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Closing the Curriculum Information Gap

Hi Friend,

The connection between high-quality curriculum and improved student outcomes is well-established, especially for historically underserved students, including Black and Latino students, multilingual learners, and those experiencing poverty. However, there is a significant gap in knowledge about which curricula these students have access to.

The Center for Education Market Dynamics (CEMD) is on a mission to change this. 

In our recent report, Closing the Gap: The Case for Transparency in Curriculum Selection, we delve into the issues surrounding district-led curriculum selection nationwide and propose potential solutions. This includes a special focus on how State Education Agencies can drive improvements at scale.

We encourage state and district leaders to help bridge this information gap by ensuring transparency around district-led curriculum selection. In so doing, you could help significantly improve the information landscape and build the field's collective understanding of what curricula have been selected by districts across the country. 

- The CEMD Team

Calling all K-12 District Leaders:

We invite you to participate in the 2024 K-12 District Tutoring Survey.

This survey will help you assess your district’s current tutoring program(s) and help provide information about what’s in use in K-12 districts and schools to researchers and policymakers, funders, advocacy groups, curriculum and instructional materials providers, and other school districts. 

The survey takes 15-20 minutes to complete and will close on July 31, 2024.

All participants will be entered into a raffle to receive 1 of 30 $100 Amazon gift cards. 

Blogs

• Illuminating the District Curriculum Selection Landscape to Drive Systemic Change in K-12 Education

• How Targeted Sampling Brings an Equity Lens to Analyzing the Curriculum Landscape

Resource

Launch Guide for Collecting Curriculum Selection Data

What We're Reading

• EdWeek Market Brief | What Education Companies Should Know About Governors’ K-12 Agendas
• CurriculumHQ | Great Menus for Great Meals: Providing Vetted Curriculum Options for Every Palate
• Chalkbeat Chicago | Productive Struggle: Chicago educators search for ways to close math gaps
• CurriculumHQ | The Kind of Curriculum Transparency We Can All Get Behind

Recent CEMD Reports

Check out CEMD's online library for additional tools created to support education decision-makers with a wide collection of resources, including case studies, videos, blogs, reports, and more.