In this essential new book, best-selling author and researcher Robert J. Marzano and teacher-effectiveness expert Michael D. Toth lay out a framework for the ""next generation"" of teacher evaluation: a model focused primarily on helping educators develop and improve their practice. By taking into account multiple accurate, data-rich measures of teacher performance and student growth, the model ensures that all teachers receive fair, meaningful, and reliable evaluations. The book includes:

Standards, rubrics, and suggested rating methodologies.
A detailed, five-phase plan for implementing the model.
Guidelines for calibrating evaluation criteria according to teachers' experience levels.
A step-by-step guide to creating a coaching program for teachers who require intervention.
Recommendations for using technology platforms to enable teacher collaboration.



Teacher evaluation has too often focused on affixing ratings to teachers rather than helping them grow into mastery. The practical, field-tested model proposed in Teacher Evaluation That Makes a Difference has everything your school or district needs to provide teachers—and, by extension, their students—with the support necessary for success.