Curriculum Recommendations

Core Curriculum Recommendations

Use the Core Curriculum Recommendations (linked below) to gain:

  • An overview of curriculum tools available

  • An EL Education Rubric for evaluating curriculums available

  • Ratings for all current mathematics curriculums available

  • Ratings compared to EdReports

Comparisons to EL Education Core Practices

Use the Core Curricula Overview resource (linked below) to gain:

  • An overview of curriculum tools including

    • Which EL Education schools reported using each tool in the 2016-2017 School Year

    • The location of and cost (in many cases) of each program

    • Links to resources or research regarding the tool

    • An analysis of alignment and lack of alignment with EL Education Core Practice 15

      • A - Planning for Math Instruction

      • B - Teaching Conceptual Understanding

      • C - Teaching Foundational Math

      • D - Teaching Problem-Solving Skills

      • E - Creating a culture of Mathematical Literacy

      • F - Assessing Mathematics

Supplemental Curricula Overview

Use this resource (linked below) to gain:

  • An overview of supplemental curriculum tools including

    • Links to resources or research regarding the tool

    • An analysis of alignment and lack of alignment with EL Education Core Practice 15

      1. Facts & Fluency/ Foundational Math (CP15 C)

      2. Curriculum Supplement/ Problem Based Tasks (CP15 B, D Tasks)

      3. Benchmark pieces: Assessing Mathematics (CP15 F)

      4. Opportunities for differentiation (CP15 A, E)

Data Collected in the EL Education Research Project Related to Curricula use in EL Education Schools in '16-'17

Percentage of Core Curriculum (Basal) Use in EL Education Schools 2016-2017 from Research Project:

Overview of Published Curricular Used in EL Education Schools

Overview of Supplemental Curricula used in EL Education Schools '16-'17