{"id":3305,"date":"2013-07-22T15:32:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T19:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2013-07-22T15:33:14","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T19:33:14","slug":"equip-teachers-evaluating-ccss-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/equip-teachers-evaluating-ccss-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"EQuIP: Educators Evaluating CCSS Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"equip\"<\/a>One of the many opportunities provided by the transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is the chance to develop high quality instructional materials for teachers and schools that are aligned to the rigor and college- and career-ready expectations found in the standards. \u00a0At the same time, determining how aligned and effective instructional materials are also poses one of the most significant challenges to the implementation of the CCSS.<\/p>\n

To take on that challenge, teachers should be empowered to evaluate lessons and unit plans at their disposal. \u00a0To help with that large task, Achieve<\/a> formed EQuIP<\/a> (Educators Evaluating the Quality of Instructional Products) in the spring of 2012.<\/p>\n

EQuIP brings together a network of more than 20 states already participating in the American Diploma Project (ADP) Network to focus on increasing the supply of high quality lessons and units aligned to the CCSS that are available to elementary, middle and high school teachers as soon as possible; and building the capacity of educators to evaluate and improve the quality of instructional materials for use in their classrooms and schools.<\/p>\n

EQuIP builds on the collaborative effort that Achieve facilitated when Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island joined together to develop the Tri-State Rubrics. The EQuIP rubrics have since been revised to reflect feedback and to ensure strong alignment with the Publisher’s Criteria.<\/p>\n

Many states and districts are already using the rubrics and review process to support their implementation of the CCSS in a variety of ways including:<\/p>\n