by mlicausi | Jul 16, 2016 | Assessment, Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Marzano Scales, Math, Professional Development
Have you ever come across an amazing teaching idea, but you just couldn’t get it organized enough to use it consistently? Maybe you used it but it didn’t seem to bring you the results you were expecting? Maybe it was more complicated than you...
by mlicausi | Jun 15, 2016 | Assessment, Differentiation, Marzano Scales, Math, Teacher Evaluations
In the last school year I’ve received some really great comments from teachers. They tell me how useful the leveled Math Assessments with Scales and Posters have been for supporting a growth mindset and differentiation! If your school uses the Marzano Framework...
by mlicausi | May 23, 2016 | Assessment, Australian Standards ACARA, Differentiation, Grading, Grading, Marzano Scales, Math, Professional Development
Last post I discussed the Pros and Cons of Informal Assessments. This week I am switching to the idea of using formal assessments for Marzano Scales because I found that they were so much more effective! The benefits of formal assessments are that they give you and...
by mlicausi | May 7, 2016 | Assessment, Differentiation, Grading, Marzano Scales, Math
In any classroom there are two basic ways you can pre-assess your students’ level of comprehension: informal or formal assessments. The former approach can be easier, but there are pros and cons of informal assessments. In previous posts I discussed two...
by mlicausi | Apr 5, 2016 | Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Grading, Marzano Scales, Math, Professional Development, Teacher Evaluations
With the explosion of Marzano framework for teacher evaluations, and Marzano Scales refocusing classroom instruction, I get a lot of questions from teachers trying to figure out how to write their own scales to meet district or state requirements. A few months ago I...
by mlicausi | Mar 17, 2016 | Assessment, Australian Standards ACARA, Differentiation, Marzano Scales, Math
Throughout the various strands or domains of Mathematics there are common threads, similar to themes in Language Arts. Equivalence: a Big Idea in Mathematics is one of the biggest and most fundamental concepts in every subtopic. Whether you’re dealing with...
