Fisher, Douglas

"... shows[s] ... how to use learning intentions, success criteria, formative assessment and feedback to achieve profound instructional clarity"--Amazon.

Introduces an intentional and targeted teaching approach designed to foster discussion among educators about what they do in the classroom. Also examines its use for teacher self-assessment and for peer feedback in professional learning communities.

Provides strategies for using modeling to improve the reading comprehension skills of middle- and secondary-grade students and includes discussion questions and a DVD.

Offers advice to teachers on how to use creative formative assessments to determine whether students are understanding lessons they receive in the classroom.

Presents effective strategies and activities designed to help elementary and middle school students improve their literacy skills.

Drawing on their years of experience in the classroom, the authors explain why culture makes the difference between a school that enables success for all students and a school that merely houses those students during the school day; and also provide nineteen action research tools that will help create a culture of achievement, so that a school or classroom is the best it can be.