Meet Melanie LiCausi
Melanie is the original creator of Leveled Assessments for Math and ELA. Leveled Assessments take Marzano’s research to a whole new LEVEL, by adding clear and objective tasks to proficiency scales. Melanie’s experience with differentiation comes from twelve years in the classroom teaching 1st grade, 2nd grade, 6-8 math, and several years of Gifted Resource in a multi-age classroom for grades 3-5. She has mastered the art of aligning content at multiple grade levels to give students a smooth and defined path for progress.
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Melanie has written, taught and presented proficiency scales at multiple conferences. Walk through the process of creating, presenting, organizing, and assessing learning objectives in this EASY GUIDE to SCALES with TIME-SAVING tips from her own experience!
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Mrs. L’s Blog
3 Tips Make Marzano Scales Effective
Are you using Learning Scales and wondering why you aren't seeing amazing student growth? Marzano's research (2009) claims that, "Tracking Learning Goals and Scoring Scales" is a strategy that can produce student gains of up to 34 percentile points! So what's the...
Behavior Management with Effective Rewards
Looking to establish a behavior management system this year? I finally found something I love! STARS!!!!!! For the last two years I have transitioned from full-time teacher to full-time mom. I really thought I would be better at managing children since I... have years...
Marzano Scales Designed for K-2
Marzano scales are not that easy to create on your own, and even more difficult as you try to dissect what little background knowledge that young children have. After a bit of procrastination, I decided on a format that I felt, after having taught first and second...
5 Tips for Writing Marzano Scales
Is it just me, or is it a little bit time-consuming to create unique Marzano scales? What I find most difficult is deciding what content or sub-goal should be at each level under the primary goal. When I am developing assessments, I usually define each sub-goal as a...
Get Your Students Motivated to Reach Any Goal with Marzano Scales
My husband and I spent our recent 5th Anniversary in Sedona, AZ. One of the most beautiful places I have ever been in the U.S., and the place he proposed to me. We wanted to enjoy the hiking, rock climbing, creek swimming, and our favorite winery, Oak Creek. We...
Make Grading Easier with Marzano Scales
Fitting Everything in Is a Challenge! A couple days ago I was asked a pretty big question about implementing the Assessments with Learning Goals and Scales in the classroom. I wanted to give it ample space because a few sentences just isn't going to cover it! User...
