Jeff Flygare

Learn to effectively teach close-reading skills in middle-school and high-school classrooms. Use literary analysis to increase students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Designed specifically for K–12 teachers, this guide provides a sequential approach to implementing standards-based education in the classroom. Transition to more effective instructional strategies and use standards-based grading and assessment methods to better measure student learning.

Author Jeff Flygare hosts this webinar, based on the book he coauthored, to share practical advice for adjusting to teaching, assessing, and grading in a standards-based classroom. Following a brief overview of why the change to standards-based helps both student and teacher, the presenter will identify the key adjustments teachers face as they work with standards.

In this webinar, we’ll explain the eight-phase process used to identify and articulate the Critical Concepts in English language arts, mathematics, and science.

The Critical Concepts provide a ready-made, state-standard-aligned set of measurement topics and associated proficiency scales that help educators identify learning topics and provide students with feedback on those goals. This webinar will explain the eight-phase process used to identify and articulate the Critical Concepts in English language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science, as well as how the Critical Concepts are used in the classroom with students.

Shifting to standards-based learning is a big change. Rely on Planning and Teaching in the Standards-Based Classroom to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. This can’t-miss guide delivers straightforward, practical tools and detailed instructions for everything from lesson planning to proficiency scales to parent communication.

Designed by High Reliability Schools (HRS) experts, this curated package of self-guided professional development resources and Robert J. Marzano’s strategies will help you reach the highest levels of school effectiveness.

Whether you are well versed in writing proficiency scales or are seeking practical guidance on classroom assessment that best supports student learning, this book will help you design standards-based assessments that provide meaningful data to inform your next steps in the instructional cycle.