EdReports.org, a new, independent nonprofit designed to improve K-12 education in the United States, will launch in winter 2014. EdReports.org will provide free, web-based reviews of instructional materials series focusing on alignment to the Common Core and other indicators of high quality as recommended by educators, including usability, teacher support and differentiation. These Consumer Reports-style reviews will highlight those instructional materials that are aligned to the higher standards states have adopted so that teachers, principals and district and state officials charged with purchasing materials can make more informed choices.
EdReports.org will first review K-8 mathematics materials. Subsequent reviews will cover secondary math and K-12 English Language Arts.
Educators and instructional experts from across the country are driving their materials-evaluation process. All reviews will be conducted by expert educators.
Currently, EdReports is seeking talented K-12 teachers, principals, instructional coaches, district and state staff, and ELA and mathematics content experts across the country to serve as Content Reviewers. Reviewers work in small clusters (or teams) with fellow educators to receive intensive training on the EdReports.org review criteria, conduct reviews of both print and digital yearlong instructional materials and collect evidence to support EdReports.org ratings. Reviewers will collaborate with talented ELA and mathematics educators and experts from around the country to conduct reviews.
EdReports.org has already started reviewing grades K-8 mathematics but ongoing reviews of 9-12 mathematics and K-12 ELA will begin in Spring 2015 and last approximately 3-4 months.
Check out the website for more information.
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