Leveling the Playing FieldWith Technology

A New Approach to Differentiated Instruction

One Classroom . . . .Dozens of Challenges

How do you manage . . .• Multiple reading levels in a

single classroom?• Different learning styles and

needs?• Students who need

additional support to manage grade level material?

• Students who need additional challenge to continue growing their skills?

What does “differentiated instruction” look like?

• Multiple lesson plans prepared by the teacher each night for different groups of students?

• A classroom where some students are separated out to do “different” assignments from the rest of the class?

• Scrambling to find materials appropriate for students who are not on grade level?

• Giving advanced students extra assignments as “enrichment”?

• Grading and tracking multiple assignments and assignment types?

Is there a BETTER way?

What If . . .

• Teachers could easily know the appropriate instructional level

for each student, and track progress towards proficiency?

• All students could participate on the same assignment, with the

same topic – but at a level differentiated for each student?

• Teachers could differentiate instruction easily and automatically,

without creating multiple lessons?

• We could find a way to differentiate that is INCLUSIVE instead

of EXCLUSIVE?

Achieve3000’s Philosophy in Action

Reach every student at his/her individual level

• Lexile assessment

• Student Academic Profile

• Content that “fits just right”

• Process and Product activities that are

differentiated

• Student Motivation

Achieve3000Teaching students one-on-one, at their level, is one of the most powerful

ways to help them reach their maximum potential.

• For students in grades 2-12

• Authentic Differentiation

• Excellent Test Prep

• Data to Inform Instruction

• Parent Component

THE LEADER IN DIFFERENTIATED LITERACY INSTRUCTIONTHE LEADER IN DIFFERENTIATED LITERACY INSTRUCTION

DifferentiationOne Topic at Multiple Levels

6th grade standards, 2nd grade reading level

6th grade standards, 6th grade reading level

6th grade standards, 10th grade reading level

Why is this important?

• With automated technology, it is now EASY for teachers to practice INCLUSIVE differentiation

• No additional assignments to prepare

• No need to remember exactly which level each student is on

• Easy tracking, progress monitoring, and instructional decision making

• When all students read the SAME topic, they can all participate in class discussion and group assignments

• Struggling students learn by talking with peers at all levels

• Students are not stigmatized by being “left out” of the conversation

• Students are exposed to the same core knowledge

When you reach students at their level . . .

Gains are maximized for EVERY student

Proven Effective

Students who use the program twice weekly make the highest Lexile gains, more than tripling the expected growth norms.

ELL Results

More than 10,000 English Language Learner students from almost 200 elementary, middle and high schools across the country

Special Education Results

437 Special Education students from 2 districts across 40 schools

At a Glance

Evaluation period: 8/15/08-6/15/09

Schools: 5

Accounts: 1,273The overall average

Lexile gain for Warrensville Heights

City School District students was 98

Lexile points, more than double the

average expected Lexile gain of 40

points.Assessment

Measure: LevelSet

Developed by Achieve3000 in

conjunction with MetaMetrics Inc., the

renowned psychometric

research team best known for the Lexile

Framework for Reading®, LevelSet

offers a scientific means of matching

students to informational texts.

Warrensville Heights City School District  

Students with Valid Test Scores 483

Expected Lexile Gains (Mean) 40

Actual Lexile Gains (Mean) 98

Completed MC Activities (Mean) 18

Lexile Gains: District Level

SCHOOL LEVEL DATA – WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS CITY SCHOOLS

At a Glance

Evaluation period: 11/21/08-6/9/09

Accounts: 1,130The overall average

Lexile gain for Rhodes High School students was 54 Lexile points, more than five times

the average expected Lexile gain of 10 points.

Assessment Measure: LevelSet

Developed by Achieve3000 in

conjunction with MetaMetrics Inc., the

renowned psychometric research team best

known for the Lexile Framework for

Reading®, LevelSet offers a scientific means of matching students to

informational texts.

Rhodes High School  

Expected Lexile Gains (Mean) 10

Actual Lexile Gains (Mean) 54

Completed MC Activities (Mean) 13

Lexile Gains: School Level

SCHOOL LEVEL DATA – RHODES HIGH SCHOOL