It’s axiomatic: students can’t learn what they are not being taught. As the song (above) suggests, if your instructional materials (IMs) are not well aligned to the state’s standards, your students’ test scores will likely reflect it.
CompuScholar’s KidCoder: Web Design is a year-long, online course that covers all topics generally included in introductory web-design programs at the middle school and high school level. Instruction meets the requirements for Texas Web Design courses and no prior programming experience is required. The course addresses the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills needed to create websites in both the Windows …
McGraw-Hill Education’s Sociology and You is a comprehensive sociology course for high school students that includes print and online resources.
Achieve3000 provides supplemental, online literacy programs for students in grades 2-12. Learning List recently completed reviews for materials at the high school level: Empower3000 provides cross-curricular literacy instruction in social studies, including topics in economics and government.
National Teachers’ Day is a special day to recognize and show appreciation to teachers in the USA for their extraordinary contributions to education and development. Here are 14 ways to celebrate and honor them for their special contributions!
ORIGO Stepping Stones is a comprehensive, mathematics curriculum for grades K-5 available in English and Spanish. Learning List has verified that Stepping Stones is aligned to 100% of the Common Core math standards in grades K-5, and with newly developed content, is aligned to 100% of the TEKS in grades 1-5, as well.
Over the last several weeks, several curriculum directors have called to ask what information they should take to the school board about the materials they are proposing for local adoption. Since the commissioner may ask for documentation to support the superintendent/board’s TEKS certification (i.e., to prove that materials are aligned to 100% of the TEKS for each grade and subject in the required curriculum, except PE), district staff would be prudent to provide the board with an alignment report or evidence…
Born in Chicago on April 22, 1902, Ralph W. Tyler was a visionary educator and a leading proponent of student-centered learning. At the request of the Carnegie Corporation, he chaired a committee that developed the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, in 1967. Today, NAEP is known as the “Nation’s Report Card” and it remains the most reliable national data on student achievement.
LearnZillion is an online, open educational resource (OER) that provides supplementary English language arts and reading (ELAR) instructional materials for grades 2-12. Resources are free and address the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Learning List recently completed reviews of their materials for grades 2-12.
‘Tis the season for selecting instructional materials. Board members often ask me what questions they should be asking during their district’s selection process. Below are five important facts for Texas school board members to keep in mind and seven key questions for school board members in all states to ask….
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