The VESTED™ Instructional Approach is a research-based means to deliver instruction in the heterogeneous mixed-ability classroom where students learn and build on the diversity and strengths that they bring to their content area classes. Teachers learn to meet the needs of all students including English language learners, strugglers and special education students without watering-down curriculum or lowering the bar for other students while providing for the challenges that the gifted and academically-abled require in order to develop to their fullest potentials.