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title: CEMD Market Insights 9/5/2025
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This week’s Market Insights highlights signals from the field and the decisions shaping coherence as the school year gets underway.

| View in browser Market Insights September 5, 2025 Every school year brings fresh opportunities–and familiar constraints. In this week’s Market Insights, we’re lifting up patterns and signals that can help make sense of shifting priorities, deepen instructional alignment, and support stronger decisions in service of student outcomes. Spotlight EdReports \| 3 Ways EdReports Reviews Support Strong Foundations in Math A new article from EdReports highlights how their review tools help educators and leaders better understand whether K–5 math programs support strong foundational learning—by examining how materials build conceptual understanding, support fluency, and promote real-world application. Bottom line: EdReports reviews are designed to offer clear, educator-informed evidence to help districts make more confident, high-impact decisions about early math materials. From the Field We're All Solvers \| Math Gaps Emerge Early. Students Deserve Early Interventions. TNTP \| Navigating Uncertainty: Federal Funding Delays and Policy Shifts What We're Reading K–12 Dive \| These four trends are shaping the 2025–26 school year The74 \| Why States Must Lead on Education R&D, and How They Can Start Today EdWeek Market Brief \| Which English Language Arts Products Are School Districts Using?   Resource of the Week The Role of Foundational Skills: How Districts Are Expanding Support for Early Literacy examines how and where districts are incorporating standalone foundational skills programs alongside core ELA curricula. Drawing on CEMD data, the brief surfaces emerging patterns in early literacy support, and what they reveal about how districts are approaching alignment, coherence, and instructional priorities. Explore the Trends Subscribe to Market Insights Make confident, informed decisions with CEMD's expert analysis. If this was forwarded to you, subscribe to keep getting the latest education market signals.  Stay Informed Center for Education Market Dynamics, a project of Cambiar Education, 4653 Carmel Mountain Road, Suite 308-97, San Diego, CA 92130 Manage preferences |
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