Explains how the combination of the Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design frameworks can ensure all students are learning at maximum levels. Describes how a curriculum built on the goal of student understanding, integrated with instructional approaches that emphasize reaching every learner, can provide teachers with more specific teaching targets and more flexible ways to reach them.

UbD and DI: an essential partnership -- What really matters in teaching? (The students) -- What really matters in learning? (Content) -- What really matters in planning for student success? -- Considering evidence of learning in diverse classrooms -- Responsive teaching with UbD in academically diverse classrooms -- Teaching for understanding in academically diverse classrooms -- Grading and reporting achievement -- Bringing it all together: curriculum and instruction through the lens of UbD and DI -- Moving forward to integrate UbD and DI.