Learning Targets: Helping Students Aim for Understanding in Today's Lesson

by Connie M. Moss and Susan M. Brookhart

Drawing on their extensive research and professional learning partnerships with schools across the United States, instruction and assessment experts Connie M. Moss and Susan M. Brookhart explain how using student-centered learning targets enables schools to raise student achievement and create a culture of evidence-based, results-oriented practice. This practical guide includes reproducible planning forms to help teachers implement learning targets in their classrooms.

This Member Book mails to ASCD Premium, Select, and Institutional Plus members and is available as a download for Online Premium and Select members in July 2012; to receive it as a member benefit, your membership in these categories must be active on June 15, when the mailing labels are compiled.

Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: If Not Me, Then Who? 3rd edition

by Vicki Urquhart and Dana Frazee

This 3rd edition draws from new research on the impact of new technologies, the population boom of English language learners, and the influence of the Common Core State Standards. You'll learn which instructional strategies best support reading in specific subjects and how you can optimize your classroom for reading, writing, and discussion.

How to Create a Culture of Achievement in Your School and Classroom

by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey and Ian Pumpian

No school improvement effort can be effective without addressing school culture, and in this book you'll learn how to put in place the five pillars essential to building a culture of achievement.

This Member Book mails to ASCD Premium members and is available as a download for Online Premium members in May 2012; to receive it as a member benefit, your membership in these categories must be active on April 14, when the mailing labels are compiled.

Minding the Achievement Gap One Classroom at a Time

by Jane E. Pollock, Sharon M. Ford and Margaret M. Black

Designed for both classroom teachers and specialists and featuring many authentic voices from the field, this companion to the ASCD best-seller Improving Student Learning One Teacher at a Time focuses on small, specific adjustments to planning, teaching, and assessment practices that will help raise the achievement of students at risk of academic failure, English language learners, and students receiving special education services.

Inference: Teaching Students to Develop Hypotheses, Evaluate Evidence, and Draw Logical Conclusions: A Strategic Teacher PLC Guide

by Harvey F. Silver, R. Thomas Dewing and Matthew J. Perini

Part of a series of PLC Guides designed to help teams of teachers learn, plan, and implement strategies from the ASCD bookThe Strategic Teacher, this complete professional development resource focuses on inference, a foundational ability that underlies higher-order thinking and 21st century skills.

When Teaching Gets Tough: Smart Ways to Reclaim Your Game

by Allen N. Mendler

When Teaching Gets Tough offers practical strategies for teachers who need help sustaining their energy and enthusiasm for teaching. Written with a deep understanding of the issues that teachers face every day, the book also includes sections for administrators who want to help teachers stay at the top of their game.

 This Member Book mails to ASCD Premium, Select, and Institutional Plus members and is available as a download for Online Premium and Select members in April 2012; to receive it as a member benefit, your membership in these categories must be active on March 15, when the mailing labels are compiled.

The Understanding by Design Guide to Advanced Concepts in Creating and Reviewing Units

by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe

Practical advice, worksheets, and examples guide UbD novices and veterans through the vital steps of unpacking standards, evaluating assessments, differentiating instruction, and using feedback. With version 2.0 of the UbD Template, learn to adjust units and learning experiences to improve student achievement. Downloadable, fillable electronic forms and templates make revisions simple and storable.

A World-Class Education: Learning from International Models of Excellence and Innovation

by Vivien Stewart

Designed to promote conversation about how to educate students for a rapidly changing, innovation-based world, this comprehensive and illuminating book from international education expert Vivien Stewart focuses on understanding what the world’s best school systems are doing right for the purpose of identifying what U.S. schools—at the national, state, and local level—might do differently and better.

This Member Book mails to ASCD Premium members and is available as a download for Online Premium members in February 2012; to receive it as a member benefit, your membership in these categories must be active on January 13, when the mailing labels are compiled.

Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools

by William H. Parrett and Kathleen M. Budge

What do high-performing, high-poverty schools do differently? Learn the day-to-day realities and the actionable research gleaned from hundreds of these schools--and discover how your school can adopt practices that make a positive difference, too.

Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement, 2nd Edition

by Ceri B. Dean, Elizabeth Ross Hubbell, Howard Pitler and Bj Stone

First published in 2001, Classroom Instruction That Works revolutionized teaching by linking classroom strategies to evidence of increased student learning. Now this landmark guide has been reenergized and reorganized for today's classroom with new evidence-based insights and a new Instructional Planning Guide that makes it easier for you to know when to emphasize each of the nine research-based teaching strategies. Update your knowledge of the impact research-based teaching has on student achievement and the learning of essential 21st century skills.

This Member Book mails to ASCD Premium, Select, and Institutional Plus members and is available as a download for Online Premium and Select members in January 2012; to receive it as a member benefit, your membership in these categories must be active on December 15, when the mailing labels are compiled.

Teaching in Tandem: Effective Co-Teaching in the Inclusive Classroom

by Gloria Lodato Wilson and Joan Blednick

This practical guide for teachers and administrators shows how general and special education teachers work together to boost student achievement. The authors anticipate and answer questions, offer useful tools, and supply thought-provoking scenarios that capture the realities and successes of inclusive classrooms.

Creating a Healthy School Using the Healthy School Report Card: An ASCD Action Tool, Canadian 2nd ed.

by David K. Lohrmann, Sandra Vamos and Paul Yeung

Updated to reflect current research and new standards, this Canadian edition of the action tool guides you through the process of assessing your school's health programming and working with the community to create a healthy school environment. It is an essential resource for educators who are committed to helping students be emotionally and physically healthy, motivated, civically engaged, and prepared for work and economic self-sufficiency.

Insights into Action: Successful School Leaders Share What Works

by William Sterrett

Award-winning educator William Sterrett draws from research and interviews with distinguished practitioners to identify the most important issues facing today's school leaders and offer practical, effective strategies to help leaders realize growth in their schools.

This Member Book mails to ASCD Premium members and is available as a download for Online Premium members in December 2011; to receive it as a member benefit, your membership in these categories must be active on November 15, when the mailing labels are compiled.

Where Great Teaching Begins: Planning for Student Thinking and Learning

by Anne R. Reeves

Anne R. Reeves presents a streamlined approach to instructional design that empowers every teacher to plan engaging, objective-based lessons that will help students master essential content, develop valuable thinking skills, and learn deeply and meaningfully.

This Member Book mails to ASCD Premium, Select, and Institutional Plus members and is available as a download for Online Premium and Select members in November 2011; to receive it as a member benefit, your membership in these categories must be active on October 14, when the mailing labels are compiled.