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Jay McTighe

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Jay McTighe

Jay McTighe has a wide variety of experience in education. He is an expert in thinking skills, instructional strategies, curriculum models, and assessment. As an educational consultant and staff development specialist, he helps districts and schools implement better practices and more effective assessment and instructional strategies.

Mr. McTighe has served as Director of the Maryland Assessment Consortium, a state collaboration of school districts working together to develop and share formative performance assessments. He has been involved with school improvement projects at the Maryland State Department of Education and directed the development of the Instructional Framework, a multi-media database on teaching. Mr. McTighe has also served as a classroom teacher, resource specialist, program coordinator, and as Director of the Maryland Summer Center for Gifted and Talented Students.

Mr. McTighe has published articles in several leading journals and has co-authored several books. He received his undergraduate degree from The College of William and Mary and earned a Masters from the University of Maryland.

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Video Products

Jay McTighe

Assessment Expert / View all experts >>

Jay McTighe