Special PopulationsThe special populations who attended Enterprise Elementary were special education students, ESL students, and gifted and talented learners. Given the large differences in academic achievement and understanding, it remained necessary to teach students the same information. The curriculum required to teach in the classroom is written to be universal, without exception. However, as there are students with different abilities, changes need to be made to the way the curriculum is taught to enable each member of the class to learn what is expected of them. To help students succeed, changes have been made to parts of the curriculum to benefit weaker learners. Some of the modifications concerned the adaptation of teaching strategies, teaching materials used, as well as program content and assessment practices. Teachers are adapting teaching strategies by using more presentation cues to emphasize key points, scaffolding key concepts to be learned, and incorporating manipulatives for learners to use. Teachers use different instru...