What makes the Marzano system different from any single evaluation model is what happens when all four are implemented together. Each level of leadership is evaluated on the behaviors that research shows directly influence the next level— district leaders on the actions that develop directors and principals, principals on the actions that develop teachers, teachers on the practices that increase student achievement.
When every level speaks the same language, feedback doesn’t get lost in translation. A superintendent observing a principal uses the same evidenced-based approach the principal uses to observe a teacher. The whole system becomes objective and coherent.
