*TSCG

Marcia Gentry Total School Cluster Grouping

The TSCG model is a research-proven strategy for organizing an entire school population, with clusters of similarly-performing students in each room, mixed with clusters of differently-performing groups by a deliberately heterogeneous plan. Chapter 8 of this book is an EXCELLENT guide for differentiation, and several of the suggested strategies can be used as lessons in themselves. This excerpt is from my NJAGC presentation:

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// Gentry & Mann: // ////Total School Cluster Grouping Model ////


 * === Impacts organization of entire student body; limits range of ability placed within individual classrooms ===


 * === All students are assessed and re-grouped every year to 5 performance levels; identified G&T may remain identified per local policy: ===

 ~ High-average students are placed with students of low, low-average, and average performance

 * ===Can be used with pull-out or push-in or team-teaching; relies on continual differentiation and enrichment across all classrooms at all ability level. ===