Dennis Carlson, superintendent of Anoka-Hennepin School District, in Minnesota, speaks about his district’s great need to address changing cultural and equity issues.
Developed by Larry Ainsworth, the Common Formative Assessments 2.0 process has developed beyond the six steps outlined in the original program, and now includes four new steps for critiquing for quality using established assessment guidelines.


The Evaluating Instructional Leadership seminars are structured for long-term and ongoing success in districts across the nation. In these seminars, Julie and Ray Smith outline eight Recognized Practices (RPs) for Success in leadership coaching and evaluation.

When teachers are clear in the expectations and instruction, students learn more.
Teacher clarity is both a method and a mindset, and it has an effect size of 0.75 (Hattie, 2009).