Making the Most of Understanding by Design

Explore how high-level users of ASCD's Understanding by Design (UbD) have applied this best-selling framework to improve both student achievement and organizational effectiveness.

Incorporating advice and guidelines from educators throughout the United States, John Brown gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how they leverage UbD principles to enhance student learning, student achievement, staff performance, and organizational productivity.

Discover what it takes to expand UbD from a pilot project to a roadmap for system wide improvement:

• Ideas for using UbD to address state and district accountabilities
• Insights on using UbD to create lessons and units that promote student achievement
• Models and highlights of exemplary professional development programs incorporating UbD principles
• Ways to link UbD to other school improvement efforts, including differentiated instruction and ASCD's What Works in Schools