Development and Literacy Leadership in the School

Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives Comprehending, Analyzing, and Discussing Text By Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp Prompt students to become the sophisticated readers, writers, and thinkers they need to be to achieve higher learning. Explore the important relationship between text, learner, and learning, and gain an array of methods to establish critical literacy in a discussionbased and reflective classroom.

Contents Introduction Comprehension Occurs Through Text-Based Analysis and Discussion 1 Readers and Texts: Why Both Are Necessary for Understanding 2 Argumentation: Gateway to

Text-Based Analysis and Discussion 3 Analyzing and Discussing Narrative Texts 4 Analyzing and Discussing Expository Texts 5 Analyzing and Discussing New-Media Texts

176 pages | 2011 32BCB–BKF499 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935543-52-7

Literacy 2.0 Reading and Writing in 21st Century Classrooms By Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Alex Gonzalez Students in the 21st century must incorporate traditional literacy skills into a mastery of technology for communicating and collaborating in new ways. This book offers specific teaching strategies for developing students’ skills related to acquiring, producing, and sharing information. 152 pages | Grades 6–12 | 2010 32BCB–BKF373 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935249-80-1

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Contents Introduction 2.0 Learning in a 1.0 Classroom 1 Releasing Responsibility: A Framework for Teaching and Learning 2 Finding Information: The Eternal Search

3 Using Information: Making Responsible Choices 4 Creating Information: Production in Literacy 2.0 5 Sharing Information: The World Is Your Audience 6 Present Tense and Future Tensions

Literacy 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K–6 Students Research-Based Support for RTI By Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins This well-rounded collection of researchbased reading intervention strategies will support and inform your RTI efforts. The book also includes teacher-friendly sample lesson plans and miniroutines that are easy to understand and adapt. Many of the strategies motivate average and above-average students as well as scaffold struggling readers. Maximize the power of these interventions by using them across grade-level teams or schoolwide.

Contents 1 Interventions for Improving Instruction 2 Interventions for Building Phonemic Awareness 3 Interventions for Building Word Identification Skills

4 Interventions for Building Fluency 5 Interventions for Building Vocabulary 6 Interventions for Facilitating Comprehension 7 Interventions for Teaching Students to Read a Lot

352 pages | 2009 32BCB–BKF270 $34.95 ISBN 978-1-934009-50-5

Literacy Look-Fors An Observation Protocol to Guide K–6 Classroom Walkthroughs By Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins Understand the indicators of effective literacy instruction, and learn how to identify the look-fors. Literacy leaders will gain the power to bring all students to grade level, or well above, when it comes to literacy attainment. 184 pages | 2011

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1 Understand the Literacy Look-Fors 2 Understand the Classroom Walkthroughs 3 Assess Your Instructional Leadership Capacity 4 Orient Your Faculty to the Look-Fors 32BCB–BKF422 $29.95 and Walkthroughs

5 Collect and Analyze Look-For Frequency Data 6 Develop, Implement, and Assess Embedded Professional Development 7 Use Team Walkthroughs to Build School Capacity

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Collaborative Teacher Literacy Teams, K–6 Connecting Professional Growth to Student Achievement By Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins With all the different components of literacy, planning and delivering effective literacy instruction can be overwhelming. Explore the work of collaborative literacy teams from their formation to the employment of successful studentfocused strategies. Find professional growth units in each chapter that provide educators with the opportunity to discuss key concepts, self-reflect, and remain focused on student achievement.

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1 2 3 4 5

Instructional Moves Teacher-Managed Instruction Teacher With-It-Ness Student-Managed Learning Classroom Artifacts

Appendix A The Exemplars and Nonexemplars of Effective K–6 Literacy Instruction Appendix B Table of Contents for the Twenty Units

232 pages | 2012 32BCB–BKF491 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-935542-28-5

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21st Century Skills Who Owns the Learning? Preparing Students for Success in the Digital Age By Alan November Learn how to harness students’ natural curiosity to develop self-directed learners. Discover how technology allows students to take ownership of their learning, create and share learning tools, and participate in work that is meaningful to them and others. Real-life examples illustrate how every student can become a teacher and a global publisher. The embedded QR codes link to supporting websites.

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1 2 3 4

Welcome to the Digital Learning Farm The Student as Tutorial Designer The Student as Scribe The Student as Researcher

5 The Student as Global Communicator and Collaborator 6 Joining Forces in Purposeful Work: The Legacy of Student Contribution

104 pages | 2012 32BCB–BKF437 $19.95 ISBN 978-1-935542-57-5

The Global School Connecting Classrooms and Students Around the World By William Kist NEW! Prepare students for an increasingly flat world—a place where diverse people from divergent cultures learn and work together rather than in isolation. Learn specific steps to globalize your classroom, and move beyond the call for students to memorize material to instead encourage higher-order thinking. These ideas, assignments, projects, and assessments are all wrapped in a 21st century skills framework.

Contents 1 What Is Global Education? 2 The World Within Your Classroom

3 The World Across Classrooms 4 The Classroom in the World 5 Getting Started

128 pages | 2012 32BCB–BKF570 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935543-69-5

Personal Learning Networks Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education By Will Richardson and Rob Mancabelli

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The Internet connects us in unprecedented ways. To prepare students to flourish in this new learning world, schools will need to transform themselves in important ways. This book is a road map for any educator thinking about using the web for learning. Build your own learning network, and use learning networks in the classroom and schoolwide to improve student outcomes. 168 pages | 2011 32BCB–BKF484 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935543-27-5

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Contents Introduction The Power of Networked Learning 1 Understanding the Power of PLNs 2 Becoming a Networked Learner

3 Implementing a Networked Classroom 4 Becoming a Networked School 5 Ensuring Success of Learning Network Adoption Epilogue The Future of Schooling

21st Century Skills The Connected Educator Learning and Leading in a Digital Age By Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter Hall Create a connected learning community through social media and rediscover the power of being a learner first. After uncovering the theories and research behind the significance of learning through collaboration with other educators, the authors show you how to take advantage of technology to improve your own learning and ultimately the learning of your students. 208 pages | 2011

Contents 1 Defining the Connected Educator 2 Developing a Connected Learning Model 3 Learning to Learn 4 Building a Collaborative Culture 5 Using Tools to Support Connected Learning 6 Building Your Connected Learning Community

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7 Sustaining the Momentum 8 Transforming Leadership for a Connected World 9 What the Future Holds Appendix A Research Base for the Connected Learning Community Model Appendix B Scale in Action Appendix C Common Diigo and Twitter Hashtags

Classroom Habitudes Teaching Habits and Attitudes for 21st Century Learning By Angela Maiers NEW! Revised Edition You know students need to acquire 21st century skills. But how do you work those skills into the curriculum? Learn how to use the content you already teach to challenge students to think critically, collaborate with others, solve new problems, and adapt to change across new learning contexts. Help students build the seven habitudes—habits of disciplined decisions and specific attitudes—they need to succeed.

Contents Introduction Redefining Success in the 21st Century 1 Nurturing Genius: A Framework for Teaching and Learning the Habitudes 2 Imagination 3 Curiosity 4 Self-Awareness

5 Perseverance 6 Courage 7 Passion 8 Adaptability 9 Closing Thoughts Appendix A The Habitudes Notebook Appendix B Habitudes Pre- and Postassessment

160 pages | Grades K–8 | 2012 32BCB–BKF542 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935542-62-9

Creating a Digital-Rich Classroom Teaching & Learning in a Web 2.0 World By Meg Ormiston Instead of asking students to power down during class, power up your lesson plans with digital tools. Design and deliver lessons in which technology plays an integral role. Engage students in solving real-world problems while staying true to standards-aligned curricula. This book provides a research base and practical strategies for using web 2.0 tools to create engaging lessons that transform and enrich content.

Contents Introduction It’s a Web 2.0 World 1 Today’s Classrooms 2 Active Learning in the Classroom 3 Technology to Support Teaching and Learning 4 Developing a Digital-Rich Curriculum 5 Must-Have Technology for the Ideal Classroom

6 Web 2.0 Classroom: A Virtual Field Trip 7 Changing Professional Development Epilogue Looking Forward Appendix A Compendium of Web 2.0 Tools and Related Resources

160 pages | 2010 32BCB–BKF385 $19.95 ISBN 978-1-935249-87-0

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21st Century Skills 21st Century Skills Rethinking How Students Learn Edited by James A. Bellanca and Ron Brandt By John Barell, Linda Darling-Hammond, Chris Dede, Rebecca DuFour, Richard DuFour, Douglas Fisher, Robin J. Fogarty, Nancy Frey, Howard Gardner, Andy Hargreaves, David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson, Ken Kay, Cheryl Lemke, Jay McTighe, Alan November, Bob Pearlman, Brian M. Pete, Douglas B. Reeves, Will Richardson, and Elliott Seif Foreword by Ken Kay

This anthology introduces the Framework for 21st Century Learning from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills as a way to re-envision learning and prepare students for a rapidly evolving global and technological world. Highly respected education leaders and innovators focus on why these skills are necessary, which are most important, and how to best help schools include them in curriculum and instruction.

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408 pages | Hardcover | 2010

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Foreword

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21st Century Skills: Why They Matter, What They Are, and How We Get There Five Minds for the Future New Policies for 21st Century Demands Comparing Frameworks for 21st Century Skills The Role of Professional Learning Communities in Advancing 21st Century Skills The Singapore Vision: Teach Less, Learn More Designing New Learning Environments to Support 21st Century Skills An Implementation Framework to Support 21st Century Skills

8 Problem-Based Learning: The Foundation for 21st Century Skills 9 Cooperative Learning and Conflict Resolution: Essential 21st Century Skills 10 Preparing Students for Mastery of 21st Century Skills 11 Innovation Through Technology 12 Technology Rich, Information Poor 13 Navigating Social Networks as Learning Tools 14 A Framework for Assessing 21st Century Skills Afterword Leadership, Change, and Beyond the 21st Century Skills Agenda

Teaching the iGeneration 5 Easy Ways to Introduce Essential Skills With Web 2.0 Tools By William M. Ferriter and Adam Garry Find the natural overlap between the work you already believe in and the digital tools that define tomorrow’s learning. Each chapter introduces an enduring life skill and a digital solution to enhance traditional skill-based instructional practices. A collection of handouts and supporting materials ends each chapter.

Contents Introduction The iGeneration 1 Managing Information in the 21st Century 2 Writing Open Letters to World Leaders

256 pages | 2010 32BCB–BKF393 $34.95 ISBN 978-1-935249-93-1

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3 Telling Powerful Visual Stories 4 Studying Challenging Topics Together 5 Collaborating to Solve Problems Appendix Technology Permission Slip

English Learners Breaking Through Effective Instruction & Assessment for Reaching English Learners Edited by Margarita Calderón By Barbara D. Acosta, Laura Alvarez, Kristina Anstrom, Margarita Calderón, Sarah Capitelli, Jim Cummins, Claude Goldenberg, Joel Gómez, Margo Gottlieb, Elena Izquierdo, Okhee Lee, Liliana Minaya-Rowe, Alba A. Ortiz, Charlene Rivera, Robert E. Slavin, Maria N. Trejo, and Guadalupe Valdés

Utilizing new research and field studies, this book provides a whole-school approach to helping English learners (ELs) achieve academically while they learn English. Discover why ELs learn better when language, literacy, and subject matter are integrated, and learn how to prepare all teachers in a school to meet the needs of this growing student population.

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1 Why We Need a New Way of Schooling Language-Minority Children 2 Effective Whole-School Teaching for English Learners 3 Research on English Learner Instruction 4 Whole-School Approaches to Academic Language Proficiency Among English Learners 288 pages | Hardcover | 2012 5 Educating English Learners: An Integrated Perspective 32BCB–BKF552 $34.95 ISBN 978-1-936765-36-2 6 Effective Teaching for ELs and All Students: Vocabulary, Reading, and Writing Within All Subjects 7 Teaching Science With English Language and Literacy

8 Linking Literacy to Content in Preschool Math, Science, and Social Science 9 Common Instructional Assessment for English Learners: A Whole-School Effort 10 Response to Intervention for English Learners 11 Leadership Matters for Learning English and Learning in English 12 Building Communities of Practice in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse School Districts 13 Implementing the Change

Teaching Reading & Comprehension to English Learners, K–5 By Margarita Calderón Address the language, literacy, and content instructional needs of English learners. This book will help raise achievement for ELs through new instructional strategies and assessment processes. 176 pages | 2011 32BCB–BKF402 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935542-03-2

Contents 1 The Diversity of Students and Programs 2 RTI and Quality Instruction 3 The Educational Needs of Young ELs 4 The Most Critical Year: First Grade 5 Selecting Words to Teach

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Teaching Vocabulary Teaching Reading Teaching Writing Ensuring and Reinforcing Comprehension 10 Cooperative Learning

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Common Language Assessment for English Learners By Margo Gottlieb With this step-by-step guide, you’ll find organizing principles, lead questions, and action steps on how to evaluate common language assessments for your English learners. 192 pages | 2011

Contents Introduction Breaking Ground on Common Language Assessment 1 Common Language Assessment 2 Phase I—Planning

Phase II—Design Phase III—Refinement Phase IV—Inspection Phase V—Maintenance

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Implementing RTI With English Learners By Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Carol Rothenberg Learn why RTI is the ideal framework for supporting English learners. Follow the application and effectiveness of RTI through the stories of four representative students. 160 pages | 2010

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1 Success With English Learners: It All Comes Down to Language 2 Tier 1: An Opportunity to Learn 3 Using Data to Rally Resources 4 Tier 2: Supplemental Interventions 32BCB–BKF397 $24.95 That Build Language and Content ISBN 978-1-935249-97-9 Knowledge

5 Tier 3: Intensive Interventions and Decisions About Learning Language Versus Learning Disability 6 Commitment to RTI: A Framework for Success

Response to Intervention Pyramid Response to Intervention RTI, Professional Learning Communities, and How to Respond When Kids Don’t Learn By Austin Buffum, Mike Mattos, and Chris Weber Foreword by Richard DuFour Bestseller Accessible language and

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compelling stories illustrate how RTI is most effective when built on the Professional Learning Communities at Work™ process. Written by awardwinning educators, this book details three tiers of interventions—from basic to intensive—and includes implementation ideas.

1 What Is Pyramid Response to Intervention? 2 The Facts About RTI 3 RTI Models 4 Laying the Foundation: A Professional Learning Community 5 Learning CPR

6 Tier 1: The Core Program 7 Tier 2: The Supplemental Level 8 Tier 3: The Intensive Level 9 The Role of Behavioral Interventions 10 Meeting Legal Requirements 11 Putting It All Together Epilogue A Moral Responsibility

248 pages | 2008 32BCB–BKF251 $27.95 ISBN 978-1-934009-33-8

Simplifying Response to Intervention Four Essential Guiding Principles By Austin Buffum, Mike Mattos, and Chris Weber Bestseller The sequel to Pyramid

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Response to Intervention advocates that a successful RTI model begins by asking the right questions to create a fundamentally effective learning environment for every student. RTI is not a series of implementation steps, but rather a way of thinking. Understand why bureaucratic, paperwork-heavy, compliance-oriented, test-score-driven approaches fail. Then, learn how to create a focused RTI model that works.

Preface A Sense of Urgency 1 A New Way of Thinking 2 Collective Responsibility: Why Are We Here? 3 Building Structures for Collaboration 4 Concentrated Instruction: Where Do We Need to Go?

5 Convergent Assessment: Where Are We Now? 6 Creating a System of Interventions 7 Certain Access: How Do We Get Every Child There? Epilogue A New Vision of Special Education

232 pages | 2011 32BCB–BKF506 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-935543-65-7

RTI in the Early Grades Intervention Strategies for Mathematics, Literacy, Behavior & Fine-Motor Challenges By Chris Weber NEW! Explore why intervention and support for struggling students in the early grades are essential to student success. Teachers and support personnel will discover how to implement RTI-based supports in the early grades and learn what this prevention looks like. Find practical, research-based strategies to seal the gaps in student learning in grades K–3, identify students who need intervention, and more. 208 pages | Grades K–3 | 2012 32BCB–BKF572 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-936764-04-4

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Contents 1 Reading 2 Writing 3 Mathematics

4 English Learners 5 Students With Social/Emotional, Speech/Language, and Fine-Motor Challenges

Response to Intervention Pyramid of Behavior Interventions Seven Keys to a Positive Learning Environment By Tom Hierck, Charlie Coleman, and Chris Weber Students thrive when educators commit to proactively meeting their behavioral as well as academic needs. This book will help teachers and school leaders transform the research on behavior, response to intervention, and professional learning communities into practical strategies they can use to create a school culture and classroom climates in which learning is primed to occur.

Contents Introduction This We Believe 1 Creating a Positive Learning Environment 2 Common Expectations 3 Targeted Instruction and Positive Reinforcement

4 Support Strategies and Interventions 5 Collaborative Teams and Data-Driven Dialogue 6 A Schoolwide Systems Approach

132 pages | 2011 32BCB–BKF532 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-936765-06-5

RTI in Math Practical Guidelines for Elementary Teachers By William N. Bender and Darlene Crane This map of the RTI process offers an overview of research, detailed guidance through each stage of implementation, tools for teacher reflection and growth, and discussion of support strategies beyond the classroom. The authors analyze a variety of common student difficulties in elementary math and apply a three-tier RTI model to the general education classroom.

Contents 1 The RTI Process in Elementary Mathematics 2 Mathematics Instruction: A Critical Component of RTI 3 RTI Procedures for Number Sense and Early Mathematics Skills

4 RTI Procedures in Elementary Mathematics 5 RTI and Problem Solving 6 PLC Support Strategies for Schooland Districtwide RTI Procedures in Mathematics

216 pages | Grades K–5 | 2010 32BCB–BKF279 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-934009-54-3

RTI in Middle and High Schools By William N. Bender Perhaps more than any other single initiative, response to intervention is likely to restructure how middle and high school teachers teach in a very profound way. This timely and targeted resource discusses the innovations of RTI, differentiated instruction, and instructional technologies. Based on numerous real-world case studies, this book explores solutions for the complex challenges the RTI implementation process brings.

Contents 1 Response to Intervention: A Catalyst for Change 2 Existing RTI Structures in Middle and High Schools 3 Differentiating Instruction in Middle and High School Classes 4 Developing Tier 1 Differentiated Instructional Lessons for Middle and High School Classes

5 Supporting RTI and Differentiated Instruction With Modern Instructional Technologies 6 RTI and Differentiation in Reading 7 RTI and Differentiation in Writing 8 RTI and Differentiation in Mathematics Epilogue Moving Into RTI and Differentiated Instruction

248 pages | Grades 6–12 | 2011 32BCB–BKF271 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-934009-51-2

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Professional Learning Communities at Work™ Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work™ New Insights for Improving Schools By Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, and Robert Eaker Bestseller This 10th-anniversary

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sequel to the authors’ best-selling book Professional Learning Communities at Work™: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement merges research, practice, and passion. The most extensive, practical, and authoritative PLC resource to date, it goes further than ever before into best practices for deep implementation, explores the commitment/consensus issue, and celebrates successes of educators who are making the journey.

1 New Insights Into Professional Learning Communities at Work™ 2 The Rise and Fall of School Reform 3 Making the Case for Professional Learning Communities 4 The Challenge of Cultural Change 5 Clear Mission and Shared Vision 6 Shared Values (Collective Commitments) and Common Goals 7 Teaching in a Professional Learning Community 8 Assessment in a Professional Learning Community

544 pages | 2008 32BCB–BKF252 $34.95 ISBN 978-1-934009-32-1

9 A Tale of Excellence in Assessment 10 Intervention and Enrichment in a Professional Learning Community 11 The Classroom as a Learning Community 12 The Role of the Principal in a Professional Learning Community 13 The Role of the Central Office in a Professional Learning Community 14 The Role of Parents and the Community in a Professional Learning Community 15 Sustaining the Professional Learning Community Journey

Learning by Doing A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work™ By Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Thomas W. Many Bestseller 2nd Edition Learning by

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Doing is an action guide for closing the knowing-doing gap and transforming schools into PLCs. The book includes seven major additions that equip educators with essential tools for confronting challenges.

1 A Guide to Action for Professional Learning Communities at Work™ 2 A Clear and Compelling Purpose 3 Creating a Focus on Learning 4 How Will We Respond When Some Students Don’t Learn? 5 Building the Collaborative Culture of a 32BCB–BKF416 $34.95 Professional Learning Community

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6 Creating a Results Orientation in a Professional Learning Community 7 Using Relevant Information to Improve Results 8 Implementing the PLC Process Districtwide 9 Consensus and Conflict in a Professional Learning Community 10 The Complex Challenge of Creating Professional Learning Communities

Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap Whatever It Takes By Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Gayle Karhanek Bestseller This book sharpens the focus

4 Sustaining Excellence: A Return to Adlai Stevenson High School 5 Hand in Hand We All Learn: A Return to Boones Mill Elementary School 6 Embracing Systematic Intervention: Prairie Star Middle School 256 pages | 2009 32BCB–BKF378 $24.95 7 Success and Triumph in a Worthy ISBN 978-1-935249-84-9 Endeavor: Lakeridge Junior High School Contents 8 From State Sanctions to National 1 The Shifting Mission of Public Schooling: Recognition: Highland Elementary Establishing the Historical Context School 2 Laying the Groundwork for Effective 9 Building Toward the F.U.T.U.R.E.: Cinco Intervention Ranch High School 3 Confronting the Brutal Facts: The 10 From Good to Great: Implementation Traditional Response to Students Who of PLC Concepts in Kildeer Do Not Learn Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96

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11 Whatever It Takes—Staying the Course: Whittier Union High School District 12 Under No Circumstances Blame the Kids: Sanger Unified School District 13 “Yah, but . . .”: Considering Challenges to Systematic Intervention 14 Finding Common Ground: The Shared Practices of Highly Effective Schools and Districts 15 Whatever It Takes: How Effective Schools and Districts Overcome Barriers to Systematic Intervention and Enrichment 16 Changing the Culture of Schooling to Embrace Effort-Based Enrichment 17 Moving Forward: Planning for Effective Intervention

Professional Learning Communities at Work™ Building a Professional Learning Community at Work™ A Guide to the First Year By Parry Graham and William M. Ferriter Foreword by Richard DuFour and Rebecca DuFour

This play-by-play guide to implementing PLC concepts uses a story to focus each chapter. The authors analyze the story, highlighting good decisions and mistakes. They offer research behind best practice and wrap up each chapter with practical recommendations and tools. 240 pages | 2009

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Prologue A New Beginning Part I Summer: Committing to a Common Purpose 1 Starting With a Vision 2 Empowering the Core Team Part II Fall: Building a Team 3 Creating Trust 32BCB–BKF273 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-934009-59-8 4 Supporting Team Development Part III Winter: Weathering the Challenges

5 Negotiating Personalities and Conflict 6 Experiencing Frustration Part IV Spring: Looking Forward 7 Connecting Data Analysis and Instructional Improvement 8 Building a Collective Intelligence Epilogue Equal Parts Looking Back and Looking Forward

Making Teamwork Meaningful Leading Progress-Driven Collaboration in a PLC at Work™ By William M. Ferriter, Parry Graham, and Matt Wight NEW! Focus on developing people—not Contents just improving test scores. The authors 1 Getting the Right People in the Right Places examine how staffing decisions can strengthen professional learning 2 Incorporating Singletons and Noninstructional Staff communities and explore actions that can help school leaders safeguard their schools against complacency.

3 Aligning a Master Schedule With PLC Priorities 4 Building an Intervention System 5 Improving Collaborative Capacity

128 pages | 2012 32BCB–BKF548 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-936765-29-4

On Common Ground The Power of Professional Learning Communities Edited by Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Rebecca DuFour By Roland Barth, Rebecca DuFour, Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, Barbara Eason-Watkins, Michael Fullan, Lawrence W. Lezotte, Douglas B. Reeves, Jonathon Saphier, Mike Schmoker, Dennis Sparks, and Rick Stiggins Bestseller This anthology presents the

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recommendations of education leaders, and each chapter contributes to a sound conceptual framework and offers specific strategies for developing PLCs. These leaders have found common ground in expressing their belief in the power of PLCs although clear differences emerge regarding their perspectives on the most effective strategy for making PLCs the norm in North America.

Section 1 Overview of PLCs 1 Recurring Themes of Professional Learning Communities and the Assumptions They Challenge 2 What Is a Professional Learning Community? Section 2 Critical Questions of PLCs 3 Putting It All Together: Standards, Assessment, and Accountability in Successful Professional Learning Communities 272 pages | Hardcover | 2005 32BCB–BKF180 $34.95 4 Assessment FOR Learning: Building a ISBN 978-1-932127-42-3 Culture of Confident Learners 5 Masters of Motivation 6 Turning Book Burners Into Lifelong Learners

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Section 3 Creating PLCs 7 No Turning Back: The Ironclad Case for Professional Learning Communities 8 Leading for Transformation in Teaching, Learning, and Relationships Section 4 Placing PLCs in a Broader Context 9 More Effective Schools: Professional Learning Communities in Action 10 Implementing PLCs in the Chicago Public Schools 11 Professional Learning Communities Writ Large Section 5 A Call to Action 12 Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap

Leadership Leaders of Learning How District, School, and Classroom Leaders Improve Student Achievement By Richard DuFour and Robert J. Marzano

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focus on district leadership, principal leadership, and team leadership and address how individual teachers can be most effective in leading students—by learning with colleagues how to implement the most promising pedagogy in their classrooms.

1 School Improvement Means People Improvement 2 The District’s Role in Supporting the PLC Process 3 The Principal’s Role in Leading a Professional Learning Community 4 Creating the Collaborative Culture of a Professional Learning Community

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5 Developing a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum 6 Ongoing Monitoring of Student Learning 7 Ensuring Effective Instruction 8 Responding When Kids Don’t Learn 9 Leadership Is an Affair of the Heart

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District Leadership That Works Striking the Right Balance By Robert J. Marzano and Timothy Waters Bridge the divide between administrative duties and daily classroom impact with a leadership mechanism called defined autonomy. Learn strategies for creating district-defined goals while giving building-level staff the stylistic freedom to respond quickly and effectively to student failure.

Contents 1 Does District Leadership Matter? 5 Collaborative Goal Setting, Board Alignment, and Allocation of 2 Putting Our Findings in Perspective Resources 3 Setting and Monitoring Nonnegotiable 6 Defined Autonomy in a High-Reliability Goals for Achievement District 4 Setting and Monitoring Nonnegotiable 7 The Perils and Promises of SecondGoals for Instruction Order Change

168 pages | 2009 | A joint publication with McREL 32BCB–BKF314 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935249-19-1

Change Wars Edited by Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan By Michael Barber, Linda Darling-Hammond, Richard Elmore, Michael Fullan, Andy Hargreaves, Jonathan Jansen, Ben Levin, Pedro Noguera, Douglas B. Reeves, Andreas Schleicher, Dennis Shirley, James Spillane, and Marc Tucker

What can organizations do to create profound, enduring changes? International experts prove successful change can be a realistic goal and then explore constructive alternatives to traditional change strategies. Examine their theories-in-action on how to achieve deep change.

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Introduction Change Wars: A Hopeful Struggle 1 The Fourth Way of Change: Towards an Age of Inspiration and Sustainability 2 Teaching and the Change Wars: The Professionalism Hypothesis 3 From System Effectiveness to System 304 pages | Hardcover | 2008 Improvement: Reform Paradigms and 32BCB–BKF254 $34.95 Relationships ISBN 978-1-934009-31-4 4 International Benchmarking as a Lever for Policy Reform 5 Industrial Benchmarking: A Research Method for Education 6 The Music of Democracy: Emerging Strategies for a New Era of Post-Standardization

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7 Preparing for the New Majority: How Schools Can Respond to Immigration and Demographic Change 8 When Politics and Emotion Meet: Educational Change in Racially Divided Communities 9 Engaging Practice: School Leadership and Management From a Distributed Perspective 10 Institutions, Improvement, and Practice 11 Level-Five Networks: Making Significant Change in Complex Organizations 12 Reform Without (Much) Rancor 13 Have Theory, Will Travel: A Theory of Action for System Change

Leadership Working With Difficult & Resistant Staff By John F. Eller and Sheila A. Eller To move forward in the school improvement process, school leaders must address the behaviors of difficult and resistant staff members while sending the message that a few people cannot halt change. This book will help school leaders understand how to prevent and address negative behaviors to ensure positive school change.

Contents Introduction How Did They Get This Way? 1 The Underminers 2 The Contrarians 3 The Recruiters 4 The Challenged 5 The On-the-Job Retirees

6 7 8 9 10

The Resident Experts The Unelected Representatives The Whiners and Complainers Defending Yourself and Next Steps Influencing Your Staff Members’ Behaviors

144 pages | 2011 32BCB–BKF407 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935542-07-0

Coaching Classroom Instruction By Robert J. Marzano and Julia A. Simms With Tom Roy, Tammy Heflebower, and Phil Warrick

NEW! Find advice on how to offer targeted feedback to teachers, empowering them to identify specific steps to improve their knowledge and skill. Coaches can use the step-by-step guidelines to help teachers improve their performance on the 280 research-based strategies introduced in Becoming a Reflective Teacher.

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Research and Theory A Foundation for Coaching Not Using (0) to Beginning (1) Beginning (1) to Developing (2) and Developing (2) to Applying (3)

5 Applying (3) to Innovating (4) 6 Aspects of Coaching Appendix Answers to Comprehension Questions

272 pages | 2012 | Published by Marzano Research Laboratory 32BCB–BKL013 $34.95 ISBN 978-0-9833512-6-9

Transforming School Culture How to Overcome Staff Division By Anthony Muhammad Foreword by Richard DuFour Bestseller Busy administrators will

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appreciate this quick read packed with immediate, accessible strategies. This book provides the framework for understanding dynamic relationships within a school culture and ensuring a positive environment that supports the changes necessary to improve learning for all students. The author explores many aspects of human behavior, social conditions, and history to reveal best practices for building healthy school cultures.

1 From Status Quo to True Reform 2 The Framework of Modern School Culture 3 The Believers 4 The Tweeners 5 The Survivors 6 The Fundamentalists

7 “Drop Your Tools”: A Lesson in Change and Our Best Chance at Eliminating Fundamentalism 8 Implications for Practice Epilogue A Significant Impact Appendix Study Design

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Leadership Got Data? Now What? Creating and Leading Cultures of Inquiry By Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman Explore three defining challenges that school teams face when gathering, interpreting, and utilizing school data. Complete with survey questions for efficient data collection, group work structures, strategies, and tools—along with essential definitions and descriptions of data types—this compelling guide will help you confront data obstacles and turn struggling committees into powerful communities of learners.

Contents 1 Developing Cultures of Collaborative Inquiry 2 Introducing the Collaborative Learning Cycle 3 Avoiding Reality Wars

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Data Dynamics Aligning Teacher Team, School, & District Efforts By Edie L. Holcomb How is your school data performing for you? Examine the ways your school can better use student achievement data, nonacademic student data, staff data, and parent/community data to identify areas for improvement. This book will help administrators and leaders with school improvement planning and implementation, and teachers will find that good data can be used to plan instruction and monitor and motivate students.

Contents 1 Shifting the Dynamics of Data Use 2 Creating the Culture and Structures for Data Use 3 Using Student Achievement Data 4 Using Nonacademic Student Data 5 Using Staff Data

6 Using Parent/Community Data 7 Using Data for School Improvement 8 Using Data in Classrooms and Teacher Teams 9 Supporting Data Use From the District Level 10 Diagnosing Your Data Dynamics Appendix Reproducible IC Map of Data Use

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Data-Based Decision Making By Edie L. Holcomb 3rd Edition You’re ready to start collecting and utilizing school data, but what data? How exactly will you find it, and how will you use it once you have it? This informative resource takes an in-depth look at best data collection practices and guides the elementary school principal on how to reach struggling learners, strengthen instruction, and achieve schoolwide improvement. 120 pages | Grades K–5 | 2012 | A joint publication with the National Association of Elementary School Principals 32BCB–BKF469 $19.95 ISBN 978-1-935543-02-2

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Contents 1 Data, Decisions, and the Principal in the Middle 2 Creating the Context for Data Use 3 Data to Guide Schoolwide Decisions

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