John Hattie’s Visible Learning Plus research is the most comprehensive and succinct message to influence instruction and instructional leadership within the last century.  The result of 15 years of research, it synthesizes over 800 meta-analyses of the influences on achievement in school-aged students and represents the largest body of evidence-based research in existence.  This research provides evidence that justifies effective practices and instructional frameworks and also illuminates the downfalls of ineffective practices within teaching, learning, and school leadership.  It is, as The Leadership and Learning Center founder Dr. Douglas B. Reeves comments, “the preponderance of evidence” and is currently the top selling worldwide academic book of all time.

Schools who implement Visible Learning Plus professional development will systematically examine instructional practices and determine the collective and individual “impact” on student achievement and learning.  As a result, students will engage in their learning, teachers will use effective instructional practices, and leaders will provide specific feedback to create effective classrooms and schools.  Hattie declares when “teachers see learning through the eyes of students, and students see teaching as the key to their ongoing learning,” teaching and learning become visible.  

“This exclusive partnership represents the combination of the world’s most comprehensive research together with the professional development team renown for transforming research into results,” said Dave West, Senior Vice President, HMH Professional Development and Consulting Services. “The Leadership and Learning Center team has been inspired by Cognition Education’s Visible Learning crusade and could not be more energized about the prospect of designing comprehensive implementation solutions and delivering them directly into the classroom alongside teachers, students and educational leaders.” 

“This partnership is a practical means of demonstrating our intent to collaborate with The Leadership and Learning Center as a key long term strategic partner,” said Deb Masters, Visible Learning Plus Director, Cognition Education.  “We have been impressed by the work The Center does, and the quality of the people who work within the organization, so we are looking forward to strengthening this partnership.”

The Leadership and Learning Center offers unique integrated solutions that combine the best learning resources available today with services that support deep implementation. These include learning resources that are supported with effective professional development in classroom assessment, teacher effectiveness and high impact leadership, which are all proven to have a measurable and sustainable impact on student achievement. For more information, visit www.leadandlearn.com 

About Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

With education products and services used by 57 million students throughout all 50 U.S. states and 120 countries, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is a global education and learning company. The world’s largest provider of materials for pre-K–12 learning, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is leading the way with innovative solutions and approaches to the challenges facing education today. Through curricula excellence coupled with technology innovations and professional services, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt collaborates with school districts, administrators, teachers, parents and students, providing interactive, results-driven learning solutions. Its Educational Consulting Services group works to increase student achievement in underperforming schools by developing, implementing and supporting education transformation through sustained district partnerships.  With origins dating back to 1832, the Company also publishes an extensive line of reference works and award-winning literature for adults and young readers. For more information, visit www.hmhco.com.