Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Differentiation We differentiate assignments and assessments that we give to students. However, when state mandated tests are given all students take the same test that asks them the same questions. This is not differentiation. If we are to differentiate to meet needs of students, why aren't standardized tests differentiated as well? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I do not think that standardized tests are ever going to be differentiated. State officials want students to be proficient on the same standards, so differentiation won't occur on state assessments because those strategies should have been implemented so the students can achieve on the standardized assessment. What's weird about this is those students who truly need differentiation for lessons and tests will ALWAYS need differentiation. So, even though we are using differentiation as a preparation tool; students will always need this tool to succeed. This may even explain the ever changing format of standardized tests.