Recommended Teacher Resource. Problem sets are useful, but the bulk of the text suffers from poor layout and lack of accessibilty for English language learners or students with disabilities.
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Sensitive Materials and Prohibited Submission 53G-10-103, R277-628 | This item has not been graded. | |||||
Prohibited discriminatory practices 53G-2-103-5, 53B-1-118 and 67-27-107 | This item has not been graded. | |||||
Maintaining constitutional freedom in the public schools. 53G-10-202 | This item has not been graded. | |||||
Free from advertising, e-commerce, or political interest | This item has not been graded. | |||||
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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. | Student and teachers using the materials as designed devote the majority of time to the Major Work of the grade. | Supporting Work enhances focus and coherence simultaneously by also engaging students in the Major Work of the grade. | Materials follow the grade-by-grade progressions in the Standards. Content from previous or future grades does not unduly interfere. | Lessons that only include mathematics from previous grades are clearly identified. | ||
This text covers the standards, but is not user-friendly. The main concern is the very dense concentrations of text covering large areas of most pages, with few diagrams or other visuals. Also, the color scheme and markings distract from the organization rather than help students organize their learning. |
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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 | ||
The text is too densely written and fails to give graphical or organizational cues. This is a major hindrance to learning. | ||||||
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 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 | ||
Largely theoretical organization avoids most applications for concepts. |
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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 | ||
Calls for student thinking and reasoning as part of practice sets. | ||||||
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 | ||
Problem sets are well-written, but suffer from confusing layout and numbering system. | ||||||
Materials support the Standards’ emphasis on mathematical reasoning. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
Problem sets focus on 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 | ||
Layout and graphical design provide the bare minimum of color cues or other useful graphics. While this might work for very proficient readers, it is likely to be a major barrier to learning for struggling learners. | ||||||
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 | ||
Questions focus on a narrow difficulty band in each section. Students struggling with the core concept are have few resources in the text other than to reread the huge sections of text. | ||||||
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 | ||
Instruction focuses almost exclusively on written explanations of concepts. Graphics are rare. | ||||||
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, | This item has not been graded. | |||||
Shared Values and Character Traits | This item has not been graded. | |||||
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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 | ||
Problem sets are provided and provide plenty of opportunities for assessment. | ||||||
Assessments measure what students understand and can do through well designed mathematical tasks and applications. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
Assessments could use more variation in difficulty from start to finish to better highlight student progress and misconceptions. |
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