Curriculum Compacting & Acceleration
Pre-assess, skip what's mastered, and use the time for deeper or faster learning.
The #smithingifted instructional model
Pre-Assess → Compact → Deepen → Accelerate → Apply → Prove
- BUILD — Teach
- MASTER — Almost There
- DEEPEN — Mastered Grade-Level Content
- ACCELERATE — Move Forward
Essential guides
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Enrichment vs. Depth vs. Acceleration
Enrichment, depth and acceleration can all create new learning, but they answer different needs. Choose the response that fits what a learner is ready to understand next—not the one with the most impressive label.
Teachers · Parents · Homeschool educators · School leaders
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Using Pre-Assessment to Make Instructional Decisions
Pre-assessment is useful when it changes instruction. Gather just enough evidence to identify what a learner understands, where support is needed and which next step is worth trying.
Teachers · Gifted specialists · Homeschool educators
Practical teaching strategies
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- What Is Curriculum Compacting?Free · Article coming soon
- Pre-Assessment and MasteryFree · Article coming soon
- Enrichment vs. Depth vs. AccelerationFree · Article coming soon
- Replacement InstructionFree · Article coming soon
- Flexible Learning PathwaysFree · Article coming soon
- Subject AccelerationFree · Article coming soon
- Grade-Level AccelerationFree · Article coming soon
- Documenting Student ReadinessFree · Article coming soon
- Monitoring Academic GrowthFree · Article coming soon