Q: What do “alternative assessments” mean? When we want to know what students know, we give them a test or a quiz. However, these forms of testing don’t always reflect the application of the skills ...

How do I differentiate Common core algebra for students who are more than 3 years below grade level and still expected to pass an Algebra regents (state test) to graduate from high school? My students ...

Middle school teachers can follow a straightforward method that facilitates customization of support for students.

I’ve shared my response in an Ed Week Teacher article that I’ve co-authored with my colleague, Katie Hull Sypnieski. It’s titled “The Five By Five Approach To Differentiation Success.” I’ll limit my ...

Personalized learning. Differentiated instruction. Describe the differences in thirty seconds. Having trouble? The two terms are used with increasing frequency in education, often interchangeably. But ...

Differentiated Instruction (DI) is an educational strategy that tailors teaching methods, content and assessment to meet the diverse learning needs, interests and abilities of individual students.

Achieve3000 and the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) have partnered to integrate NWEA's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments with Achieve3000's online literacy resources. The ...

Last weekend, I sat in a sewing class with my 10-year old daughter and was surprised to learn that ⅓ of our day would be dedicated to programming our sewing machines. The room full of women, most over ...