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Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

Small Pivots to Access Complex Text Across the Curriculum

Materials Adaptation

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?

Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Standards-Alignment Information

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What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Reaching New Heights

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Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

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Classroom Strategies

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Explore classroom guidance, techniques, and activities to help you meet the needs of ALL students.

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most recent articles

Building Strong Relationships in the Virtual Classroom

Why Re-Humanize Assessment?

What We Pay Attention to Matters

Tools and Resources

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Discover new tools and materials to integrate into you instruction.

See all posts

most recent articles

Top Posts of 2020

Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

Small Pivots to Access Complex Text Across the Curriculum

Materials Adaptation

About the topic

Find instructions and recommendations on how to adapt your existing materials to better align to college- and career-ready standards.

See all posts

most recent articles

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

Teacher working at a laptop

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?

Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Standards-Alignment Information

About the topic

Learn what it means for instructional materials and assessment to be aligned to college- and career-ready standards.

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most recent articles

What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Reaching New Heights

Research and Reflections

About the topic

Delve into new research and perspectives on instructional materials and practice.

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most recent articles

Group of students talking.

Building a Culture of Advocacy

Students reading and taking notes

Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

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Standards-Alignment Information

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Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Should We Bother with Other People’s Reviews?

As instructional materials reviews are made public, how should states and districts use that information?
05/20/15, Lisa Goldschmidt
Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Building the Right Review Team

Today’s review teams will function differently than review teams of the past, requiring new skills and experience
05/15/15, Nancy Gannon
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part 2

Conducting a State-Centered Curriculum Review

Selecting and training the review team
05/13/15,
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
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Top 5 Tips for Building and Training Your Review Team

Advice on selecting and training strong review teams
05/07/15, Amy Weber-Salgo
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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What My District Gained From Collaboration

Even when districts approach materials review processes from different perspectives – and with different objectives – collaboration provides important benefits
05/05/15, Julie Spykerman
Standards-Alignment Information
Part 1

Knowing the Common Core = Knowing the Shifts

The Shifts are a powerful frame to help drive understanding of the Common Core
05/01/15, Sandra Alberti
Standards-Alignment Information
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If You’re Not Purchasing, Should You Still Review?

Even though many districts are not in a position to purchase new materials in the short-term, training reviewers now is a smart long-term investment
04/28/15, Nancy Gannon
Standards-Alignment Information
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Working Toward Alignment

Welcome to Aligned, a publication dedicated to the conversation about Common Core-aligned instructional materials
04/14/15,
Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Searching for Aligned Materials Doesn’t Have to Be Lonely

Breaking district and state lines in the journey toward finding Common Core-aligned materials
04/13/15, Nancy Gannon
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part 1

New Standards, New Approach to Reviews

Details Louisiana's instructional materials review process
04/10/15,
Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Instructional Materials Evaluation Tool (IMET)

Designed by some of the lead writers of the Common Core, the IMET is a free tool that states and districts are using to evaluate the alignment of instructional materials to the Common Core
04/10/15,
Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Why We Chose this Work

One district leader explains how joining the Instructional Materials Task Force offered an opportunity for collaboration, professional development and deeper clarity on the Standards
04/10/15, Karin Manns

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