Math Adoption Pilot Programs

Crane Parents and Community Members,

Crane School District is in the process of piloting multiple K-8 mathematics curriculum.

The Crane Math Adoption Committee has selected specific resources to pilot after a review of top-rated programs from EdReports*. Crane teachers will be piloting Carnegie Learning, Achievement First, and Illustrative Mathematics over the course of the 2023-2024 school year.

Our goal is to ensure all of our stakeholders have an opportunity to review these resources and provide feedback. If you are interested in providing feedback, comments, and/or questions, visit our parent/community feedback survey link here. The parent/community feedback survey deadline is January 31.

To learn more and preview the curricular resources being piloted during the 2023-2024 school year, click the links below. These resources will be available from December 1 - January 31.

*EdReports empowers districts with free reviews of K-12 instructional materials. Their reports offer evidence-rich, comprehensive information about a program's alignment to the standards and other indicators of quality. EdReports is an independent nonprofit designed to improve K-12 education. EdReports.org increases the capacity of teachers, administrators, and leaders to seek, identify, and demand the highest quality instructional materials. Drawing upon expert educators, their reviews of instructional materials and support of smart adoption processes equip teachers with excellent materials nationwide.

CARNEGIE LEARNING

Carnegie Learning has a published curriculum for Grades 6-8: Middle School Math Solution. This program has been reviewed by EdReports.

Carnegie Learning has a pilot curriculum for Grades K-5: ClearMath Elementary which will be out for commercial release in the 2024-2025 school year. This program has not been reviewed by EdReports.

Hard copies of the teacher and student workbooks are available at the Crane Professional Learning Center. If interested in viewing, please contact the Crane Curriculum Department at 928-373-3404 or email [email protected] to set up a time to review the resources in-person.

ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS

Illustrative Mathematics is an Open Educational Resource (OER) and that means that the curriculum is free to schools, districts and publishers. Therefore, different curriculum publishers will publish this resource, but the content is very similar, if not the exact same, from publisher to publisher.

Illustrative Mathematics from Imagine Learning (currently piloting Grades K-5) and Desmos (currently piloting Grades 6-8) has been reviewed by EdReports.

Hard copies of the teacher and student workbooks for Imagine Learning are available at the Crane Professional Learning Center. If interested in viewing, please contact the Crane Curriculum Department at 928-373-3404 or email [email protected] to set up a time to review the resources in-person.

ACHIEVEMENT FIRST

Achievement First is an Open Educational Resource (OER) and that means that the curriculum is free to schools, districts and publishers.

This program does not publish teacher or student workbooks; therefore, the resources can only be reviewed digitally. The digital PDFs can be printed. If you would like to review a printed copy of one of the lessons, please contact the Crane Curriculum Department at 928-373-3404 or email [email protected] to set up a time to review the printed lesson in-person.