Instructional Practices That Maximize Student Achievement

The most current and comprehensive information for teachers and administrators on effective instruction. These are strategies provide through research and actual classroom practice to promote the highest levels of student achievement. Contained in this 590 page book you will find best practices related to co-teaching, grit, growth mindset, cultural awareness, mastery based teaching, lesson and unit design, special education and UDL, English language learning, differentiated instruction, succeeding with economically disadvantaged students and their families, SEL based classroom management, group and partner work, student discourse, classroom assessment including “in the moment assessment,” formative and summative assessments, using student assessment data to inform instruction, developing rubrics and other scoring guides, student self-assessment, performance assessment, assessing social-emotional learning, engaging parents and guardians, effective questioning practices, brain based teaching and learning, wait time, student motivation, cultural literacy, and models for teacher collaboration (e.g. effective data teams, lesson study, professional literature study groups, peer observation, mentoring, developing common assessments, collaboratively assessing student work, action research).