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Looking into all of these resources has been beneficial.  It is nice to know that these reviewed material resources are easily accessible when determining the quality of a curriculum to purchase.  In looking closer at EdReports, this is a valuable resource for our district when comparing new ELA curriculums.  Teachers are so strapped for time....EdReports is quick and to the point for teachers to review quickly to determine if the curriculum is worth a deeper look.  Using EdReports could narrow our curriculum search, allowing for more time spent on curriculums of higher quality.

I am an EdReports fan girl. If you have time, I recommend taking the class we offer in the HQIM Pathway.

I explored Edreports and one way I could see using this is to have important discussions about curriculum and high-quality materials in grade levels- school/district wide. In my district, teachers are usually pretty involved with curriculum choices and frequently explore different programs and this website would really help stremline the process in chosing programs/materials. 

I am going to reiterate what Emily replied to Jennifer above. We encourage you to take a look at the EdReports class in the High-Quality Instructional Materials for Each Child Learning Pathway: https://infohio.org/campus/learning-pathways/course/edreports 

I took a close look at EdReports & EdSurge. I am fascinated by the the filter ablity and to find resources that have been vetted. When a district goes through an adoption, it can be hard to find quality products - or to know you are looking at quality products rather than being driven by cost or just your "gut" instinct. I've heard our curriculum director refer to the color coding of products. I'm glad this is available - I wish it were more know and talked about. (But maybe it is and I'm just not aware. I hope so!)

I looked up a couple of the math programs we were vetting for an adoption and I'm glad to see the one we went with scored well. Selfishly, I also looked at the programs being used in my daughters school and I was pleased to see theirs also scored well. It might be a worthy idea to share this with parents when appropriate.

We encourage you to take a look at the EdReports class in the High-Quality Instructional Materials for Each Child Learning Pathway: https://infohio.org/campus/learning-pathways/course/edreports 

EdReports was an eye-opener! I fell into a rabbit hole once I selected this as the first source listed in the article about high-quality resources. I found myself exploring resources I used early in my career as well as trends that seemed to enter and exit the classroom scene in a blink (this resource would have helped sales pitches be less persuasive, no doubt!). I also love the design of the website- it is easy to use and quick in return. I would use this information with both levels and departments. I plan to bring this resource to my next meeting with the administration as well. Seeking advisement and wish lists from teachers is important but adding this layer seems like a no-brainer. It reminds me of how I use consumer reports and a truly objective means of making sound selections. 

We encourage you to take a look at the EdReports class in the High-Quality Instructional Materials for Each Child Learning Pathway: https://infohio.org/campus/learning-pathways/course/edreports 

I reviewed EdReports and was sooo glad to find the curriculum I selected a couple of years ago listed (and with a great rating). In our very small school/ district, teachers are generally left to choose curriculum materials individually or in small teams without much administrative input or any real guidance. When I worked on choosing curriculum the only guideline was "we'd like to move to online/electronic text books to work with the chromebooks".  Luckily, I had read an article on CommonSense Education that pointed me to possibilities to review. 
 

This resource will be invaluable in future searches. Teachers are often left at the mercy of publishers. I will definitely be recommending this to any teachers or teams working on selecting new curriculum materials. 

I checked out EdReports. I searched the math program that is being used in our school district. I found that the program meets expectations in both alignment and usability. Because I am not a classroom teacher, and I do not teach math, I could not relate to a lot of the specifics in the report. But I could see that the information would be very useful to teachers. It would also be beneficial to those that investigate and select curriculum for the district.

Weve found EdReports to be useful in the past in determining currciulum resources for math that were best rated for alignment and userability. From these lists we narrowed down our search to best potential resources. From there we vetted materials through a staff panel to determine which resources would best fit our needs. 

I poked around on EdReports.  I have been out of education for over 10 years to stay home with our young children.  Recently, I have returned to education and this section of the course was not in my wheelhouse.  It has been many years since I was part of a team narrowing down and selecting/adopting new programs and curriculum.   Although much of this felt foreign to me, I can definitely see how it is an invaluable tool to schools.  I wonder how many teachers even reliaze that they can access these sites through INFOhio? 

Programs new and old would be of interest to compare for teachers and administrators.  Another plus for the ICoach courses...learning something new every day!

I looked at a couple but I chose to really explore RemotEDx since it is an Ohio-specific resource.  I am not a classroom teacher anymore but I sure wish I had known about all of these resources for reviewed materials when I was.  I also served on a couple of local instructional leadership teams and sometimes it seemed we only were presented with a curriculum because it was popular somewhere else.  My current district is a lot more thoughtful about choosing curricula and materials but I'm glad to know of resources and rubrics for finding high-quality materials.  It would have been amazing had I known about this when I first started teaching and had to create my own curriculum with NO instructional materials.  I would have been a better teacher sooner if I had known how to assess instructional materials.

Edreports is a tool that has a variety of uses.  This tool can drive professional discussion on curriculum and high quality instructional materials. The ability to filter information will provide pertinent information for the discussion.  With future curriculum adoptions, teachers can research the level of expectations for different curriculum.  This will benefit our district when vetting curriculum.

I think EdReports is a fantastic resource.  I have been part of curriculum adoption teams in the past, and in the end it seemed many decisions were made just "judging a book by it's cover".  EdReports is independent and non-profit, so some bias is eliminated there.  It allows you to filter your search and develop reports for your team members, which is helpful when summarizing and making decisions.  Overall, I believe using EdReports will allow for a more thorough and data driven approach to selecting a new curriculum.  This could be very useful for schools and districts.  

As many others in the discussion, I explored EdReports. It was eye-opening to see that some very popular and widely-used curriculum are not meeting expectations. 

I could use this information when I am purchasing materials for our professional collection of our library. 

It would greatly help our district when evaluating new instructional materials to ensure we are getting the highest possible quality. 

I explored edReports. This information can be used when selecting curriculum materials for school or district adoption. I served on a committee looking for a science curriculum. We met with three vendors that had products "aligned" with Ohio standards. We tried to evaluate the materials to see if they were high-quality. I think that it is very difficult to do this in a timely manner. You almost need to teach the curriculum over a year or two to experience some of the positives and missing components. We ended up not selecting a text because nothing really seemed "high quality". edReports would have been a beneficial tool to help us, although I see that none of the materials we looked at are on there. 

I also find it interesting that the ELA curriculum we adopted 6 years ago as a district does not meet expectations. I taught the 2nd grade component of this curriculum for 5 years. The complaint we had is that there was a lack of higher level thinking questions and text dependent questions, all vital to a student's continued success in future years. We found ourselves creating aterials to supplement what was provided to fillin these missing gaps. Thos ecomplaints are the exact issues that are mentioned in edReports!

I looked at the EdReports resource. I can absolutely see how it would be beneficial when a district is looking to adopt a new curriculum, but what also struck me was that it could be useful to teachers when looking to successfully supplement a curriculum that the district is currently using. For example, the curriculum that my district is using says that it partially meets expectations for complexity of the texts, but doesn't meet them for building knowlege. Having this information would allow a teacher and/or building a starting point when looking for potential supplemental materials in their classrooms.

EDReports is profoundly influential.  Particularly in Ohio at this time as we sort through the WHYs of recommendations coming from Columbus about Reading pedagogy and materials. The criteria/rubrics EDReports uses are instructive--providing educators will goalposts and guideposts we have not necessarily had in the past. I have often been on the receiving end of a vendor's salespitch and lacked the acumen to know if what was glittering at the time was actually gold. Considering that adoptions are usually made for a minimum of 6 years, mistakes in curriculum choices knock the supports out from under for potentially their entire K-12 careers.  (Think of a first grader who gets inducted into an ineffective math program and possibly spends the next 5,7, even 11 years there!) As someone who has had the responsibility of choosing textbooks, it's mind boggling to think how little knowledge I cam to the work with initially, especially in fields outside my own.  I think having the EDReports criteria is instructive to teachers--because we certainly are not in teacher school long enough to learn these or even get a feel for how powerful the influence of a textbook can be.  It's terrific to have a set of lenses.