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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is some good news too. Arlington is adopting amplify ckla as its ELA curriculum for k-5. It’s a knowledge based curriculum with a strong phonics curriculum. Natalie Wexler, author of The Knowledge Gap has written a lot about it. Super exciting news! Obviously the next step would be adequate teacher training on the new curriculum. I’m worried there isn’t enough time for that but I am not an educator so I don’t know how much time should be allocated to teacher training.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2020/08/how-show-kids-joy-reading/615109/

Unfortunately I don’t know much about math curriculums so I have no idea if the curriculum they adopted is a good one. Figures crossed that it is.

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What a horrendous choice, don’t know why you’re excited about this.[/quote]

What’s the deal with this curriculum?

This choice has been finalized already?

Did they look at Wilson? 
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Why is it horrendous? Ed reports has given it a favorable review. The Knowledge Matters Campaign has covered it in their school tour. Natalie Wexler has written favorably about it. It earned a tier 1 rating in Louisiana (which developed a rating system for curriculums that many districts now use). I am curious what issues you have with it.

As to the Wilsons, I thought we use it already? ATS does. My question would be is CKLA replacing Wilson’s since it already has a phonics component? Or will Wilson’s still be used as well.[/quote]

I'm a different poster - no the "horrendous" one.

I was looking for an independent assessment of the ELA curriculum.

ATS might be the only ES to use Wilson. I haven't heard of any others.

I know and trust Wilson and wanted to hear more about this one before forming an opinion. Looks like it used to be owned by Murdoch though? Scary. 
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As for an independent assessment of curriculums that’s basically what Louisiana does and most districts look at Louisiana and EdReports when assessing a curriculum. But with Ed reports you have to be careful - it doesn’t assess a curriculum based on the science of reading. Instead it assesses a curriculum based on whether it meets the standards of the common core. For exactly what you should be looking for when evaluating a curriculum for its alignment with the science of reading, see the Reading League’s Curriculum Assessment tool. Louisiana basically follows that method when assessing curriculums. Why do most districts use Louisiana’s assessments? I have no idea to be honest! I think it’s probably because they were the first ones who did it and the most comprehensive. [/quote]

Amplify is apparently owned by Steve Job’s widow so I guess you pick your billionaire when you get a curriculum.  Isn’t it a lovely system?

https://fortune.com/2015/11/23/jobs-widow-new-corp-amplify/
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How is this relevant to the actual quality of the curriculum being adopted?[/quote]

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