Cause 2: Differentiation

Question 1: What is the effect of differentiated instruction on student achievement?
Question 2:  Are there components of differentiated instruction that have a greater impact on student achievement than others? 

The first step to analyze this cause is to determine where we are as a staff pertaining to differentiation.

TASK 1 is to take the Differentiation Survey so that we can gather data. 

THIS IS COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS so please be brutally honest.

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY

Cause 1: Teacher Expectations

So let's say, as a school, we have identified the cause ...Teacher expectations impact student performance.  We start by designing an exploration question to see if research validates and supports this as a potential cause of student learning problems.  An example of this kind of exploration question would be ... Do teacher expectations impact student achievement? We also need to ask a question that focuses us on what can be learned about this cause and its potential solutions.  An example of this second kind of question would be ...How do teacher expectations impact students positively and negatively?

The next step now is to use research to locate answers to these questions.  Choose one of the professional readings located in the "Articles on Education" Section and seek findings to answer these questions.  Post a brief reflection on what you find.

Remember you are researching to answer these two questions:
1.) Do teacher expectations impact student achievement?
2.) How do teacher expectations impact students positively and negatively?