Progress Monitoring and Differentiation
Differentiate instruction based on assessed reading skills for all students.
Reading Specialist or Literacy Coach
How can I provide training and support to improve teachers' use of progress monitoring data for differentiation?
This idea for action includes:
- • Plan a staff development session to discuss progress monitoring measures, data collection, and interpretation of results.
- • Lead a grade-level data team meeting to review assessment results and set grade-level and individual goals for struggling students.
- • Schedule individual conferences to assist staff with lesson planning based on assessment data.
Grade-Level Teams
What can we do to improve how we differentiate instruction in our classrooms?
This idea for action includes:
- • Organize a grade-level study group to explore different ways to vary instruction for individual students and small groups.
- • Form peer partnerships for lesson planning and classroom observations.
- • Identify grade-level professional development and coaching needs.