Mathematics Assessment and Intervention in a PLC at Work™

Mathematics Coaching and Collaboration in a PLC at Work™ ™ explores developing common assessments and successfully implementing them within the K–12 mathematics classroom. It includes tools for lesson study, embedded coaching and responding to evidence of student learning from common unit assessments. It advocates focused coaching and collaboration with teacher teams to drive increased student achievement in mathematics. Part of the Every Student Can Learn Mathematics series, it offers a comprehensive professional learning community (PLC) approach to sustaining deep change in mathematics success. The PLC at Work process is one of the best models that schools or districts can use to build a more equitable learning experience for students. Using the four critical questions of a PLC, teams will provide every mathematics student with common learning experiences, opportunities for sustained perseverance, and robust formative feedback. Divided into two parts, this book offers two key coaching actions for success from the Mathematics in a PLC at Work framework, guiding leaders to (1) develop high-quality common assessments and (2) use them for formative student learning and intervention.

Readers will:

• Reflect on current practices and routines, refine practices based on high-quality and research-affirmed criteria, and act by improving on current practices and routines
• Collaborate within teacher teams to create assessments that target essential learning standards and interventions results
• Make sense of grade-level content standards and assessment tasks
• Help students set goals before, during and after unit assessments
• Develop a mathematics intervention program to support student learning