Author Cathy Weselby (2014) condenses the ideals of Tomlinson and instructional differentiation into four areas: content, process, product, and learning environment (para. 2). Many of the content and learning strategies implemented by KIPP Truth Academy’s educators align to the practices detailed by Tomlinson and Zemelman. After analyzing the school’s low performance scores in writing, administration and internal stakeholders saw a need to increase students’ performance scores. To close this performance gap, the school’s teaching staff decided to collaborate and implement proven effective instructional strategies across all content areas. The school system’s “adjustment of its curriculums based on assessment results” reflects Tomlinson
