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Solutionsfor Higher Education

DuFour ■ Marzano

Kanold ■ Karten

Reeves ■ Sousa

Tomlinson

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3 Common Core

4 Instruction

7 Classroom Management & Behavior

8 Assessment

9 Literacy

10 21st Century Skills

11 English Learners

12 Response to Intervention

13 Professional Learning Communities

14 Leadership

Contents

Prepare Your Students With

Research and Strategies From the Biggest Names in Education

As you prepare to send a new wave of educators into our schools and

districts, empower them with the knowledge and know-how they’ll

need to not only land the job of their dreams, but also give their

students everything they’ll need to succeed in school.

For more than 20 years, educators around the world have looked

to Solution Tree authors to improve and polish their instruction

and leadership practices.

Who are Solution Tree authors? They’re educators. They’re researchers and thought leaders. They’re the movers

and shakers of education you may already be familiar with:

Robert J. Marzano, Richard DuFour, David A. Sousa,

Carol Ann Tomlinson, Douglas B. Reeves,

Timothy D. Kanold, Toby J. Karten, and others.

Build your students’ knowledge base and refine their

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Common Core Mathematics in a PLC at Work™ Series

Edited by Timothy D. Kanold

These teacher guides illustrate how to sustain successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Discover what students should learn and how they should learn it at each grade level. Comprehensive and research-affirmed analysis tools and strategies will help you and your collaborative team develop and assess student demonstrations of deep conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. You’ll also learn how fundamental shifts in collaboration, instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention can increase college and career readiness in every one of your students.

2012 | Joint publications with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Common Core

20 Literacy Strategies to Meet the Common CoreIncreasing Rigor in Middle & High School Classrooms

By Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins and Allyson J. Burnett

With the advent of the Common Core State Standards and high expectations with regard to content literacy, some secondary teachers are scrambling for what to do and how to do it. This book provides an accessible plan for implementing content literacy and offers 20 research-based literacy strategies designed to help students meet those standards and become expert readers.2012

28BCC–BKF588 $34.95ISBN 978-1-936764-28-0

ContentsPart I Overview of Key Ideas and DetailsStrategy 1 Read-Decide-ExplainStrategy 2 Show You KnowStrategy 3 Prove ItStrategy 4 Read Like a DetectiveStrategy 5 Question Like an Investigative

ReporterStrategy 6 Think Like a Private InvestigatorStrategy 7 Snapshot SummaryStrategy 8 Identify-Analyze-SummarizeStrategy 9 What-How-Why (Individuals)Strategy 10 What-How-Why (Events)Strategy 11 What-How-Why (Ideas)

Part II Overview of Craft and StructureStrategy 12 Quick-REACH Vocabulary ToolkitStrategy 13 Weigh the WordsStrategy 14 Identify-Analyze-Relate

(Problem-Solution)Strategy 15 Identify-Analyze-Relate (Cause-Effect)Strategy 16 Purpose-Content-Style

Part III Integration of Knowledge and IdeasStrategy 17 Navigate-Integrate-EvaluateStrategy 18 Delineate-Evaluate-ExplainStrategy 19 Analyze-Compare-Write

Part IV Range of Reading and Text ComplexityStrategy 20 Literacy Rehearsal

Leader’s Guide28BCC–BKF559 $24.95

ISBN 978-1-936765-47-8

Grades K–2 28BCC–BKF566 $29.95

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Grades 3–528BCC–BKF568 $29.95ISBN 978-1-936764-00-6

Grades 6–828BCC–BKF574 $29.95

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High School28BCC–BKF561 $29.95

ISBN 978-1-936765-50-8

How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core7 Key Student Proficiencies of the New National Standards

By James A. Bellanca, Robin J. Fogarty, and Brian M. Pete

Empower your students to thrive across the curriculum. Packed with examples and tools, this practical guide prepares teachers across all grade levels and content areas to teach the most critical cognitive skills from the Common Core State Standards.240 pages | 2012

28BCC–BKF576 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-936764-07-5

ContentsCritical Thinking 1 Analyze 2 Evaluate 3 Problem Solve

Creative Thinking 4 Generate 5 Associate 6 Hypothesize

Complex Thinking 7 Clarify 8 Interpret 9 Determine

Comprehensive Thinking 10 Understand

11 Infer 12 Compare and Contrast

Collaborative Thinking 13 Explain14 Develop 15 Decide

Communicative Thinking 16 Reason 17 Connect 18 Represent

Cognitive Transfer 19 Synthesize 20 Generalize 21 Apply

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On Excellence in Teaching

Edited by Robert J. Marzano

By Barrie Bennett, David Berliner, Jere Brophy, Lynn Erickson, Thomas Good, Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Jana Marzano, Robert J. Marzano, Richard Mayer, Jay McTighe, Matthew Perini, Debra J. Pickering, Harvey Silver, Carol Ann Tomlinson, and Grant Wiggins

Learn from the world’s best education researchers, theorists, and staff developers as they present recommendations on effective instruction. The book provides a comprehensive view of instruction from a theoretical, systemic, and classroom perspective. The authors’ diverse expertise delivers a wide range of ideas and strategies.392 pages | 2009

28BCC–BKF278 $34.95ISBN 978-1-934009-58-1

The Highly Engaged Classroom

By Robert J. Marzano and Debra J. Pickering

With Tammy Heflebower

Gain an in-depth understanding of how to generate high levels of student attention and engagement. Using the suggestions in this book, every teacher can create a classroom environment where engagement is the norm, not the exception. 240 pages | 2010 | Marzano Research Laboratory

28BCC–BKL005 $29.95ISBN 978-0-9822592-4-5

Contents 1 Research and Theory

2 How Do I Feel?

3 Am I Interested?

4 Is This Important?

5 Can I Do This?

6 Planning for High Engagement

Appendix A Answers to Exercises

Appendix B What Is an Effect Size?

Appendix C Sample Unusual Information

Appendix D Planning Questions

Bringing Innovation to SchoolEmpowering Students to Thrive in a Changing World

By Suzie Boss

Foreword by Chris Lehmann

Activate your students’ creativity and problem-solving potential with breakthrough learning projects. Across all grades and content areas, student-driven, collaborative projects will teach students how to generate innovative ideas and then put them into action.184 pages | 2012

28BCC–BKF546 $24.95ISBN 978-1-936765-26-3

ContentsPart I Setting the Stage

1 Coming to Terms With Innovation

2 Seeing Educators as Innovators

3 Growing a New Global Skill Set

Part II Building the New Idea Factory

4 Seeding Innovation

5 Integrating Design Thinking Throughout the Curriculum

6 Making Room for Thinkers

7 Taking Advantage of Technology

8 Gaming for Real Learning

Part III Moving From Thinking to Doing

9 Spreading Good Ideas

10 Taking Action

Appendix A Additional Resources

Appendix B Innovation Rubric

Appendix C Discussion Guide

ContentsIntroduction A Focus on TeachingSection 1 Theories of Excellence 1 What’s My Job? Defining the Role of the

Classroom Teacher 2 Forty Years of Research on Teaching 1968–2008:

What Do We Know Now That We Didn’t Know Then? 3 The Artful Science of Instructional Integration 4 Applying the Science of Learning to Instruction in

School Subjects Section 2 Systemic Excellence 5 The Incompatibility of High-Stakes Testing and the

Development of Skills for the Twenty-First Century 6 Teaching the Thinking Skills That Higher-Order

Tasks Demand

7 Conceptual Designs for Curriculum and Higher-Order Instruction

8 Instructional Cartography: How Curriculum Mapping Has Changed the Role and Perspective of the Teacher

9 Developing Expert TeachersSection 3 Classroom Excellence 10 Differentiating Instruction in Response to

Academically Diverse Student Populations 11 Understanding by Design and Instruction 12 Cultivating Student Appreciation of the

Value of Learning 13 The Eight Cs of Engagement: How Learning

Styles and Instructional Design Increase Student Commitment to Learning

14 The Inner Game of Teaching

Becoming a Reflective Teacher

By Robert J. Marzano

With Tammy Heflebower, Jessica Kanold-McIntyre, and Debra J. Pickering

With more than 270 strategies organized under 41 elements of effective teaching, this book combines a model of instruction with goal setting, focused practice, focused feedback, and observations and discussions to improve your instructional practices.256 pages | 2012 | Marzano Research Laboratory

28BCC–BKL011 $34.95ISBN 978-0-9833512-3-8

Contents 1 Research and Theory

2 Having a Model of Effective Teaching

3 Setting Growth Goals

4 Engaging in Focused Practice

5 Receiving Focused Feedback

6 Observing and Discussing Teaching

Compendium Strategies for Reflective Practice

Appendix A Answers to Comprehension Questions

Appendix B Teacher Scales for Reflective Practice

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Mind, Brain, & EducationNeuroscience Implications for the Classroom

Edited by David A. Sousa

By Daniel Ansari, Joanna A. Christodoulou, Donna Coch, Stanislas Dehaene, Keith Devlin, Marianna D. Eddy, Matthias Faeth, Kurt W. Fischer, John Gabrieli, Mariale M. Hardiman, Katie Heikkinen, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Tricia O’Loughlin, Michael I. Posner, David A. Sousa, Diane L. Williams, and Judy Willis

Understanding how the brain learns helps teachers do their jobs more effectively. Primary researchers in the emerging field of educational neuroscience share the latest findings on the learning process and address their implications for educational theory and practice.312 pages | 2010

28BCC–BKF358 $34.95ISBN 978-1-935249-63-4

Think Big, Start SmallHow to Differentiate Instruction in a Brain-Friendly Classroom

By Gayle Gregory and Martha Kaufeldt

You no longer have to be a neuroscientist to understand how your students absorb knowledge. This easy-to-comprehend guide pares down the vast field of neuroscience and covers the brain basics that affect your classroom the most—attention, memory, emotions, and stress. With a variety of simple brain-compatible strategies, you’ll see a measurable difference in your differentiated classrooms.168 pages | 2011

28BCC–BKF471 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935543-06-0

Contents 1 Using Educational Neuroscience to

Differentiate Instruction

2 Creating a Brain-Compatible Environment

3 Engaging, Exciting, and Energizing the Learner

4 Exploring the Learning

5 Extending and Expanding Learning for Every Student

6 Evaluating the Learning

7 Think Big, Start Small

Redefining FairHow to Plan, Assess, and Grade for Excellence in Mixed-Ability Classrooms

By Damian Cooper

Foreword by Michael Fullan

Learn how to define proficiency accurately and differentiate to help all students achieve it. Using stories, strategies, case histories, and sample documents, the author explains how to implement equitable instruction, assessment, grading, and reporting practices for diverse 21st century learners.200 pages | 2011

28BCC–BKF412 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935542-14-8

ContentsIntroduction Why This Book Now?

1 Why Is Differentiation Essential Today?

2 What Does “Fair” Mean in the Mixed-Ability Class?

3 How Should Curriculum and Assessment Connect in the Mixed-Ability Class?

4 How Should I Assess Students’ Needs in the Mixed-Ability Class?

5 What Does Excellence Look Like in the Mixed-Ability Class?

6 How Should I Assess Learning in the Mixed-Ability Class?

7 How Should Assessment and Instruction Connect in the Mixed-Ability Class?

8 How Should Assessment Be Matched to Students’ Needs?

9 How Do I Grade Learning in the Mixed-Ability Class?

10 How Can I Report Effectively to Students in the Mixed-Ability Class and to Their Parents?

Differentiation and the BrainHow Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom

By David A. Sousa and Carol Ann Tomlinson

Examine the basic principles of differentiation in light of what current research on educational neuroscience has revealed. This research pool offers information and insights that can help educators decide whether certain curricular, instructional, and assessment choices are likely to be more effective than others. Learn how to implement differentiation so that it achieves the desired result of shared responsibility between teacher and student. 216 pages | 2010

28BCC–BKF353 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-935249-59-7

Contents 1 The Nonnegotiables of Effective

Differentiation

2 Mindset, Learning Environment, and Differentiation

3 Curriculum and Differentiation

4 Classroom Assessment and Differentiation

5 Differentiating in Response to Student Readiness

6 Differentiating in Response to Student Interest

7 Differentiating in Response to Student Learning Profile

8 Managing a Differentiated Classroom

Contents 1 How Science Met Pedagogy

2 Neuroimaging Tools and the Evolution of Educational Neuroscience

3 The Current Impact of Neuroscience on Teaching and Learning

4 The Role of Emotion and Skilled Intuition in Learning

5 The Speaking Brain

6 The Reading Brain

7 Constructing a Reading Brain

8 The Mathematical Brain

9 The Calculating Brain

10 The Computing Brain

11 The Creative-Artistic Brain

12 The Future of Educational Neuroscience

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Instruction

When Actions Speak Louder Than WordsUnderstanding the Challenging Behaviors of Young Children and Students With Disabilities

By Kim Davis and Susan D. Dixon

Inclusion Strategies & Interventions

By Toby J. Karten

In inclusive classrooms, students with special educational needs are treated as integral members of the general education environment. Gain strategies to offer the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral benefits that allow all students to achieve their highest potential.208 pages | 2010

28BCC–BKF381 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935543-23-7

ContentsPart 1 Promoting Learning in the Inclusive

Classroom

1 Understanding the Inclusive Classroom

2 Organizing for Instruction

3 Addressing Student Needs

4 Using Assessments, Accommodations, and Data

Part 2 Strategies for Effective Curriculum Practice

5 Literacy and Communication

6 Mathematics

7 Social Studies and Science

8 Art, Music, and Movement

9 An Interdisciplinary Approach

10 Transitional Plans

Part 3 Maintaining the Inclusive Classroom

11 Professional Collaboration

12 Honoring Inclusion

Appendix A Abbreviations

Appendix B Legal Aspects of Inclusion

Critical Conversations in Co-TeachingA Problem-Solving Approach

By Carrie Chapman and Cate Hart Hyatt

In this practitioner’s guide to building quality collaborative relationships, the authors explain co-teaching models and how co-teaching fits within school improvement initiatives. Through practical examples and real-life stories, they present the critical conversations framework designed to foster dramatic improvements in the way co-teachers communicate.176 pages | 2011

28BCC–BKF428 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935542-32-2

Contents 1 An Opening Invitation to Co-Teaching

Conversations

2 Co-Teaching Models

3 The Critical Conversations in Co-Teaching Framework

4 Critical Conversations in Action

5 Expanding Co-Teaching Conversations

6 Critical Conversations Protocols: Set 1—Engage Partners

7 Critical Conversations Protocols: Set 2—Examine Data

8 Critical Conversations Protocols: Set 3—Enhance Instruction

9 Critical Conversations Protocols: Set 4—Expand Impact

Teaching for DiversityA Guide to Greater Understanding

By Ricardo L. García

3rd Edition Explore the demographic shifts in American life and schools throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and examine the impact of these shifts on education. This book provides a powerful theoretical framework for thinking about and fostering acceptance of diversity and difference.216 pages | 2011 | A joint publication with Phi Delta Kappa International

28BCC–BKF400 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935542-01-8

Contents 1 What’s an American?

2 Diversity in a Free Society

3 Education for a Free Society

4 Diversity as a Fact of Life

5 Complexities of Culture

6 Diverse Challenges

7 Facilitative Teaching

8 Linking Goals and Instructional Strategies

9 Developing Curricula for Diversity

10 Community in Diverse Classrooms

ContentsPart I Foundational Knowledge and Philosophy

1 Introduction

2 Forms of Communication

3 Functions of Communication

4 The Big Picture of Challenging Behaviors: Six Critical Questions

5 Hidden Issues

6 Disability Issues

Build your understanding of behavior as communication, and learn to interpret the messages behind the actions. This book provides information and tools to support all children whose primary way to communicate is through challenging behaviors.216 pages | 2009

28BCC–BKF274 $29.95ISBN 978-1-934009-60-4

Part II Practical Strategies for Supporting Behavior

7 Supportive Learning Environments

8 Proactive Behavioral Strategies

9 Proactive Instructional Strategies

10 Reactive Strategies

11 A Child-Centered Approach

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Classroom Management & Behavior

Assertive Discipline®

Positive Behavior Management for Today’s Classroom

By Lee Canter

4th Edition This book contains the best concepts and teacher-tested strategies by the author plus new content. A special emphasis on the needs of new and struggling teachers includes practical actions for earning student respect and teaching them behavior management skills. The author also introduces a real-time coaching model and explains how to establish a schoolwide Assertive Discipline® program.176 pages | 2009

28BCC–BKF246 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-934009-15-4

Classroom Management for Academic Success

By Lee Canter

This groundbreaking resource details effective management strategies you can implement from day one so that all students achieve in the classroom. Teacher-tested, research-based strategies create a classroom in which children learn free from the distraction of disruptive behavior.304 pages | 2005 | CD

28BCC–BKF488 $39.95ISBN 978-1-935249-01-6

ContentsPart 1 Overview of Classroom Management for

Academic Success

Part 2 Empowering Beliefs and Expectations

Part 3 Teaching Responsible Behavior for Academic Success at the Beginning of the School Year

Part 4 The Behavior Management Cycle

Part 5 Building Trusting Relationships

Part 6 The 2-Week Turnaround Program

Part 7 Managing Instructional Activities to Promote Academic Success

Part 8 Managing Procedures for Academic Success

Part 9 Establishing Classroom Policies for Academic Success

Appendix Overhead Transparencies

Motivating Students25 Strategies to Light the Fire of Engagement

By Carolyn Chapman and Nicole Vagle

Learn why students disengage and how to motivate them to achieve success with a five-step framework. Research-based strategies and fun activities, along with tips and troubleshooting advice, show how to instill a lasting love of learning in students of any age.240 pages | 2010

28BCC–BKF371 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935249-78-8

Contents 1 Understanding Motivation

2 Building a Classroom Learning Community

3 Describing Planning and Learning

4 Finding Adventure

5 Promoting Choice and Control

6 Ensuring Learning

7 Keeping the Flame Burning!

ContentsSection 1 Becoming an Effective Classroom

Manager

1 You Can Be an Effective Classroom Manager

2 Develop Your Teacher Voice

3 Hold High Expectations

Section 2 Developing Your Classroom Discipline Plan

4 Establish Rules

5 Determine Positive Support Strategies

6 Determine Corrective Actions

Section 3 Teaching Responsible Behavior

7 Teach Policies and Procedures at the Beginning of the School Year

8 Develop a Responsible Behavior Curriculum

Section 4 Utilizing the Behavior Management Cycle

9 Effectively Communicate Explicit Directions

10 Utilize Behavioral Narration

11 Take Corrective Actions

12 Teach Students to Manage Their Own Behavior

Section 5 Reducing Disruptive Behavior

13 Instructional Strategies That Reduce Disruptive Behavior

Section 6 Working With Difficult Students

14 Build Positive Relationships With Students

15 Develop Individualized Behavior Plans

16 You Can’t Do It on Your Own

Appendix Mentors, Coaches, and School Leadership Teams: Structures to Support Classroom Teachers’ Behavior Management Efforts

You’ve Got to Reach Them to Teach Them Hard Facts About the Soft Skills of Student Engagement

By Mary Kim Schreck

Navigate the hot topic of student engagement with a true expert. Become empowered to demand an authentic joy for learning in your classroom. Real-life notes from the field, detailed discussions, practical strategies, and space for reflection complete this essential guide to student engagement. 232 pages | 2010

28BCC–BKF404 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935542-05-6

ContentsIntroduction Engagement

1 Relationships

2 Emotion

3 Environment

4 Motivation

5 Fun

6 Confidence

7 Attitudes

8 Cultural Awareness

9 Expectations

10 The Engagement Toolbox

11 Creativity

12 Soft Skills

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Assessment

Grading and LearningPractices That Support Student Achievement

By Susan M. Brookhart

Grades should reflect and motivate learning. This book is relatable, relevant, and effective in improving educators’ assessment and reporting processes and supporting students’ motivation to learn. Clear, concrete examples help translate state standards into curriculum goals. 168 pages | 2011

28BCC–BKF457 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935542-84-1

Contents 1 All Students Can Learn

2 Grading on Standards for Achievement

3 Grading Strategies that Support and Motivate Student Effort and Learning

4 Designing and Grading Assessments to Reflect Student Achievement

5 Designing Report Card Grading Policies to Reflect Student Achievement

6 Beginning and Implementing Learning-Focused Report Card Grading Policies

7 Communicating With Students and Parents

8 Assessing Readiness for Grading Reform

Conclusion Keeping the Promise

Elements of GradingA Guide to Effective Practice

By Douglas B. Reeves

Learn several strategies for improving grading practices, while examining the common arguments against reform. With this practical guide, you can improve grading to meet four essential criteria—accuracy, fairness, specificity, and timeliness—and also make the process quicker and more efficient.152 pages | 2010

28BCC–BKF410 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935542-12-4

Contents 1 Grading is Feedback

2 The Grading Debate

3 How to Improve Accuracy

4 How to Improve Fairness

5 How to Improve Specificity

6 How to Improve Timeliness

7 Time-Saving Strategies for Busy Teachers

8 Leading Change for Effective Grading Practices

Conclusion Leading Change in Grading Systems

Embedded Formative Assessment

By Dylan Wiliam

BESTSELLER Formative assessment plays an important role in increasing teacher quality and student learning when it’s viewed as a process rather than a tool. Emphasizing the instructional side of formative assessment, this book explores in depth the use of classroom questioning, learning intentions and success criteria, feedback, collaborative and cooperative learning, and self-regulated learning to engineer effective learning environments for students. 200 pages | 2011

28BCC–BKF418 $29.95ISBN 978-1-934009-30-7

Contents 1 Why Educational Achievement Matters

2 The Case for Formative Assessment

3 Clarifying, Sharing, and Understanding Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

4 Eliciting Evidence of Learners’ Achievement

5 Providing Feedback That Moves Learning Forward

6 Activating Students as Instructional Resources for One Another

7 Activating Students as Owners of Their Own Learning

Ahead of the CurveThe Power of Assessment to Transform Teaching and Learning

Edited by Douglas B. Reeves

By Larry Ainsworth, Lisa Almeida, Anne Davies, Richard DuFour, Linda Gregg, Thomas R. Guskey, Robert J. Marzano, Ken O’Connor, Douglas B. Reeves, Rick Stiggins, Stephen White, and Dylan Wiliam

ContentsIntroduction From the Bell Curve to the Mountain: A New Vision for Achievement, Assessment, and Equity

Section 1 Classroom Assessment 1 Using Assessments to Improve Teaching

and Learning

2 Involving Students in the Classroom Assessment Process

3 Assessment for Learning: An Essential Foundation of Productive Instruction

Section 2 System-Level Assessment 4 Common Formative Assessments: The

Centerpiece of an Integrated Standards-Based Assessment System

5 Designing a Comprehensive Approach to Classroom Assessment

BESTSELLER This anthology brings the ideas and recommendations of many of the world’s education leaders into one resource that illustrates the many perspectives on effective assessment design and implementation. From involving students in the assessment process to ensuring accuracy and applying assessments to English learners and students with special needs, you will find compelling insights and proven strategies. 280 pages | 2007

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6 The Last Frontier: Tackling the Grading Dilemma

Section 3 Assessment Challenges 7 The Journey Toward Effective Assessment for

English Language Learners

8 Crossing the Canyon: Helping Students With Special Needs Achieve Proficiency

Section 4 Assessment Leadership 9 Content Then Process: Teacher Learning

Communities in the Service of Formative Assessment

10 Data on Purpose: Due Diligence to Increase Student Achievement

11 Challenges and Choices: The Role of Educational Leaders in Effective Assessment

Epilogue Once Upon a Time: A Tale of Excellence in Assessment

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Literacy

Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives Comprehending, Analyzing, and Discussing Text

By Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp

Prompt students to become the sophisticated readers, writers, and thinkers they need to be to achieve higher learning. Explore the important relationship between text, learner, and learning, and gain an array of methods to establish critical literacy in a discussion-based and reflective classroom. 176 pages | 2011

28BCC–BKF499 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935543-52-7

ContentsIntroduction Comprehension Occurs Through

Text-Based Analysis and Discussion

1 Readers and Texts: Why Both Are Necessary for Understanding

2 Argumentation: Gateway to Text-Based Analysis and Discussion

3 Analyzing and Discussing Narrative Texts

4 Analyzing and Discussing Expository Texts

5 Analyzing and Discussing New-Media Texts

Collaborative Teacher Literacy Teams, K–6Connecting Professional Growth to Student Achievement

By Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins

Explore the work of collaborative literacy teams from their formation to the employment of successful student-focused strategies. Find professional growth units in each chapter that provide educators with the opportunity to discuss key concepts, self-reflect, and remain focused on student achievement. 232 pages | 2012

28BCC–BKF491 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935542-28-5

Contents 1 Instructional Moves

2 Teacher-Managed Instruction

3 Teacher With-It-Ness

4 Student-Managed Learning

5 Classroom Artifacts

Appendix A The Exemplars and Nonexemplars of Effective K–6 Literacy Instruction

Appendix B Table of Contents for the Twenty Units

40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K–6 StudentsResearch-Based Support for RTI

By Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins

This well-rounded collection of research-based reading intervention strategies will support and inform your RTI efforts. The book also includes teacher-friendly sample lesson plans and miniroutines that are easy to understand and adapt. Many of the strategies motivate average and above-average students as well as scaffold struggling readers. Maximize the power of these interventions by using them across grade-level teams or schoolwide. 352 pages | 2009

28BCC–BKF270 $34.95ISBN 978-1-934009-50-5

ContentsPart 1 Interventions for Improving Instruction

Part 2 Interventions for Building Phonemic Awareness

Part 3 Interventions for Building Word Identification Skills

Part 4 Interventions for Building Fluency

Part 5 Interventions for Building Vocabulary

Part 6 Interventions for Facilitating Comprehension

Part 7 Interventions for Teaching Students to Read a Lot

Rebuilding the FoundationEffective Reading Instruction for 21st Century Literacy

Edited by Timothy V. Rasinski

By Peter Afflerbach, Richard L. Allington, Rita M. Bean, Donald R. Bear, Camille L. Z. Blachowicz, Ruth Culham, Patricia M. Cunningham, Peter J. Fisher, Linda B. Gambrell, James V. Hoffman, Lesley Mandel Morrow, Maureen McLaughlin, Maryann Mraz, P. David Pearson, Timothy V. Rasinski, Timothy Shanahan, William H. Teale, Shane Templeton, Richard T. Vacca, Susan Watts-Taffe, and Junko Yokota

Contents 1 Principles of Effective Reading Instruction

2 Motivation in the School Reading Curriculum

3 Materials in the School Reading Curriculum

4 Developing Effective Reading Curricula for Beginning Readers and the Primary Grades

5 Developing Effective Reading Curricula Beyond the Primary Grades

6 Developing Effective Reading Curricula for Struggling Readers

7 Teaching Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition, and Spelling

Teaching reading is a complex task without a simple formula for developing quality instruction. Rather than build on or alter existing models, this book considers how educators and policymakers might think about rebuilding and reconceptualizing reading education, perhaps from the ground up.352 pages | 2011

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8 Teaching Reading Fluency

9 Teaching Vocabulary

10 Teaching Comprehension

11 Reading With a Writer’s Eye

12 Content-Area Reading Instruction

13 Assessing Reading

14 The Reading Coach: Professional Development and Literacy Leadership in the School

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21st Century Skills

The Connected EducatorLearning and Leading in a Digital Age

By Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter Hall

Create a connected learning community through social media and rediscover the power of being a learner first. The authors show you how to take advantage of technology to collaborate with other educators and deepen the learning of your students. 208 pages | 2011

28BCC–BKF478 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935543-17-6

Contents 1 Defining the Connected Educator

2 Developing a Connected Learning Model

3 Learning to Learn

4 Building a Collaborative Culture

5 Using Tools to Support Connected Learning

6 Building Your Connected Learning Community

7 Sustaining the Momentum

8 Transforming Leadership for a Connected World

9 What the Future Holds

Appendix A Research Base for the Connected Learning Community Model

Appendix B Scale in Action

Appendix C Common Diigo and Twitter Hashtags

Who Owns the Learning?Preparing Students for Success in the Digital Age

By Alan November

Learn how to harness students’ natural curiosity to develop self-directed learners. Discover how technology allows students to take ownership of their learning, create and share learning tools, and participate in work that is meaningful to them and others.104 pages | 2012

28BCC–BKF437 $19.95ISBN 978-1-935542-57-5

Contents 1 Welcome to the Digital Learning Farm

2 The Student as Tutorial Designer

3 The Student as Scribe

4 The Student as Researcher

5 The Student as Global Communicator and Collaborator

6 Joining Forces in Purposeful Work: The Legacy of Student Contribution

The Global SchoolConnecting Classrooms and Students Around the World

By William Kist

Discover why your students need an intercultural critical education and how it will help them thrive in an internationalized world. Wrapped in a 21st century skills framework, this books offers specific steps to globalize your classroom and strategies to encourage higher-order thinking.128 pages | 2012

28BCC–BKF570 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935543-69-5

Contents 1 What Is Global Education?

2 The World Within Your Classroom

3 The World Across Classrooms

4 The Classroom in the World

5 Getting Started

21st Century SkillsRethinking How Students Learn

Edited by James A. Bellanca and Ron Brandt

By John Barell, Linda Darling-Hammond, Chris Dede, Rebecca DuFour, Richard DuFour, Douglas Fisher, Robin J. Fogarty, Nancy Frey, Howard Gardner, Andy Hargreaves, David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson, Ken Kay, Cheryl Lemke, Jay McTighe, Alan November, Bob Pearlman, Brian M. Pete, Douglas B. Reeves, Will Richardson, and Elliott Seif

Foreword by Ken Kay

ContentsForeword 21st Century Skills: Why They Matter,

What They Are, and How We Get There

1 Five Minds for the Future

2 New Policies for 21st Century Demands

3 Comparing Frameworks for 21st Century Skills

4 The Role of Professional Learning Communities in Advancing 21st Century Skills

5 The Singapore Vision: Teach Less, Learn More

6 Designing New Learning Environments to Support 21st Century Skills

7 An Implementation Framework to Support 21st Century Skills

Examine the Framework for 21st Century Learning from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills as a way to reenvision learning in a rapidly evolving global and technological world. Learn why these skills are necessary, which are most important, and how to best help schools include them.408 pages | 2010

28BCC–BKF389 $34.95ISBN 978-1-935249-90-0

8 Problem-Based Learning: The Foundation for 21st Century Skills

9 Cooperative Learning and Conflict Resolution: Essential 21st Century Skills

10 Preparing Students for Mastery of 21st Century Skills

11 Innovation Through Technology

12 Technology Rich, Information Poor

13 Navigating Social Networks as Learning Tools

14 A Framework for Assessing 21st Century Skills

Afterword Leadership, Change, and Beyond the 21st Century Skills Agenda

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English Learners

Common Language Assessment for English Learners

By Margo Gottlieb

Learn how to plan, implement, and evaluate common language assessments for your English learners. With this step-by-step guide, teachers, school leaders, and administrators will find organizing principles, lead questions, and action steps all directing you toward collaborative assessment.192 pages | 2011

28BCC–BKF352 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935249-57-3

ContentsIntroduction Breaking Ground on Common

Language Assessment

1 Common Language Assessment

2 Phase I—Planning

3 Phase II—Design

4 Phase III—Refinement

5 Phase IV—Inspection

6 Phase V—Maintenance

Teaching Reading & Comprehension to English Learners, K–5

By Margarita Calderón

As more English learners enroll in school each year, teachers and administrators are concerned with the large gap in reading and academic standing between ELs and students performing at grade level. This book addresses the language, literacy, and content instructional needs of ELs and frames quality instruction within effective schooling structures and the implementation of RTI.176 pages | 2011

28BCC–BKF402 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935542-03-2

Contents 1 The Diversity of Students and Programs

2 RTI and Quality Instruction

3 The Educational Needs of Young ELs

4 The Most Critical Year: First Grade

5 Selecting Words to Teach

6 Teaching Vocabulary

7 Teaching Reading

8 Teaching Writing

9 Ensuring and Reinforcing Comprehension

10 Cooperative Learning

Implementing RTI With English Learners

By Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Carol Rothenberg

Learn why RTI is the ideal framework for supporting English learners. Follow the application and effectiveness of RTI through classroom examples and the stories of four representative students of varying ages, nationalities, and language proficiency levels.160 pages | 2010

28BCC–BKF397 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935249-97-9

Contents 1 Success With English Learners: It All Comes

Down to Language

2 Tier 1: An Opportunity to Learn

3 Using Data to Rally Resources

4 Tier 2: Supplemental Interventions That Build Language and Content Knowledge

5 Tier 3: Intensive Interventions and Decisions About Learning Language Versus Learning Disability

6 Commitment to RTI: A Framework for Success

Breaking ThroughEffective Instruction & Assessment for Reaching English Learners

Edited by Margarita Calderón

By Barbara D. Acosta, Laura Alvarez, Kristina Anstrom, Margarita Calderón, Sarah Capitelli, Jim Cummins, Claude Goldenberg, Joel Gómez, Margo Gottlieb, Elena Izquierdo, Okhee Lee, Liliana Minaya-Rowe, Alba A. Ortiz, Charlene Rivera, Robert E. Slavin, Maria N. Trejo, and Guadalupe Valdés

Contents 1 Why We Need a New Way of Schooling

Language-Minority Children

2 Effective Whole-School Teaching for English Learners

3 Research on English Learner Instruction

4 Whole-School Approaches to Academic Language Proficiency Among English Learners

5 Educating English Learners: An Integrated Perspective

6 Effective Teaching for ELs and All Students: Vocabulary, Reading, and Writing Within All Subjects

Utilizing new research and field studies, this book provides a whole-school approach to helping English learners (ELs) achieve academically while they learn English. Discover why ELs learn better when language, literacy, and subject matter are integrated, and learn how to prepare all teachers in a school to meet the needs of this growing student population.288 pages | 2012

28BCC–BKF552 $34.95ISBN 978-1-936765-36-2

7 Teaching Science With English Language and Literacy

8 Linking Literacy to Content in Preschool Math, Science, and Social Science

9 Common Instructional Assessment for English Learners: A Whole-School Effort

10 Response to Intervention for English Learners

11 Leadership Matters for Learning English and Learning in English

12 Building Communities of Practice in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse School Districts

13 Implementing the Change

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Professional Learning CommunitiesResponse to Intervention

RTI in MathPractical Guidelines for Elementary Teachers

By William N. Bender and Darlene Crane

Explore common student difficulties in math, and see a three-tier RTI model in action. The authors provide an overview of research, detailed guidance through each stage of implementation, tools for reflection and growth, and discussion of support strategies beyond the classroom.216 pages | 2010

28BCC–BKF279 $29.95ISBN 978-1-934009-54-3

Contents 1 The RTI Process in Elementary Mathematics

2 Tier 1 Mathematics Instruction: A Critical Component of RTI

3 RTI Procedures for Number Sense and Early Mathematics Skills

4 RTI Procedures in Elementary Mathematics

5 RTI and Problem Solving

6 PLC Support Strategies for School- and Districtwide RTI Procedures in Mathematics

Pyramid of Behavior InterventionsSeven Keys to a Positive Learning Environment

By Tom Hierck, Charlie Coleman, and Chris Weber

Students thrive when educators commit to proactively meeting their behavioral as well as academic needs. This book will help teachers and school leaders transform the research on behavior, response to intervention, and professional learning communities into practical strategies they can use to create a school culture and classroom climates in which learning is primed to occur.132 pages | 2011

28BCC–BKF532 $24.95ISBN 978-1-936765-06-5

ContentsIntroduction This We Believe

1 Creating a Positive Learning Environment

2 Common Expectations

3 Targeted Instruction and Positive Reinforcement

4 Support Strategies and Interventions

5 Collaborative Teams and Data-Driven Dialogue

6 A Schoolwide Systems Approach

Pyramid Response to InterventionRTI, Professional Learning Communities, and How to Respond When Kids Don’t Learn

By Austin Buffum, Mike Mattos, and Chris Weber

Foreword by Richard DuFour

BESTSELLER Accessible language and compelling stories illustrate how RTI is most effective when built on the Professional Learning Communities at Work™ process. Written by award-winning educators, this book details three tiers of interventions—from basic to intensive—and includes implementation ideas.248 pages | 2008

28BCC–BKF251 $27.95ISBN 978-1-934009-33-8

Contents 1 What Is Pyramid Response to Intervention?

2 The Facts About RTI

3 RTI Models

4 Laying the Foundation: A Professional Learning Community

5 Learning CPR

6 Tier 1: The Core Program

7 Tier 2: The Supplemental Level

8 Tier 3: The Intensive Level

9 The Role of Behavioral Interventions

10 Meeting Legal Requirements

11 Putting It All Together

Epilogue A Moral Responsibility

Simplifying Response to InterventionFour Essential Guiding Principles

By Austin Buffum, Mike Mattos, and Chris Weber

ContentsPreface A Sense of Urgency

1 A New Way of Thinking

2 Collective Responsibility: Why Are We Here?

3 Building Structures for Collaboration

4 Concentrated Instruction: Where Do We Need to Go?

5 Convergent Assessment: Where Are We Now?

BESTSELLER The sequel to Pyramid Response to Intervention advocates that a successful RTI model begins by asking the right questions to create a fundamentally effective learning environment for every student. RTI is not a series of implementation steps, but rather a way of thinking. Understand why bureaucratic, paperwork-heavy, compliance-oriented, test-score-driven approaches fail. Then, learn how to create a focused RTI model that works. 232 pages | 2011

28BCC–BKF506 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935543-65-7

6 Creating a System of Interventions

7 Certain Access: How Do We Get Every Child There?

Epilogue A New Vision of Special Education

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Professional Learning Communities

Raising the Bar and Closing the GapWhatever It Takes

By Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Gayle Karhanek

This expansion of Whatever It Takes: How Professional Learning Communities Respond When Kids Don’t Learn sharpens the focus on the pyramid of interventions strategy, presents new insights, and explains how PLC intervention processes align with RTI legislation.256 pages | 2009

28BCC–BKF378 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935249-84-9

Contents 1 The Shifting Mission of Public Schooling:

Establishing the Historical Context

2 Laying the Groundwork for Effective Intervention

3 Confronting the Brutal Facts: The Traditional Response to Students Who Do Not Learn

4 Sustaining Excellence: A Return to Adlai Stevenson High School

5 Hand in Hand We All Learn: A Return to Boones Mill Elementary School

6 Embracing Systematic Intervention: Prairie Star Middle School

7 Success and Triumph in a Worthy Endeavor: Lakeridge Junior High School

8 From State Sanctions to National Recognition: Highland Elementary School

9 Building Toward the F.U.T.U.R.E.: Cinco Ranch High School

10 From Good to Great: Implementation of PLC Concepts in Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96

11 Whatever It Takes—Staying the Course: Whittier Union High School District

12 Under No Circumstances Blame the Kids: Sanger Unified School District

13 “Yah, but . . .”: Considering Challenges to Systematic Intervention

14 Finding Common Ground: The Shared Practices of Highly Effective Schools and Districts

15 Whatever It Takes: How Effective Schools and Districts Overcome Barriers to Systematic Intervention and Enrichment

16 Changing the Culture of Schooling to Embrace Effort-Based Enrichment

17 Moving Forward: Planning for Effective Intervention

Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work™

New Insights for Improving Schools

By Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, and Robert Eaker

BESTSELLER This 10th-anniversary sequel to the pivotal book Professional Learning Communities at Work™ offers advanced insights on deep implementation, the commitment/consensus issue, and the human side of PLCs. Gain greater knowledge of common mistakes to avoid and new discoveries for success.544 pages | 2008

28BCC–BKF252 $34.95ISBN 978-1-934009-32-1

Contents 1 New Insights Into Professional Learning

Communities at Work™

2 The Rise and Fall of School Reform

3 Making the Case for Professional Learning Communities

4 The Challenge of Cultural Change

5 Clear Mission and Shared Vision

6 Shared Values (Collective Commitments) and Common Goals

7 Teaching in a Professional Learning Community

8 Assessment in a Professional Learning Community

9 A Tale of Excellence in Assessment

10 Intervention and Enrichment in a Professional Learning Community

11 The Classroom as a Learning Community

12 The Role of the Principal in a Professional Learning Community

13 The Role of the Central Office in a Professional Learning Community

14 The Role of Parents and the Community in a Professional Learning Community

15 Sustaining the Professional Learning Community Journey

On Common GroundThe Power of Professional Learning Communities

Edited by Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Rebecca DuFour

By Roland Barth, Rebecca DuFour, Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, Barbara Eason-Watkins, Michael Fullan, Lawrence W. Lezotte, Douglas B. Reeves, Jonathon Saphier, Mike Schmoker, Dennis Sparks, and Rick Stiggins

BESTSELLER This anthology presents the recommendations of education leaders, and each chapter contributes to a sound conceptual framework and offers specific strategies for developing PLCs. These leaders have found common ground in expressing their belief in the power of PLCs although clear differences emerge regarding their perspectives on the most effective strategy for making PLCs the norm in North America.272 pages | 2005

28BCC–BKF180 $34.95ISBN 978-1-932127-42-3

ContentsForeword Here and Now: Improving Teaching and

Learning

Introduction On Common Ground: The Power of Professional Learning Communities

Section 1 Overview of PLCs

1 Recurring Themes of Professional Learning Communities and the Assumptions They Challenge

2 What Is a Professional Learning Community?

Section 2 Critical Questions of PLCs

3 Putting It All Together: Standards, Assessment, and Accountability in Successful Professional Learning Communities

4 Assessment FOR Learning: Building a Culture of Confident Learners

5 Masters of Motivation

6 Turning Book Burners Into Lifelong Learners

Section 3 Creating PLCs

7 No Turning Back: The Ironclad Case for Professional Learning Communities

8 Leading for Transformation in Teaching, Learning, and Relationships

Section 4 Placing PLCs in a Broader Context

9 More Effective Schools: Professional Learning Communities in Action

10 Implementing PLCs in the Chicago Public Schools

11 Professional Learning Communities Writ Large

Section 5 A Call to Action

12 Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap

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Leadership

Leaders of LearningHow District, School, and Classroom Leaders Improve Student Achievement

By Richard DuFour and Robert J. Marzano

BESTSELLER Together, the authors focus on district leadership, principal leadership, and team leadership and address how individual teachers can be most effective in leading students—by learning with colleagues how to implement the most promising pedagogy in their classrooms.248 pages | 2011

28BCC–BKF455 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935542-66-7

Contents 1 School Improvement Means People

Improvement

2 The District’s Role in Supporting the PLC Process

3 The Principal’s Role in Leading a Professional Learning Community

4 Creating the Collaborative Culture of a Professional Learning Community

5 Developing a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum

6 Ongoing Monitoring of Student Learning

7 Ensuring Effective Instruction

8 Responding When Kids Don’t Learn

9 Leadership Is an Affair of the Heart

District Leadership That WorksStriking the Right Balance

By Robert J. Marzano and Timothy Waters

Bridge the divide between administrative duties and daily classroom impact with a leadership mechanism called defined autonomy. Learn strategies for creating district-defined goals while giving building-level staff the stylistic freedom to respond quickly and effectively to student failure.176 pages | 2009 | A joint publication with McREL

28BCC–BKF314 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935249-19-1

Contents 1 Does District Leadership Matter?

2 Putting Our Findings in Perspective

3 Setting and Monitoring Non-Negotiable Goals for Achievement

4 Setting and Monitoring Non-Negotiable Goals for Instruction

5 Collaborative Goal Setting, Board Alignment, and Allocation of Resources

6 Defined Autonomy in a High-Reliability District

7 The Perils and Promises of Second-Order Change

Appendix Reports Used in Meta-Analysis

Coaching Classroom Instruction

By Robert J. Marzano and Julia A. Simms

With Tom Roy, Tammy Heflebower, and Phil Warrick

A must-have resource for individual educators, coaches, or teams, this book covers everything from approaches for boosting professional growth to creating macrostrategies that are responsive to student needs. Find advice on how to offer targeted feedback to teachers, empowering them to identify specific steps to improve their knowledge and skill. Included are over 270 research-based strategies related to the 41 elements of effective teaching.2012 | Marzano Research Laboratory

28BCC–BKL013 $34.95ISBN 978-0-9833512-6-9

Contents 1 Research and Theory

2 A Foundation for Coaching

3 Not Using (0) to Beginning (1)

4 Beginning (1) to Developing (2) and Developing (2) to Applying (3)

5 Applying (3) to Innovating (4)

6 Aspects of Coaching

Appendix Answers to Comprehension Questions

Change Wars

Edited by Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan

By Michael Barber, Linda Darling-Hammond, Richard Elmore, Michael Fullan, Andy Hargreaves, Jonathan Jansen, Ben Levin, Pedro Noguera, Douglas B. Reeves, Andreas Schleicher, Dennis Shirley, James Spillane, and Marc Tucker

Contents Introduction Change Wars: A Hopeful Struggle

1 The Fourth Way of Change: Towards an Age of Inspiration and Sustainability

2 Teaching and the Change Wars: The Professionalism Hypothesis

3 From System Effectiveness to System Improvement: Reform Paradigms and Relationships

4 International Benchmarking as a Lever for Policy Reform

5 Industrial Benchmarking: A Research Method for Education

6 The Music of Democracy: Emerging Strategies for a New Era of Post-Standardization

What can organizations do to create changes that are both profound and enduring? This anthology explores why traditional change strategies have failed and examines constructive alternatives. International experts prove successful change can be a realistic goal. Real examples of pilot projects, model schools, and other groundbreaking endeavors illustrate precisely how theory translates into practice.304 pages | 2008

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7 Preparing for the New Majority: How Schools Can Respond to Immigration and Demographic Change

8 When Politics and Emotion Meet: Educational Change in Racially Divided Communities

9 Engaging Practice: School Leadership and Management From a Distributed Perspective

10 Institutions, Improvement, and Practice

11 Level-Five Networks: Making Significant Change in Complex Organizations

12 Reform Without (Much) Rancor

13 Have Theory, Will Travel: A Theory of Action for System Change

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