This resource gives districts and schools some breathing room until
fully aligned instructional materials are available.
Not exact matches
When the observed districts were provided with high - quality
materials and support, observations found that 86 percent of observed lessons had become
fully aligned, as strong
instructional materials drove the teaching and learning of all lessons.
The degree to which the teachers of the school district are appropriately assigned, and
fully credentialed in the subject areas, and, for the pupils they are teaching, every pupil in the school district has sufficient access to the standards -
aligned instructional materials, and school facilities are maintained in good repair.
As a result, the percentage of Louisiana districts using
instructional materials fully aligned to high standards has gone from less than 20 percent to more than 80 percent in just four years.
There has been a lot of press about the need to have more well -
aligned mathematics
instructional materials in the hands of teachers and students; however, recent reviews like EdReports show that few publisher - produced options are actually
fully -
aligned.
His post cites research results indicating that many CCSS -
aligned instructional materials do not
fully address the CCSS's grade - level content or approach the level of cognitive demand required by the standards.
Reviewing the
materials for alignment to the
instructional shifts of the CCSS, EdReports found only one
material, Bridges in Mathematics, to be
fully aligned and sufficiently easy to use.
If the
material is not
aligned to the depth and rigor of each standard, and the teacher is not aware of the
material's deficits, he / she will not supplement with additional products or adjust his / her
instructional strategies to ensure that the students
fully learn all of the standards.