The On-Your-Feet Guide to Visible Learning: Assessment-Capable Teachers

About Douglas FisherJohn HattieJohn T. AlmarodeNancy Frey

Dr. John Almarode is a bestselling author and an Associate Professor of Education at James Madison University. He was awarded the inaugural Sarah Miller Luck Endowed Professorship in 2015 and received an Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia in 2021. Before his academic career John started as a mathematics and science teacher in Augusta County Virginia. As an author John has written multiple educational books focusing on science and mathematics and he has co-created a new framework for developing implementing and sustaining professional learning communities called PLC+. Dr. Almarodes work has been presented to the US Congress the Virginia Senate and the US Department of Education. One of his recent projects includes developing the Distance Learning Playbook for College and University Instruction in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Continuing his collaborative work with colleagues on what works best in teaching and learning How Tutoring Works Visible Learning in Early Childhood and How Learning Works all with Corwin Press were released in 2021. Douglas Fisher is professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously Doug was an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator.  He is a credentialed teacher and leader in California.  In 2022 he was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame by the Literacy Research Association. He has published widely on literacy quality instruction and assessment as well as books such as Welcome to Teaching PLC+ Teaching Students to Drive their Learning and Student Assessment: Better Evidence Better Decisions Better Learning. Nancy Frey is professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously Nancy was a teacher academic coach and central office resource coordinator in Florida.  She is a credentialed special educator reading specialist and administrator in California.  She is a member of the International Literacy Associations Literacy Research Panel. She has published widely on literacy quality instruction and assessment as well as books such as The Artificial Intelligences Playbook How Scaffolding Works How Teams Work and The Vocabulary Playbook. John Hattie PhD is an award-winning education researcher and best-selling author with nearly thirty years of experience examining what works best in student learning and achievement. His research better known as Visible Learning is a culmination of nearly thirty years synthesizing more than 2100 meta-analyses comprising more than one hundred thousand studies involving over 300 million students around the world. He has presented and keynoted in over three hundred international conferences and has received numerous recognitions for his contributions to education. His notable publications include Visible Learning Visible Learning for Teachers Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn; Visible Learning for Mathematics Grades K-12; and 10 Mindframes for Visible Learning.