Here are some of the key words and definitions you will need to better
understand our Gifted Pilot Program:
Curriculum Compacting
An instructional strategy that allows students who demonstrate mastery of a
skill, to omit portions of assigned curriculum, and substitute it with
enrichment activities that match their interests, abilities, and needs.
Differentiation
Adapting the curriculum to meet the unique needs of learners by making
modifications in complexity, depth and pacing.
Flexible Grouping
A method of grouping students for instruction using interest, ability level
or other student needs to determine groups.
Multiple Criteria
Student information and data that are reviewed to help determine
eligibility.
Tiered Instruction/ Tiered Assignment
An instructional strategy that ensures all students work with the same
essential ideas and skills, but at different levels of complexity,
abstractness and difficulty. A tiered assignment is one in which each
student has the opportunity to develop skills and understandings at his or
her appropriate level of challenge.
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