The materials are comprehensive and thoughtfully designed to support both the Major Work and Supporting Work of each grade with strong evidence of standards alignment and attention to the Standards for Mathematical Practice. Teachers may utilize both digital and printable resources to support student learning and meet individual needs. The materials meet required and non-negotiable review standards for use a primary curriculum.
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| Sensitive Materials and Prohibited Submission 53G-10-103, R277-628 | Does Not Violate Law | NA | NA | May Violate Law | ||
| Nothing sensitive found. | ||||||
| Prohibited discriminatory practices 53G-2-103-5, 53B-1-118 and 67-27-107 | Does Not Violate Law | NA | NA | May Violate Law | ||
| No discriminatory practices within program. | ||||||
| Maintaining constitutional freedom in the public schools. 53G-10-202 | Does Not Violate Law | NA | NA | May Violate Law | ||
| Content does not violate constitutional freedom. | ||||||
| Free from advertising, e-commerce, or political interest | Contains none of the listed items. | NA | NA | Contains one or more of the listed items. | ||
| Materials are free from advertising, e-commerce, or political interest. | ||||||
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| 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 | ||
| Standards & Major works are all listed and easily accessible for teachers at the start of every unit. Materials are designed for students and teachers to devote majority of time working on the Major Work of their grade. | ||||||
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| 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 | ||
| Attention to developing conceptual understanding is purposefully included in the design of the materials. Lessons include math talks as well. Every lesson has a warm up activity that involves using physical, virtual, or print manipulatives. Their are multiple ways for students to engage within the lesson and with the online platform. | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| Fluency is built throughout the program. The teacher can vary the student practice based on need. The online platform has multiple methods to build fluency. Lessons build on previous lessons. | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| Materials allow for application by students while maintaining the focus on Major Work of the grade. Approximately 70% of lessons are devoted to the Major Work of the grade. | ||||||
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| 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 | ||
| Materials incorporate the practice standards in their design so that they support the Major Work of the Grade in teacher and student materials. | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| Items in every Takeoff mid-unit check-in and end-of-unit test are aligned to the math practice standards, providing evidence of students' proficiency. | ||||||
| Materials support the Standards’ emphasis on mathematical reasoning. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
| Materials support the development of mathematical reasoning. Students participate in classroom discussions to share their mathematical reasoning, and understand each others' reasoning. | ||||||
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| 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 primary languages supported are English and Spanish for print materials. Skills, which is independent practice, are translated into over one hundred languages, with audio support in 60 languages. Each lesson includes a "Language Tips" section to suggst supports for ELL students. | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| Adaptive program with students skills, and the teacher has the option to view student progress and adjust lessons based on formal and informal assessments. Every lesson has a warm up, instruction, guided practice, and independent practice section. There are also sections labeled with "tips for support" or extension. Intervention is supported by identifiying needed skills and the activities to support. | ||||||
| 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 are designed to be highly responsive to student difficulties and also incorporate multiple representations. There are many suggestions for real-world applications and multiple representations within each lesson. | ||||||
| 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). | ||
| Takeoff lessons acknowledge and incorporate cultures of people worldwide in a variety of authentic ways. Many examples were given in their rubric. | ||||||
| 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) | ||
| Takeoff's cast of characters demonstrate tratis of respectful discourse, courage, and value of intelligence in solving problems. Honesty and integrity is encouraged in games. Word problems involve volunteering, leadership and service. | ||||||
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| Multiple measurements of individual student progress occur at regular intervals ensuring success of all students. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
| Mid- and End-of-Unit assessments provide measures of progress as well as all online activities providing ample data for teacher decision making. Student progress can be viewed, and lessons adapted to include reteaching of misconseptions. | ||||||
| Assessments measure what students understand and can do through well designed mathematical tasks and applications. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
| Assessments are rigorous. Digital tests provide ample information regarding students learning. However, teachers may wish to supplement with some print tasks that require written reponses or pair with a written sheet to record student work to support the measurement of student thinking and reasoning. | ||||||
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