Robert J. Marzano is a senior scholar at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning in Aurora, Colorado; an associate professor at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and president of Marzano & Associates. He has developed programs and practices used in K–12 classrooms that translate current research and theory in cognition into instructional methods. An internationally known trainer and speaker, Marzano has authored 26 books and more than 150 articles and chapters in books on such topics as reading and writing instruction, thinking skills, school effectiveness, restructuring, assessment, cognition, and standards implementation. Recent titles include Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement (ASCD, 2001), Classroom Management That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Every Teacher (ASCD, 2003), What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action (ASCD, 2003), Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement (ASCD, 2004), School Leadership That Works (ASCD, 2005), Classroom Assessment and Grading That Work (ASCD, 2006), and The New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (Corwin, 2007). Marzano received his bachelor's degree in English from Iona College in New York, a master's degree in education in reading/language arts from Seattle University, and a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from the University of Washington. Address: 7127 S. Danube Court, Centennial, CO 80016 USA. Telephone: (303) 796-7683. E-mail: robertjmarzano@aol.com.