Big Ideas Learning AGA

The curriculum uses a mastery-based approach with strong alignment to grade-level standards. The focus and coherence receives high marks from EdReports.

EdReports Gateway 1 rating of 'Meets Expectations' for focus and coherence, indicating proper alignment to grade-level math standards and appropriate focus on major work

The curriculum shows some gaps in application components based on EdReports assessment. Word problem instruction may not be systematically developed.

EdReports Gateway 2 'Partially Meets Expectations' rating specifically addresses application alongside conceptual understanding and procedural skill

The curriculum shows mixed success in balancing conceptual understanding with procedural fluency. EdReports indicates partial alignment with rigor standards, suggesting some gaps in achieving the optimal balance.

EdReports Gateway 2 rating of 'Partially Meets Expectations' for rigor and mathematical practices, which specifically evaluates the balance of conceptual understanding, procedural skill, and application

The curriculum appears to support explicit instruction through its research-backed approach, though specific implementation details are not detailed in available reviews.

Publisher description emphasizes 'research-backed instructional approaches' and mastery-based pedagogy, which aligns with direct instruction principles

Insufficient evidence available to assess the curriculum's use of worked examples and cognitive load reduction strategies.

EdReports evaluation does not provide specific details about worked examples or instructional modeling approaches

No evidence available in the reviews regarding teacher professional development materials or instructional support.

EdReports evaluation focuses on student materials alignment rather than teacher support components

No specific evidence available regarding the curriculum's incorporation of retrieval practice or spaced review strategies.

Available EdReports evaluation does not address cumulative review or retrieval practice components

Limited information available about diagnostic assessment tools and formative assessment integration within the curriculum.

EdReports does not specifically address assessment components beyond standards alignment evaluation

Limited evidence available regarding the curriculum's implementation of visual models and manipulatives.

EdReports focus on alignment and rigor does not detail specific visual representation strategies used in the curriculum