Full State Standards Alignment

Development Process

In order to ensure the best quality resource that matches both the intent and content of all state standards, we used the following process:

1. Created a master list of all state standards using the curriculum from each state.
2. Drafted a table of contents that made sense based on the master list of state standards. 
3. Engaged with classroom teachers from Illinois, New York, California, Texas and Tennesee to create a review team and review the table of contents to ensure 

• 100% curriculum coverage. 
• flow of content makes sense.
• all features were useful and beneficial to students
• revised the table of contents based on feedback.

    4. Content was written that matched the table of contents and based on discussions with these classroom teachers. 

    5. Same teachers reviewed and at times revised the content based on the feedback given by the review team. 

    6. Process repeated for every lesson in every book.

    7. Answers created and checked by classroom teachers to ensure accuracy.

These are the steps we used to create each resource over a 2-year period.