Steps

• 1. Review OAR 581-022-1640 on Instructional Materials   12/14/2011 (121.83 KB)
• 2. Read the Suggested Checklist for Curriculum Developers (ELA)    
  Source: Delaware Department of Education
• 3. Review “Choosing Blindly: Instructional Materials, Teacher Effectiveness, and the Common Core".    
  Consider what formative data your school and district could collect during implementation that would support the evaluation of instructional materials’ effect on teachers and student achievement.
  
  Researchers from the Brookings Institute argue that instructional materials affect student achievement as much as any other factor, including effective teaching, and yet the research base is weak or nonexistent for most of the materials used in classrooms. Because they believe this lack of information will only become more troubling as two major policy initiatives----the Common Core standards and improving teacher effectiveness----are implemented, they recommend that 1) state agencies collect data from districts about the instructional materials used, 2) the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers support this effort so that districts and schools can select effective materials, and 3) encourage foundations to provide start-up funding needed to collect data and replace materials.

• 4. Become familiar with the criteria for the "Bridge Year" adoptions for ELA and Math.
  K-5 ELA      6-8 ELA      9-12 ELA
  
  K-5 Math      6-8 Math      9-12 Math

• 5. Visit the Instructional Materials web page "Bridging to the Common Core"    
  In 2012-13 an Interim Adoption (Bridge Year) review will take place, the goal of which is to “bridge” Oregon’s existing investment in instructional materials to support the implementation of the Oregon Common Core State Standards.

• 6. Conduct an alignment between the district curriculum and the CCSS.

• 7. Use the Asset Inventory Templates to determine how existing district materials can be used.
  Math Inventory      ELA Inventory      Literacy Inventory     

Steps

• 1. Utilize pacing guides for planning instruction, assessments, strategies, and materials related to CCSS.
• CCSS Pacing Guide   11/30/2011 (42 KB)
  Source: Coos Bay School District
• CCSS Curriculum Maps    
  Source: Clackamas ESD

• Cheryl Kleckner     (503) 947-5794
  Teaching & Learning Team - Ed. Specialist, Science/Title II-B Mathematics and Science Partnerships
• Drew Hinds     (503) 947-5799
  Teaching & Learning Team - Education Specialist
• Mickey Garrison (541) 580-1201
  Director of Data Literacy