Differentiate one shared article to each student's reading level rather than assigning varied texts¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The reviewed program's core design strategy is whole-class assignment of a single nonfiction article with automatic tailoring: "teachers assign an article and related activities to an entire class; the program then tailors the version of the article to each student", drawing on up to 12 English or eight Spanish versions matched to reading level. This keeps class discussion on shared content while adjusting text difficulty individually. The program monitors reading performance and adjusts subsequent text difficulty automatically based on activity-question responses.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• An initial placement assessment (LevelSet™) to establish each student's reading level
• Ongoing monitoring of individual reading performance to trigger difficulty increases

Constraints¶

• The WWC-reviewed evidence for this design comes from grades 2–8 studies meeting standards only with reservations

Target Learners¶

• students in grades 2–8 with a wide range of reading abilities

Target Learning Goals¶

• reading comprehension of nonfiction text

Related Strategies¶

• Achieve3000 Five Step Literacy Routine
• Tiered Assignments
• Differentiated Instruction
• Differentiated Teaching

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2018). Adolescent Literacy intervention report: Achieve3000®. https://whatworks.ed.gov