How should students be grouped to help them achieve their learning goals?
Differentiated instruction is a systematic approach to planning curriculum and instruction for academically diverse learners (Tomlinson, 2003). Looking through the lens of differentiated instruction, educators support each student’s learning, making use of measures that show how they learn best and motivating them through individual interest and connections. Differentiating instruction is a means to ensure that every student has access to high-quality curriculum and instruction so that all students will be proficient in the California content standards and achieve maximum growth. Teachers, administrators, and stakeholders carefully plan for modifying their school and district curriculum, instruction, grouping, assessment techniques, and evaluation methods in order to best serve their diverse student populations.
