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Amplify Desmos Math, Grade 3

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Mathematics
Elementary Mathematics
07018800004: Mathematics Grade 3

Recommendation

Recommended Primary

Evaluation

After a thorough review, the proposed primary program demonstrates strong alignment with educational best practices and state requirements. The program effectively balances rigor and accessibility, providing challenging content while supporting diverse learners. Its focus and coherence ensure that instructional goals are clearly connected across lessons, promoting meaningful learning. Students have consistent access to the standards through well-structured activities, and the program incorporates a variety of assessments—formative, summative, and performance-based—to measure understanding and guide instruction. Additionally, the program meets all state law requirements, ensuring compliance with curriculum and instructional mandates.

This program is recommended for a primary program & resource in the primary grades, as it supports academic excellence, equitable access to learning, and comprehensive assessment practices.

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Comprehensive

Rubric : Mathematics 2025

Compliance with State Law (Required)

Item	3 - Extensive	2 - Adequate	1 - Inadequate	0 - None
Sensitive Materials and Prohibited Submission 53G-10-103, R277-628	Does Not Violate Law	NA	NA	May Violate Law
The material is age-appropriate and contains no prohibited or sensitive content.
Prohibited discriminatory practices 53G-2-103-5, 53B-1-118 and 67-27-107	Does Not Violate Law	NA	NA	May Violate Law
The material appropriately represents diverse races and cultures, showing respect for different identities and containing no evidence of discriminatory practices.
Maintaining constitutional freedom in the public schools. 53G-10-202	Does Not Violate Law	NA	NA	May Violate Law
The material upholds and maintains constitutional freedoms.
Free from advertising, e-commerce, or political interest	Contains none of the listed items.	NA	NA	Contains one or more of the listed items.
The material is free from advertising, e-commerce, and political influence.

Focus and Coherence (Non-Negotiable)

Item	3 - Extensive	2 - Adequate	1 - Inadequate	0 - None
Non-negotiable materials must focus coherently on the Major Work of the grade in a way that is consistent with the progressions in the standards. 1- Student and teachers using the materials as designed devote the majority of time to the Major Work of the grade. 2- Supporting Work enhances focus and coherence simultaneously by also engaging students in the Major Work of the grade. 3- Materials follow the grade-by-grade progressions in the Standards. Content from previous or future grades does not unduly interfere. 4- Lessons that only include mathematics from previous grades are clearly identified. Materials that do not meet the non-negotiable requirements for Focus and Coherence will not be recommended as primary resources. Please continue with the review to determine if the materials may be recommended for supplemental use.	Meets all non-negotiable requirements	NA	NA	Does not meet the non-negotiable requirements. *see narrative for determination of which requirement(s) was not met

Rigor and Balance

Item	3 - Extensive	2 - Adequate	1 - Inadequate	0 - None
The materials support the development of students’ conceptual understanding of key mathematical concepts, especially where called for in specific standards or cluster headings.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
The curriculum promotes problem-based learning through engaging activities, digital tools, and opportunities for intervention and extension. It encourages students to explore, reason, and apply math to real-world situations while clearly explaining their thinking, with teachers serving as guides in the learning process.
The materials are designed so that students attain the fluencies and procedural skills required by the Standards.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
The curriculum offers repeated challenges and fluency practice with problems that support multiple solution strategies, promoting conceptual understanding over procedural repetition. However, limited practice time may restrict full development of procedural fluency.
The materials are designed so that teachers and students spend sufficient time working with applications, without losing focus on the Major Work of each grade. (Are there single and multi-step contextual problems that develop the mathematics of the grade, afford opportunities for practice, and engage students in problem solving?)	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
All units center around a narrative story, providing students with a relatable context for understanding key mathematical concepts. However, the variety of options in technology, centers, and differentiated materials can complicate pacing and organization. Additionally, technology may distract students from the primary focus. A problem-based approach helps teachers maintain attention on the essential work of the grade.

Standards for Mathematical Practice

Item	3 - Extensive	2 - Adequate	1 - Inadequate	0 - None
Materials address the practice standards in such a way as to enrich the Major Work of the grade; practice standards strengthen the focus on Major Work instead of detracting from it, in both teacher and student materials.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
Units and subunits concentrate on the key grade-level work, with standards outlined for each lesson. Each lesson highlights the teaching standards, connections to prior learning, and goals for future learning, helping teachers maintain focus on the objectives. However, the student edition lacks clear learning targets, as lesson titles are often general and do not consistently relate to the corresponding math standards.
Tasks and assessments of student learning are designed to provide evidence of students’ proficiency in the Standards of Mathematical Practice.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
This program has Pre-Unit Check, Sub-Unit Quiz, End-of Unit Assessment, along with other forms of summative and formative assessments.
Materials support the Standards’ emphasis on mathematical reasoning.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
Units and subunits concentrate on the key grade-level work, with standards outlined for each lesson. Each lesson highlights the teaching standards, connections to prior learning, and goals for future learning, helping teachers maintain focus on the objectives.

Access to the Standards for All Students

Item	3 - Extensive	2 - Adequate	1 - Inadequate	0 - None
Support for English Language learners and other special populations is thoughtful (evidence-based) and helps those students meet the same Standards (and rigor) as all other students. The language in which problems are posed is carefully considered.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
The Teacher Edition offers strategies for supporting language learners and enhancing accessibility for diverse populations. Each lesson includes math language development activities, along with specific language goals for speaking/writing and reading/listening. It features kid-friendly information in Spanish and accommodates multilingual learners through various program models, including biliteracy and monolingual English programs. Flexibility is emphasized, with options for Dual Language and Transitional Bilingual programs, as well as digital resources available in both Spanish and English. However, a limitation is that most material support appears to favor Spanish.
Materials provide scaffolding, differentiation, intervention, and support for a broad range of learners with gradual removal of supports, when needed, to allow students to demonstrated their mathematical understanding independently.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
The teacher's edition includes accessibility features and built-in differentiation to support diverse student needs. It offers formative assessments that categorize students into three groups: those needing support, those requiring additional practice, and those ready for advanced challenges. Each sub-unit contains an Extensions problem set, and the Boost Personalized Learning activities allow students to work independently with adaptive content using headphones.
Design of lessons incorporates strategies such as using multiple representations, deconstructing/reconstructing the language of problems, providing suggestions for addressing common student difficulties, etc. to ensure grade-level progress for all learners.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
The materials offer students various representations and strategies for problem-solving, including story pictures that accompany word problems. The teacher's edition includes essential "look/listen for" indicators and support strategies, as well as specific teacher moves to address common misconceptions and challenges. Additionally, the teacher's edition provides sentence starters to assist students throughout different lesson stages and guides educators on grouping students for differentiation. A planning page is available for teachers and PLC groups to address common misconceptions tailored to their students. However, this resource may not be as beneficial for new or inexperienced teachers, as familiarity with what to observe is crucial. Accessing Amplify's online platform is necessary to gain this understanding.
Ethnic Studies- (Ethnic studies in core standards and curriculum should be a narrowly tailored incorporation of age-appropriate opportunities that naturally arise through education without pretextual effort in courses, programs, or activities where ethnic studies is not a primary focus. The material should incorporate a curriculum of people and cultures that reflect the state’s various demographics without commentary that seeks to violate the neutrality standard established in codes: 53B-1-118, 53G-2-103, 53G-2-104, 53G-2-105, 67-27-107,	In addition to the content outlined in “Adequate,” this material offers multiple evidence-based supplemental resources and opportunities for learning about various forms of cultural philosophies and epistemologies from Utah, the United States, and worldwide. The materials provide cultural backgrounds, contemporary real-life experiences, and contexts that are relevant to local students. Some examples may include people with disabilities, various body types, and ages.	This material demonstrates respect for diverse socio-cultural identities. The material provides opportunities to acknowledge and integrate the histories, cultures, contributions, and perspectives of people from the United States and worldwide. The material accurately represents the cultures, languages, traditions, beliefs, values, and customs of people from diverse backgrounds through a variety of texts, examples, scenarios, imagery, and applications.	The material has limited themes of social and cultural histories within the United States and globally. The material provides limited examples of inclusive or cultural real-life experiences and does not include diverse characters.	The material does not meet the requirements within the ethnic studies core standards and curriculum requirements. (53E-4-204.1).
The curriculum features images depicting diverse backgrounds and ethnicities, with a focus on real-life examples relevant to students. While the materials include various races, they lack representation of different body types, disabilities, and age groups. The score of 2 reflects the need for more extensive evidence-based learning about cultural diversity from Utah, the U.S., and globally.
Shared Values and Character Traits	The material extends beyond the content outlined in "Adequate", it includes elements that connect Utahns to the world. The material offers multiple evidence-based supplemental resources and opportunities for cultivating character traits in students. The material offers multiple evidence-based supplemental resources and opportunities for cultivating character traits in students. Some examples may include characters with a variety of personalities, education, income, occupation, or behaviors that illustrate character traits.	The material focuses on the shared values of diverse people and communities, the common elements that unite Utahns, and displays some character traits in its imagery and content. It aims to cultivate character traits in students, such as courage, leadership, intelligence, integrity, honesty, respect, morality, civility, duty, honor, and service, along with principles found in the Constitution.	The material lacks a sense of shared values or common elements that unite Utahns. Furthermore, the material has limited resources addressing civic and character education.	The material does not meet the requirements within the ethnic studies core standards and curriculum requirements (53E-4-204.1) and civic and character education. (53G-10-204)
The unit stories highlight positive character traits such as courage, intelligence, and respect through example problems and images. While these narratives convey shared values, they lack additional supplemental resources, focusing primarily on the main content.

Assessment

Item	3 - Extensive	2 - Adequate	1 - Inadequate	0 - None
Multiple measurements of individual student progress occur at regular intervals ensuring success of all students.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
This program includes a Pre-Unit Check, Sub-Unit Quizzes, End-of-Unit Assessments, and various other formative and summative assessments.
Assessments measure what students understand and can do through well designed mathematical tasks and applications.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
Tasks are aligned with assessed skills, ensuring assessments reflect learned content. Teachers can monitor student growth through performance reports and problem-specific DOK and concepts. The platform captures student responses during digital lessons, and both teachers and students can explore varied strategies via the "Show What You Know" feature.

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