Author Cara Shores provides a three-tiered instructional framework that helps educators establish integral baselines of performance for students, offering strategies for assessment, intervention, and remediation to ensure student growth. This book guides educators with step-by-step tools and methods for differentiated instruction and lesson planning, addressing the diverse learning needs of all students.

K–12 special education and general education teachers and instructional coaches can use this book to:

• Increase students’ learning progression through instruction, intervention, and remediation
• Explore research-proven models and methods of instruction that promote standards mastery for students with disabilities
• Better assess and collect data on students’ learning to measure progress
• Incorporate standards mastery into individualized education program goals
• Implement highly effective instruction in all settings to maximize learning for students with disabilities

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Understanding the Tiered Instructional Framework

Chapter 2: Exploring Tier 1 Instruction Specially Designed for Students With Disabilities

Chapter 3: Discovering Why We Always Begin With Data

Chapter 4: Focusing on Instruction Through Essential Standards and Learning Progressions

Chapter 5: Choosing and Providing Appropriate Supports

Chapter 6: Co-Teaching for Greatest Impact

Chapter 7: Differentiating Instruction Through Tiered Assignments

Chapter 8: Looking at the Structure for Tiers 2 and 3 for Students With Disabilities

Epilogue

References and Resources

Index