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RtL Strategy Booklet_UPDATED Jan 2026.pdf | Powered by Box

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TKJHS NWEA Growth  25-26 for mid-year check

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Reading to Learn Training (RtL) - Tommie Kunst

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VITAL_Tool for PLC Observation and Feedback ADA Master (2)

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Erica Silva, Ed.D. - esilva@wested.org

Gina Olabuenaga, Ed.D.

golabue@wested.org

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The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. Learn more about the Universal Design for Learning framework from CAST. The UDL Guidelines can be used by educators, curriculum developers, researchers, parents, and anyone else who wants to implement the UDL framework in a learning environment. These guidelines offer a set of concrete suggestions that can be applied to any discipline or domain to ensure that all learners can access and participate in meaningful, challenging learning opportunities.

Reenvisioning the UDL Guidelines

Because the UDL Guidelines are meant to be informed by feedback from the field as well as new research, they have been updated several times in the past. We are in the process of updating the Guidelines once again in our UDL Rising to Equity initiative.

This update will focus specifically on addressing systemic barriers that result in inequitable learning opportunities and outcomes. CAST aims to develop a transparent, inclusive, and community-driven process. If you are interested in collaborating and staying updated on our progress, we invite you to complete a brief survey.

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The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. Learn more about the Universal Design for Learning framework from CAST. The UDL Guidelines can be used by educators, curriculum developers, researchers, parents, and anyone else who wants to implement the UDL framework in a learning environment. These guidelines offer a set of concrete suggestions that can be applied to any discipline or domain to ensure that all learners can access and participate in meaningful, challenging learning opportunities.

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Tool for Annual Action Planning w/ Action Steps

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Tool for Annual Action Planning w/ Action Steps

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VITAL_Tool for Annual Action Planning_Tommie Kunst JH.docx

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Trying to find a protocol? Use our quick link sheet for easy access.

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VITAL_Links to FG Protocols and Tools_CA.docx

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What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)? 

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What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)? 

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At a glance

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) gives all students an equal opportunity to succeed.

This approach to teaching and learning offers flexibility in the ways students access material and show what they know.

UDL also looks for different ways to keep students motivated.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an approach to teaching and learning that gives all students equal opportunity to succeed.

To understand what UDL is, it helps to understand what it's not. The word universal may throw you off. It may sound like UDL is about finding one way to teach all students. But UDL actually takes the opposite approach.

The goal of UDL is to use a variety of teaching methods to remove any barriers to learning. It's about building in flexibility that can be adjusted for every person's strengths and needs. That's why UDL benefits all learners.

This approach to teaching or to workplace training doesn't specifically target people who learn and think differently. But it can be especially helpful for kids with these challenges - including those who have not been formally diagnosed. It can also be very helpful for English language learners.

Watch this video to see what UDL looks like in a fifth-grade classroom.

Dive deeper

Bringing universal design to the classroom

How UDL helps students who learn and think differently

About the author

About the author

Amanda Morin is the author of "The Everything Parent's Guide to Special Education" and the former director of thought leadership at Understood. As an expert and writer, she helped build Understood from its earliest days.

Reviewed by

Reviewed by

Ace Parsi, MPP served as the personalized learning partnership manager at NCLD.

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What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?

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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a teaching approach to help all learners be successful. Read about UDL principals and the benefits of UDL for students.

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Get access to files anywhere through secure cloud storage and file backup for your photos, videos, files and more with Google Drive.

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Use these sample goals to support the setting of teaching improvement goals!

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UDL_School and Grade Level Goal Examples .docx

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NWEA RIT Scores Associated with SBAC Performance Levels

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NWEA RIT Scores Associated with SBAC Performance Levels

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Home Page - Smarter Balanced Sample Items

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Test Development | Smarter Content Explorer

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Smarter Balanced is committed to an unprecedented level of transparency, so that anyone who is interested can see exactly how tests are developed and designed. On this page we provide materials used in the process of developing the Smarter Balanced assessment system.

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NWEA RIT Scores Associated with SBAC Performance Levels

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NWEA RIT Scores Associated with SBAC Performance Levels