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 * Read the Case Study regarding Equity on page 31 of the NSDC Standards text handed out in class. In your PLC discuss Discussion Questions 1-4. Have a record keeper in your group synthesize your group's responses to these questions. If your group needed more information, describe what you need to know and how you would go about discovering this information.**

1. What support can be accessed to ensure all students achieve at high levels? To ensure all students achieve at high levels, teachers can provide rubrics and samples of each level of writing as described in state standards as well as analyzing writing (based on the rubrics) with students.

2. What are strengths of teaching and learning in diverse situations? By providing students with rubrics, students are aware of expectations, even in diverse situations. Additionally; through ongoing classroom communication, students become more proficient in writing and other content areas, regardless of their level of writing.

3. How can technology be used to support the implementation of this standard? Technology can be used to support the process of peer editing: document cameras can be used to display, analyze, and edit student work in class.

4. Do all students in this school or district have access to a rigorous curriculum that asks them to use their minds well? It appears that all students in the //__school__// have access to a rigorous curriculum. There is no evidence in this case study regarding other district students and their access to a rigorous curriculum.