Monitoring & Differentiation
Recommended Practice: Differentiate instruction based on assessed reading skills for all students.
- Overview & Tools: Video overviews and professional development materials
- Learn What Works: Expert interviews about monitoring and differentiation
- See How It Works: Videos and sample materials from schools
Using Data to Differentiate Instruction
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This multimedia overview explains the importance of progress monitoring as a tool to guide differentiated instruction. It shows how data from reading proficiency assessments can be used to adapt...
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Overview
Tier 1 Differentiation
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Watch Dr. Carol McDonald Connor talk about differentiated instruction methods at Tier 1. She explains how teachers can group students according to learning needs during regular instruction and what...
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Expert Interview
Progress Monitoring at Tier 2
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Dr. Connor discusses the importance of progress monitoring and data-driven decision making in tailoring Tier 2 instruction. She provides guidance on assessing foundational reading skills at each...
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Expert Interview
Managing Progress Monitoring in the Classroom
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A first-grade teacher demonstrates how to conduct progress monitoring and manage this process in the classroom. She describes reading measures, classroom management strategies, and gives an example...
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School Example
Differentiation Within the Kindergarten Core
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Listen to a kindergarten teacher discuss differentiation within core instruction, including strategies for teaching English language learners. She uses explicit strategies such as modeling and...
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School Example
Managing Differentiation With Small Groups
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Hear a second-grade teacher explain how she differentiates instruction daily for four learning skills groups and monitors student progress through frequent informal and formal assessments. She...
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School Example
Reteaching in Small-Group Interventions
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A first-grade teacher demonstrates a small group phonics lesson and discusses reteaching and frequent checking for skill mastery. She explains the 80% / 20% decision rule for regrouping, describes...
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School Example
Early Elementary Assessment: Phonemic Awareness
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Watch a demonstration of informal phonological and phonemic awareness assessments conducted with an elementary school student. Hear about how assessments are used to identify struggling students...
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School Example
Helping Teachers Use Progress Monitoring
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A literacy coach discusses progress monitoring and ways to support teachers in using assessment data to plan instruction. She explains the role of the reading team and describes how students are...
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School Example
Steps for Monitoring and Graphing Progress
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This Pennsylvania Department of Education publication outlines seven steps to assist teachers with progress monitoring and using data for instructional decision making. It includes an example of...
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Sample Material
Data-Driven Instructional Plan
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This resource shows the process Iowa schools follow to plan data-based instruction. A graphic outlines four sequenced steps: screening, additional diagnostic assessment, instruction, and results...
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Sample Material
Data Analysis Worksheets and Team Protocol
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California schools use these materials to structure data meetings. The protocol offers a script for conducting the meeting, and the worksheets help with goal-setting, data collection and analysis,...
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Sample Material
