FIAE Chapter 5: Tiering Assessments

Chapter five talked about the concept of tiering. Tiering is used for adjusting the challenge level in assignments. Not every student will be at the same level in the classroom, so this will give all the students a chance to learn the material at their own level. The best classes I have ever been in gave the ability for each student to work on their own level of work. This doesn’t mean that the students were able to slack off if they wanted to but they also weren’t required to do work harder than they were able to do. Tiering is an important skill that I hope to incorporate in all of my lessons and assignments because it will give everyone, no matter the skill level, the ability to do their best work. By encouraging students to work at as high a level as they can, I hope they will push themselves to achieve as much as possible.