Instructional Decisions are made to identify

student’s instructional needs. This is a general

education initiative, and focuses on instruction by

using data about student’s responses to past

instruction to guide future educational decisions.

Decisions are proactive approaches of providing

early assistance to students with instructional needs

and matching the amount of resources to the

nature of the student’s needs.

1. Screening all students to ensure early

identification of students needing

extra assistance;

2. Seamless integration of general and

special education services; and

3. A focus on research based practices

that match students needs.

Teachers are constantly collecting informal and

formal information about what and how their

student’s are learning. They check student test and

assignments, listen to small-group activities, and

observe students engaged in structured and

unstructured activities. They use this information for

a variety of purposes, ranging from communicating

with parents to meeting standards and benchmarks.

However, when teachers systematically collect the

right kinds of information and use it effectively, they

can help their student’s grow as thinkers and learners

( Angelo and Cross, 2007 )

1. The need for a complete review of the

material;

2. Class discussion may reveal

misunderstanding that must be corrected

on the spot; and

3. Interest in a topic may suggest that more

time should be spent on it than originally

planned.