The authors offer a framework based on John Hattie’s Visible Learning research that makes teacher collaboration more efficient, rigorous, satisfying, and effective. The Achievement Teams' four-step meeting protocol is:
Step 1—Teams focus on the evidence from a pre-assessment to provide specific feedback to students and teachers about concepts and skills that students did and did not learn.
Step 2—Teams use that evidence to establish SMART goals for both teachers and students.
Step 3—Teams summarize the collected data and make inferences around students’ mastery levels.
Step4—Teachers select high-impact strategies directly targeted to student needs. A post-assessment reveals what did and didn’t work.
Reviewed by Carol Campbell, PhD
Vice President for Education
Southwestern Union Conference
By Tracy Nicholson
