When challenge and skills are in balance the activity is its own reward

We need to understand where are students are at any point during a unit - in other words, what each student actually knows, understands, and can do at a given time based on the content goals we've established.

Readiness is a student’s entry point relative to a particular understanding or skill.

A gifted teacher has an unfailing eye for magical classrooms & loses sleep over anything less than the highest quality.

As educators we need to understand that there is no finish line in our work.

Assessment is today's means of modifying tomorrow's instruction.

A teacher in a differentiated classroom does not classify herself as someone who ‘already differentiates instruction.’ Rather that teacher is fully aware that every hour of teaching, every day in the classroom can reveal one more way to make the classroom a better match for its learners.