Ability/skill level grouping would definitely help. This was done in the elementary school I attended (also freely across grades), and it was terrific.

Unless you have groups that are each scheduled for instruction time, not everyone gets instruction at their level. This requires that there be a plan to instruct each group. It shouldn't be as hard as it is.

I think the single biggest error in in-school differentiation is the assumption that a gifted child should be able to sit alone with a workbook and instruct himself or herself.

Last edited by DeeDee; 05/04/14 08:59 AM.