MCPS: New ELA curriculum for 2023-2024 school year
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Anonymous
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I just attended the MCPS curriculum night presentation. At the end of the ES ELA presentation, they mentioned that they are putting out an RFP for a new ES ELA curriculum that is evidence-based. New curriculum to be in place for 2023-2024 school year.
Does anyone know anything else? This seems very positive to me. Benchmark is terrible, and not just in the early grades when it lacks explicit phonics instruction. |
Anonymous
| Thanks for the info. I missed the curriculum night. Any other important info ? |
Anonymous
| Is there a recording of this meeting available? |
Anonymous
| They did record all the sessions, so I hope they will post them. Most of the ES ELA session was about the switch to structured literacy. |
Anonymous
| I don't see how they could have a new curriculum in place by next year. Are they going to be putting an RFP out now? |
Anonymous
They have about 12 elementary schools piloting the Benchmark 2022 edition this year. I think they're hoping it solves all of the problems we have with the 2018/19(?) version of Benchmark most of us are stuck teaching right now. I absolutely HATE Benchmark! |
Anonymous
But they said they are going to have a new ELA curriulum for 2023-2024. Maybe they meant the RFP would go out next year and the new curriculum would be implemented the year after? This was at curriculum night. |
Anonymous
| RFP is posted and would go into effect next fall 2023 |
Anonymous
Someone better downloaded these current RFP version. Down the road, like last time, MCPS may change the rules because certain vendors were not included. |
Anonymous
| How can we already be looking for a new ELA curriculum? Who is in charge of the curriculum office and how long have they been there? |
Anonymous
| Is this Really Great Reading? My kids' ES introduced it during ELO this past summer, and it's phonics-based. From what I can tell it's, well, really great (for K and 2nd, at least, since that's what I've seen). My 2nd grader's spelling has gotten so much better and both of them are blossoming as readers. I hope this is the program, or they ho with something very similar. |
Anonymous
My school is also doing RGR, and the reading specialist gave a presentation about MCPS shifting to structured literacy. I still wasn’t totally getting how they would be fully doing that with the benchmark curriculum, so I guess it makes sense now that they are looking to replace altogether. But my 1st grader seems to be responding to RGR well too. |
Anonymous
I don’t want to burst your bubble but we are doing the “new” benchmark at my school. It is just as terrible as the previous version. |
Anonymous
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Unless you're piloting the new version of Benchmark, all K-2 kiddos are getting Really Great Reading instead of the daily phonics lesson from Benchmark. They still do the other reading and writing lessons from Benchmark.
I agree with other posters, RGR is fantastic! |