Alignment: Intervention & Test Prep Materials
As we near the end of the school year, your focus may be on intervention and testing. We offer three suggestions to help you prepare your students for end-of-year success.
Save Time & Money: Read Reviews
Make reading and comparing high quality, in-depth reviews an integral part of your purchasing process. If you read reviews for small purchases, doesn’t it make sense to read reviews when considering a multi-million dollar purchase with taxpayer funds? Learning List’s reviews and comparison tools will save your district money – both by reducing the amount of time staff spend reviewing materials themselves and by avoiding expensive mistakes.
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) ...