by mlicausi | Jan 1, 2016 | Assessment, Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Marzano Scales, Math, Motivation
If you already do some goal-setting with your students then you’re off to a great start for the New Year. In my last post I discussed an article about goal-setting it students and the importance of “past and future authoring”; which means your...
by mlicausi | Aug 8, 2015 | Assessment, Australian Standards ACARA, Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Grading, Marzano Scales, Math, Professional Development
Initially, Marzano Scales were forced on me through some district professional development. After starting to use them I really saw the benefit for students and the response I got from them was amazing!! Here are my top 7 reasons to use Marzano Scales in any...
by mlicausi | Jul 26, 2015 | Assessment, Marzano Scales, Math, Professional Development
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...
by mlicausi | Aug 17, 2014 | Differentiation, Grading, Marzano Scales, Math
Everyone, kids and adults, need time to try new things out for themselves to see how it “fits.” I know for me reading directions from other people, or seeing sample pages can give me good ideas, but I may or may not interpret them the same, or be able to...
