Focus Skills are skills and standards that are prerequisites for future learning

In June of 2020, Renaissance launched Focus Skills to support educators during the pandemic. Identified as key skills within Renaissance’s learning progressions—the path students take from a novice to expert level of understanding, according to the standards of each state—Focus Skills are also prerequisites for future learning.

In the fall of 2021, Renaissance updated Focus Skills based on changes to standards over the past year and debuted Trip Steps, which identify math skills students tend to stumble over. The combination of these two resources is designed to help educators increase the impact of their instructional time following the disruptions caused by COVID-19.

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