Instructional assessment : using formative assessment and differentiated instruction to improve learning -- Integrated performance assessments : portfolios and other methods for assessing differentiated learning -- Science instruction : collaborative inquiry, assessment, and the differentiated classroom -- Differentiated math instruction : problem solving and assessment in the math classroom -- Lesson plans for science and math : informative assessment and adjusting the teaching/learning process.
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Hamm and Adams present models to help teachers identify student learning problems--recognizing when to re-teach, when to move ahead, and when to explain or give more examples. Activating Assessment for All Students takes all of these into account when it provides differentiated science/math methods and goes on to suggest ways that formative assessment practices can inform differentiated teaching, learning, and assessment. These methods promote success for more students by helping teachers develop informative assessment for lessons and related tools for reaching the varying levels of student com.