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Blazar, David; Heller, Blake; Kane, Thomas J.; Polikoff, Morgon; Staiger, Douglas O.; Carrell, Scott; Goldhaber, Dan; Harris, Douglas N.; Hitch, Rachel; Holden, Kristian L.; Kurlaender, Michal – Grantee Submission, 2020
Can a school or district improve student achievement simply by switching to a higher quality textbook or curriculum? We conducted the first multi-textbook, multi-state effort to estimate textbook efficacy following widespread adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and associated changes in the textbook market. Pooling textbook adoption…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Common Core State Standards, Mathematics Materials, Achievement Gains
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Hook, William; Bishop, Wayne; Hook, John – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2007
This paper presents a curriculum, textbook and test result analysis for the new (to California) elementary school "Key Standard" mathematics curriculum, transplanted in 1998 from it's foreign roots in Asia and Europe, locations with far different cultural and economic backgrounds. Based on topic analysis methods developed by Michigan…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Textbooks, Test Results