Literacy Crisis? How States Are Turning the Page
Preparing, Implementing, and Sustaining Comprehensive Literacy Initiatives In education policy and practice, I would argue no area is as crucial as literacy. Literacy forms the [...]
Alaska’s Mandate for Periodic Review of Educator Evaluation Systems
How Marzano Research Can Help Your District Comply and Improve If you’re a school district leader in Alaska, you may be familiar with the state's [...]
Ensuring Kindergarten Readiness Assessments Meet Rigorous Standards
Kindergarten represents a pivotal milestone for children and their families. The transition to kindergarten is exciting and may evoke questions for families about their child’s [...]
Moving to competency-based teaching: Survey reveals insights
Survey reveals insights Schools across the country are exploring competency-based education models to focus on mastery rather than seat time. Transforming grading practices, however, remains [...]
Rethinking Summative Assessments: The Promise of Interim Data
The Promise of Interim Data High-stakes summative testing has been the dominant model for accountability for many years. However, interim assessments administered throughout the year [...]
State Focus on Literacy Helps Districts Support Teachers
Across the country, Marzano Research works with states like Alaska, Colorado, Nebraska, Oregon, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming on literacy initiatives. These states and dozens of [...]
How can you tell if literacy instruction is working across a district?
States from Tennessee to Wyoming have passed laws aimed at ensuring that all students can read. The laws require a variety of specific actions from [...]
Rural schools are already the hub: How a community schools approach can capitalize on this strength
The rural schools that I’ve visited across the country are each unique—from Newhalen, Alaska, where as a visiting researcher I flew in on a bush [...]
Marzano Research providing facilitation and planning support for Colorado’s new Department of Early Childhood
In partnership with Early Milestones Colorado, Marzano Research has been awarded a contract to support the development of a transition plan for Colorado’s new Department of Early Childhood. Building on [...]
Collaboration and role clarity key to developing successful K-12 micro-credentialing systems
The way we teach and evaluate both K–12 students and K–12 educators has changed dramatically as technology has evolved over the years. The next step in this development [...]