Description: As a supplement to the Essentials for Achieving Rigor book series, this guide gives teachers a big-picture view of the Essentials model and its research-based strategies. Its valuable tips and guidance empower educators and leaders to increase classroom rigor and transform their schools into thriving, sustainable communities of practice.
Brief description: Robert J. Marzano, PhD, is a nationally recognized education researcher, speaker, trainer, and author of more than 30 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.
Review Quotes: Our PLC's have reached a point of stagnation, and I'm excited to have the Essentials model to help jump start our PLC work so that we can continue to improve student learning. The switch to using real time data will increase PLC member buy-in and allow us to make immediate changes to improve student learning. -- Tiffany Richard "2012 Kansas Teacher of the Year"