Glossary and How to Use This Site

Plain-language orientation for families, educators, and school teams using the walkthrough.

Three Ways to Start

  • Use Find Support by Need when you start with a learner concern, instructional problem, or family question.
  • Use Browse Standards when you already know the grade, content area, or standard code.
  • Use the Audience Hubs when you want pages already framed for families, educators, or administrators.

Quick Terms

Crosswalk: A way of connecting standards, grade levels, audiences, and support pathways so users can move across related areas rather than treat each page as isolated.

MTSS: Multi-Tiered System of Supports. A framework for organizing support intensity, often discussed as Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3.

Accommodation: A change in access or support that helps a learner participate without changing the underlying learning target.

Modification: A change in expectations, task complexity, or access point when a learner needs a different instructional entry point.

IEP considerations: Guidance on how a standard may connect to goals, services, specially designed instruction, and progress monitoring for a student with a disability.

Prompt-ready resource: A page that includes a prepared AI prompt so a user can quickly generate more examples, activities, or planning tools.

Best Entry Points by User

Families: Start with Find Support by Need or the Families Hub.

General and special educators: Start with Find Support by Need when the problem is broad, or Browse Standards when the instructional target is already known.

Administrators: Start with the Administrators Hub for implementation framing, then use Coverage to see where site development is strong or thin.