This advisory recommendation has not been approved by the State Instructional Quality Commission

or the State Board of Education.

REVIEW PANEL ADVISORY RECOMMENDATION

2015ELA/ELD ADOPTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Publisher / Program / Grade Level(s)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Escalate English©2017 / 4–8

Program Summary:

Escalate English©2017(Program 5) includes: Teacher Edition (TE), Student Edition (SE), Activity Book (AB), Browse Magazine (BM), Online Dashboard (OD).

Recommendation:

Escalate English©2017(Program 5) is recommendedfor adoption because the programincludes content as specified in the CA ELD Standards, meetsall identified subset of standards in Criterion 2fully, and meetsall the Criteria in Category 1 with strengths in Categories 2–5. Edits and corrections required as a condition of adoption are listed on the last page of this document under the “Edits and Corrections” section.

Criteria Category 1: ELA/ELD Content/Alignment with Standards

The program supportsteaching to the subset of CA ELD Standards identified in Appendix 12-B: Matrix 2, and covers all of the evaluation criteria in Category 1.

Citations:

  • Criterion #2: Some Exemplars of Standards:Grade 4, PI.4.1.Em-Ex-Br: TE, Vol 1, p. 231; Grade 5,PI.5.3.Em-Ex-Br: SE, p. 90; Grade 6,PII.6.1.Em-Ex-Br: SE, pp. 278–283; Grade 7, PII.7.6.Em-Ex-Br: AB, p. 142; Grade 8, PI.8.2.Em-Ex-Br: SE, pp. 88–89.
  • Criterion #9g: Grade 7, BM, pp. v–vii.
  • Criterion #14: Grade 6, TE, Vol 1, p. 2c.
  • Criterion #15: Grade 5, TE, Vol 1, p. 120.
  • Criterion #16: Grade 4, TE, Vol 1, pp. 124–125.
  • Criterion #18: Grade 7, SE, pp. 194–197.
  • Criterion #19: Grade 8, AB, p. 51.

Criteria Category 2: Program Organization

The organization and features of the instructional materialssupportinstruction and learning of the CA ELD Standards.

Citations:

  • Criterion #3: Grade 4, TE, Vol 1, pp. 2–3.
  • Criterion #8: Grade 7, TE, Vol 1, p. 62.
  • Criterion #9: Grade 8, SE, pp. 22–23.
  • Criterion #10: Grade 8, SE, pp. 44–47.
  • Criterion #12c: Grades 4–8, OD, Grade 5, Program Assessments, Student Writing Models, Explore the Student Writing Models here.
  • Criterion #12g: Grade 6, SE, pp. 86–87.

Criteria Category 3:Assessment

The instructional materialsprovide teachers with assistance in using assessments for planning instruction, strategies for meeting the instructional needs of students, and measuring the effectiveness of instruction through progress monitoring.

Citations:

  • Criterion #1a: Grades 4–8, OD, Grade 4, Program Assessments, How English Works Lesson Assessments, Explore How English Works Assessments, Printable Assessments, Unit 1.
  • Criterion #1b: Grades 4–8, OD, Grade 5, Program Assessments, Minute-by-Minute Assessment Tracker, Access the Minute-by-Minute Assessment Tracker here.
  • Criterion #2: Grades 4–8, OD, Grade 6, Program Assessments, Unit Assessments, Explore Unit Assessments, Online Assessments Unit 1.
  • Criterion #5: Grade 7, TE, Vol 2, p. 578.
  • Criterion #7: Grades 4–8, OD, Grade 8, Program Assessments, Minute-by-Minute Assessment Tracker, Access the Minute-by-Minute Assessment Tracker here.

Criteria Category 4: Universal Access

Program materialsensure universal and equitable access to high-quality curriculum and instruction for students so they can meet or exceed the expectations as described in the CA ELD Standards, and provide teachers with the necessary content and pedagogical tools to help English learners to achieve proficiency with the CA ELD Standards.

Citations:

  • Criterion #1: Grade 4, TE, Vol 1, p. 189.
  • Criterion #2: Grade 5, TE, Vol 1, p. 85.
  • Criterion #6: Grades 4–8, OD, Grade 8, Program Assessments, Minute-by-Minute Assessment Tracker, Access the Minute-by-Minute Assessment Tracker here.
  • Criterion #3b: Grade 7, TE, Vol 1, p. 62.
  • Criterion #5: Grades 4–8, OD, Grade 6, Student eBook, Contents, Select Unit, Select Text, Audio.

Criteria Category 5: Instructional Planning and Teacher Support

The instructional materials containa clear road mapfor teachers to follow when planning instruction and are designed to help teachers provide effective standards-based instruction and ensure opportunities for students to learn the essential skills and knowledge specified for in the CA ELD Standards.

Citations:

  • Criterion #2: Grade 5, TE, Vol 1, p. 88.
  • Criterion #6: Grade 4, TE, Vol 1, pp. 2–3.
  • Criterion #7: Grade 7, SE, p. 20.
  • Criterion #8: Grade 5, TE, Vol 2, p. 444.
  • Criterion #19: Grade 4–8, OD, Grade 4, Teachers Resources, Family Letters, Explore the Family Letters here, Unit 1.
  • Criterion #25: Grade 8, TE, Vol 1, pp. R89–R112.
  • Criterion #27: Grade 6, TE, Vol 1, pp. R55–R78.

Edits and Corrections:

The following edits and corrections must be made as a condition of adoption.

  1. Grade 4, SE, p. x: Spelling error,"Litlle" should be "Little".
  2. Grade 4, TE, Vol 1, p T8:Spelling error, "Litlle" should be "Little".
  3. Grade 7,SE, p. 173: "more than three times longer than a football field” should be “longer than a football field”.
  4. Grade 7,TE, Vol 2, p. 507: "more than three times longer than a football field” should be “longer than a football field”.

California Department of Education

August 17, 2015

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