Criteria of HighQuality, Effective Math Programs
Evidence of Alignment from Eureka Math2 Levels 6–A1 Criteria Examples and Reviewer Notes
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1. Content and Focus A.
Curricular materials align with standards and are mathematically accurate. i.
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Sufficient time and resources are allocated to ensure the materials meet the full intent of grade-level standards.
Curricular materials focus on major work of each grade level.
Eureka Math2 is designed to align fully with Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM). The teacher–writers and mathematicians developed the curriculum by using the seminal Progressions for the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics, which lay out the structure of mathematics and research in cognitive development. The national curriculum attends to the CCSSM within and across lessons, topics, and modules. The Teach books contain resources for identifying the standards addressed at the lesson and module level. For example, the Standards resource at the end of each module’s Teach book lists the standards addressed in each module. Standards are also listed on the first page of each lesson. A universal edition (without CCSSM references and alignments), specific state editions, and state alignment guides (demonstrating how each level of Eureka Math2 aligns with specific state standards) are available.
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The Eureka Math2 curriculum prioritizes major work standards by devoting more time to those standards overall and by sequencing modules to teach the major work as early in the school year as possible. Such standards build over the course of the year in accordance with the progressions in the standards so that students have ample opportunity to work with them. For example, •
Of the 133 lessons in level 6, 88 lessons (66.2%) focus on the major work of the level. The remaining 45 lessons (33.8%) focus on supporting and additional work.
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Of the 138 lessons in level 7, 89 lessons (64.5%) focus on the major work of the level, 16 lessons (11.6%) focus on the supporting work of the grade level, 32 lessons (23.2%) focus on the additional work, and 1 lesson (0.7%) is optional.
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Of the 129 lessons in level 8, 108 lessons (83.7%) focus on the major work of the level and 21 lessons (16.3%) focus on supporting and additional work.
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Of the 128 lessons in Algebra I, 85 lessons (66.4%) are devoted to the major work of the level. The remaining lessons are devoted to supporting and additional work.
Lessons are tagged with the most relevant content standards. However, the coherence of the curriculum means that further understanding of the major work of the grade level is continued through applications in lessons that focus on additional or supporting work. See the next section for examples.
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