Given appropriate instruction, accommodations and Assistive Technology, students with disabilities can achieve at high levels. The differentiation of instruction is necessary to meet the broad range of learners in any classroom. Adam Hoppe (2010) was quoted as saying, "Differentiation is a sequence of common sense decisions made by teachers with a student-first orientation."
- "Ensuring an environment that actively supports students in the work of learning (mindset, connections, community),
- Absolute clarity about the learning destination with high quality curriculum (goal clarity, engagement, understanding),
- Persistently knowing where students are in relation to the destination all along the way (pre-assessment, formative assessment),
- Adjusting teaching to make sure each student arrives at the destination and, when possible, moves beyond it (differentiation in response to student readiness, interest, learning preferences),
- Leading/managing the classroom for flexibility (student-teacher partnerships, routines and processes that support flexible teaching and learning). "
Carol Tomlinson, 2013