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Sharing Our Experience to Help Educators Choose
and Publishers Improve
3 Critical Facts To Help You Get the Most Instructional Value from Your Materials
This post provides three tips to help you get the most instructional bang-for-your buck from an instructional material.
5 Things to Look For If Selecting Online Materials
If your district is considering online materials, here are five features that may speak to the likely impact those materials will have on students’ comprehension and learning:
Cost vs. Effectiveness
A recent article in U.S. News and World Report discusses a report from the Center for American Progress. Analyzing state-adopted materials from 19 states, the authors found little relationship between the cost and quality of curriculum materials. Learning List’s alignment reports, editorial reviews and new spec sheets provide multi-faceted feedback to inform educators’ selection of products and help them use their products most effectively.
Introducing Learning List Spec Sheets and Explorer Tool
Learning List's New Spec Sheets and Explorer Tool Help Districts Transition Successfully to a Blended Learning Environment
Are Digital Resources or Textbooks More Effective? OECD Weighs In
Are digital resources more effective than textbooks? They are certainly more trendy these days. Although Learning List has reviewed hundreds of instructional materials in both formats, it’s difficult for us to say that one format is better than another.
Infographic: What are Districts Buying?
As Texas districts prepare for the 2015-2016 school year, we analyzed the IMA purchasing data* to identify trends that could offer valuable insights for districts and publishers alike.
Take a look a this infographic (click to download) ...
The Thigh Bone’s Connected to the Hip Bone; the Hip Bone’s Connected to the …
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.
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What School Board Members Need to Know When Selecting Instructional Materials [with Infographic]
'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....
What's the Difference? Comprehensive vs. Supplemental Materials
What do the labels “comprehensive” and “supplemental” mean as they relate to instructional materials. We examine the key distinguishing features.
Buyer Beware (Part 3): Believing that the Alignment Percentage Is Consistent Across All Grade Levels
Alignment percentages can vary greatly from grade level to grade level.
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