Design schools that ensure students learn

K-12 education does a great job of preparing some students for future academic learning and for life in general, but not all. In other words, some students still slip through the cracks.

Drawing from the work of Dr. Robert J. Marzano and his colleagues, Marzano Mastery Approaches creates a clear pathway to multiple ways of ensuring all students learn, including: competency-based approaches, standards-referenced approaches and mastery-learning approaches. Work with us to build staff knowledge and confidence, as well as a system that supports skill development for individual students, allows for immediate and targeted intervention, and keeps students on track for success.

Building a System That Ensures All Students Learn

Discover how Marzano Mastery Approaches guides your school’s journey to standards-referenced or competency-based education. This framework helps you make key decisions, avoid common challenges, and create a system tailored to support every learner’s growth.

Suggested pathways of focus:

• Year 1: Student Agency, Curriculum, and Proficiency Scales
• Year 2: Teaching and Learning Paired with Assessment and Grading
• Year 3: Competency-Based Education

Your learning pathway is customizable to fit your needs. Embedded coaching days are ideal for schools and districts who are ready to tackle the challenges of standards-based education and want to maintain forward momentum over a one-to-five-year time span.

Recommended introductory training:

Understanding the Why of Marzano Mastery Approaches

As you move into the future, it is critical to create systems and practices that meet every student’s individual learning needs. To do this work, you must understand why current educational structures hinder individualized education and be open to a different daily practice—one that utilizes tools such as proficiency scales, trauma-responsive schooling, culturally responsive teaching, standards-based assessment and grading, and personalized competency-based education.

Learning outcomes:

• Identify ways in which traditional and/or current educational structures prevent individualized education.
• Explore the characteristics of a strong standards-based curriculum, including aligned instruction and reliable assessment.
• Discover how to create and use proficiency scales to clearly frame classroom instruction and assessment.
• Integrate concepts such as mastery-based learning, trauma-responsive schooling, and culturally responsive teaching.
• Build shared vision and collective ownership around competency-based education.