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Direct linkDoan, Sy; Kaufman, Julia H.; Woo, Ashley; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Diliberti, Melissa Kay; Lee, Sabrina – RAND Corporation, 2022
Policymakers and practitioners increasingly have looked to instructional materials to signal the content that students are expected to learn and how to teach that content. The American Instructional Resources Survey (AIRS) has been investigating adoption and use of instructional materials in K-12 public schools in the spring of each school year…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, State Policy, State Standards
Wang, Elaine Lin; Kaufman, Julia H.; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Lawrence, Rebecca Ann; Doan, Sy; Woo, Ashley; Henry, Daniella – RAND Corporation, 2021
Policymakers and practitioners alike have increasingly positioned instructional materials as essential for achieving high-quality, standards-aligned instruction. State education agencies, school districts, and schools have looked to instructional materials to signal what to teach and to what depth for students to be on track to meet college- and…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Alignment (Education), State Standards
Kaufman, Julia H.; Doan, Sy; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Woo, Ashley – RAND Corporation, 2020
If a "curriculum" -- a set of instructional materials intended as a comprehensive course of study for a particular subject and grade level -- is well-aligned with state standards, it can help teachers deliver instruction that leads to students' mastery of those standards. However, most research suggests that curricula, in themselves, are…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Alignment (Education), State Standards
Wang, Elaine Lin; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Doan, Sy; Henry, Daniella; Lawrence, Rebecca Ann; Woo, Ashley; Kaufman, Julia H. – RAND Corporation, 2021
The authors of this report build on past studies by using survey data from a nationally representative sample to examine how middle and high school English language arts (ELA) and mathematics teachers use and perceive their instructional materials in terms of engagement, challenge, and usability. In addition, the authors use interview data to…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Alignment (Education), State Standards, Academic Standards
Wang, Elaine Lin; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Lawrence, Rebecca Ann; Kaufman, Julia H.; Woo, Ashley; Henry, Daniella – RAND Corporation, 2021
Just as teachers' perceptions of instructional materials influence what they do with those materials, school leaders' perceptions of instructional materials influence their decisions about how and how strongly to support teachers' material use. The authors address a gap in existing literature by identifying what school leaders regard as key…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Alignment (Education), State Standards
Doan, Sy; Grant, David; Henry, Daniella; Kaufman, Julia H.; Lawrence, Rebecca Ann; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Setodji, Claude Messan; Stelitano, Laura; Woo, Ashley; Young, Christopher J. – RAND Corporation, 2020
This technical report provides information about the sample, survey instrument, and resultant data for the American Instructional Resources Surveys (AIRS) that were administered to principals and teachers in spring 2020 via RAND's American Educator Panels. The AIRS focused on instructional resources used and supported in English language arts,…
Descriptors: Surveys, Instructional Materials, Language Arts, Mathematics Education
