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Marzano High Reliability Schools

Dr. Marzano’s vision for K–12 education is simple: the vast majority of schools can be highly effective in promoting student learning. To show how, he created the Marzano High Reliability Schools framework. This framework, based on 40 years of educational research, defines five progressive levels of performance that a school must master to become a high reliability school—where all students learn the content and skills they need for success in college, careers, and beyond.

The High Reliability Schools Concept

The Marzano High Reliability Schools framework does not add a new initiative to school efforts. Many schools are already implementing a wide range of effective initiatives, and many educators are already practicing research-based strategies. The HRS framework does not replace professional learning communities, the Art and Science of Teaching framework, teacher evaluation and development, sound curriculum (including those aligned with the Common Core State Standards), vocabulary instruction, instruction in critical thinking and reasoning skills, formative assessment, standards-based grading and reporting systems, or student mastery systems.

Instead, this framework shows how best practices work together and provides indicators to empower districts and schools to measure their progress on attaining five increasing levels of reliability:

Using the framework and indicators, districts and schools can drive permanent, positive, and significant impacts on student achievement by synthesizing multiple complex initiatives into one harmonious system.

High Reliability Schools and the Moodle Platform

Ways to Explore HRS

  1. Fill out the form below and we will contact you
  2. Download the introduction of A Handbook for High Reliability Schools
  3. Attend an upcoming workshop
  4. Attend the HRS Summit
  5. Download your guide to HRS certification
  6. Download the High Reliability Schools FAQ document
  7. Download the Short-Form Leading Indicator Survey

High Reliability Schools Interest Form

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