by mlicausi | Nov 24, 2019 | Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Grading, Marzano Scales
Proficiency Scales are all about helping students show growth in small steps instead of being overwhelmed by a year-end goal that seems way over their head. Standards based grading means that you can pre-assess and post-assess your elementary students to document this...
by mlicausi | Apr 26, 2019 | Grading, Marzano Scales
Confused by Grading Proficiency Scales? Grading with proficiency scales doesn’t have to be confusing, if you know what each level MEANS. Many school districts have switched to using proficiency scales for grading. Proficiency Scales became...
by mlicausi | Jul 1, 2016 | Free Resources, Grading, Motivation
Thanks for joining us for the School’s Out Blog Blowout for Teachers! Today I’m linking up with several bloggers to bring you some summer fun and freebies! This blog hop loop is designed to run through 20 different blogs. Each blog post ends with an...
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 | 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 | Feb 25, 2016 | Assessment, Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Grading, Marzano Scales, Math, Motivation, Professional Development
Have you ever felt like as a teacher, you’re doing most of the work to learn, organize, pace, and dispense the curriculum while your students sit back passively waiting for you to tell them what to do? What if your students understood that it was their job to...
