The process by which teachers study the lesson to understand what students are expected to learn in the lesson and make decisions about how to deliver the lesson content.

The process where teachers engage with lesson materials to prepare for effectively doing the work with students.

Research-based strategies for increasing student achievement.

An approach whereby teachers adjust their curriculum and instruction to maximize the learning of all students.

A process through which a teacher adds support for students in order to enhance learning and aid in the mastery of tasks.

A puzzling event or process whose full explanation requires a wide range of science ideas to be coordinated with one another and with evidence.

It focuses on the goal of the learning—the thing we want our students to know and do.

An approach to education that combines online educational materials and opportunities for interaction online with traditional place-based classroom methods.

The learning goals for what students should know and be able to do at each grade level.

The goal of this assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning.

The goal of this assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark.

Each child receives what they need to develop to their full academic and social potential

An assessment tool that clearly indicates achievement criteria across all the components of any kind of student work, from written to oral to visual.

The process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.