Preassessment and reflection are essential components of defensible differentiation. After planning, preassessment data provide information to reveal students’ readiness and interests in the content while reflection highlights what has been learned and sparks questions for further learning. Preassessment and reflection are keys to making differentiation defensible!
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Julia Link Roberts is the Mahurin Professor of Gifted Studies and the Executive Director of The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University and The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky. Dr. Roberts is President of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children, Chair of the Kentucky Advisory Council for Gifted Education, and member of the boards of The Association for Gifted Education and the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education. She is author and presenter on advocacy, policy, differentiation, and gifted education.
