Acceleration for All: A How-To Guide for Overcoming Learning Gaps

by Sharon V. Kramer, Sarah Schuhl

The need to overcome student learning gaps exists in every school. The answer is not a culture of remediation but one of acceleration. Every student deserves to learn at grade level or beyond—this is equity in action. Acceleration for All offers research-informed, real-world, and ready-to-implement strategies, with an emphasis on core instructional practices, to ensure accelerated learning schoolwide.



This book will help K–12 teachers and

Implement practical strategies for sustained accelerated student learning
Shift from a mindset of deficit thinking to strengths-based thinking related to student learning
Develop opportunity equity so all students have access to grade-level learning every day
Develop learning cycles to address instruction, assessment, and interventions or extensions as a team with a focus on every student learning grade-level standards
Learn how to establish a learning-based culture rooted in collective efficacy
Support teachers, teams, and students through collaborative leadership
Create processes and procedures for continuously improving learning



Introduction

Chapter 1: The Case for Acceleration

Chapter 2: The Importance of Culture

Chapter 3: Curriculum Plans for Grade-Level Learning

Chapter 4: An Assessment System That Supports Acceleration

Chapter 5: Daily Grade-Level Instruction

Chapter 6: An Intervention System That Supports Acceleration

Chapter 7: The Importance of Leadership

Chapter 8: Continuous Improvement

Epilogue

References and Resources

Index

326 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 13, 2023

Reviews

[Ashley Brooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you have been to a PLC institute or RTI conference these book is all of the things tied into one. It gives practical strategies for schools to help ALL students learn and achieve priority standards.

[Renee Crook · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this as an assignment for the Guiding Coalition at work, but I found many of the ideas in this book very good and strong aspects to have as part of a school. Most of this book is shifting mindsets from "have-to's" and check boxes to practices that will benefit the most students with that concept being its own culture. While many of these practices are being done by some of our staff, it doesn't seem like it will be as effective if only some people are carrying the responsibility and accountability for everyone. This book felt like it gave an ideal educational setting that would be wonderful, but also not very realistic to me right now. There were pieces of this that I hope to incoporate into my own teaching and hope that someday will be asked of all teachers. In general, I felt like this book reiterated good teaching practices that often get loeft out when the busyness of the school year happens.

[Blythe Moseman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nice in theory. Doesn't appear to have good solutions of how to do this when classes are 200+ kids. Too many of them, not enough of me to go around!