Short description: Classroom teachers who serve academically-advanced students need practical strategies to individualize instruction and assess student progress. This session presents empirically-supported best practices that have the potential to alleviate educational mismatches by pre-differentiating instructional materials and developing targeted formative assessments to guide instruction. These approaches can help educators create responsive learning environments for students with advanced learning needs.
Learning Outcomes: Participants will:
Enhance their abilities to use formative assessments to identify students' academic needs
Come away with practical strategies for differentiating process, product, and content across subject areas
Learn pre-planning strategies for streamlining the differentiation process