Combining the goals of the Common Core State Standards with the principles of differentiation, the authors present an eight-step process to help teachers make intellectually rigorous curriculum accessible to a broad range of students. With examples across grade levels and content areas and a checklist for reflection on the steps, this text demonstrates how to meet high expectations with responsive instruction and help students grow as thinkers and problem solvers.

The opportunity and the challenge -- Step 1 : Planning to "teach up" as a catalyst for challenge and success -- Step 2 : Developing learning targets for challenge and success -- Step 3 : Designing lessons for challenge and success -- Step 4 : Assessing formatively to guide instruction for challenge and success -- Step 5 : Using formative data to refine instruction for challenge and success -- Step 6 : Scaffolding and extending challenge for success -- Step 7 : Assessing summatively to determine student success with challenge -- Step 8 : Leading and managing for student success with challenge.