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)
HMH Intervention Solutions (formerly Scholastic, Inc.) / California Read 180 Universal System / 4–8

Program Summary:

California Read 180 Universal System(Program 4) includes: Getting Started (GS), Workshop (WS), Whole-Group Lesson (WG), Small-Group Lesson (SG), Back Matter (BM), Interim Performance Task (IPT), End-of-Year Performance Task (EYPT), Reading Comprehension (RC), Language & Convention (L), Writing (W), Speaking & Listening (SL), Foundational Reading Guide (FRG), Resources for Differentiating Instruction (RDI).

Recommendation:

California Read 180 Universal System(Program 4) is recommended for adoption because the program includescontent as specified in the CA CCSS for ELA, meets all identified subset of standards in Criterion 1 fully, and meets all 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 CCSS for ELA identified in Appendix 12-B: Matrix 1, and covers all of the evaluation criteria in Category 1.

Citations:

  • Criterion #1: L.2.1f: LSpace WS6:p. 325; Teacher Space WS6: L6.19 SG; RDI: L-Conventions of Standard English,pp. 58a–b; L.5.1b:Teacher Space, BM, Meeting Individual Needs—English Language Development; L.8.1a: RDI: L-Conventions of Standard English, p. 41a–b; L.4.1c: RDI: L-Conventions of Standard English, p. 128a.
  • Criterion #7: R180 Individualized Learning Technology, Reading Zone; LSpace WS1,pp. 54–61.
  • Criterion #11: RDI: RC-Fluency, pp. 144a–145b.
  • Criterion #12: FRG–Decodable Digest, pp. 238–257.
  • Criterion #15: Teacher Space, WS2: L2.4–2.5.
  • Criterion #19: LSpace WS3: p. 176; LSpace, WS5: pp. 285–287.
  • Criterion #20: Teacher Space, WS4: L4.24; EYPT, pp. 340–341.

Criteria Category 2: Program Organization

The organization and features of the instructional materialssupportinstruction and learning of the CA CCSS for ELA.

Citations:

  • Criterion #1: Independent Reading, Teaching Supports, Overviews; Teacher Space, Scope and Sequence, ELA Content Standards Alignment.
  • Criterion #3: Whole Group/Small Group Planning and Pacing Guide.
  • Criterion #6: LSpace: WS2: pp. 76–81, pp. 100–101; WS4: pp. 188–193, pp. 212–213; WS5: pp. 238–243, pp. 260–261.
  • Criterion #7: RDI: FRG–Routines, pp. 529–553.
  • Criterion #10: Teacher Space, WS4: L4.

Criteria Category 3:Assessment

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

Citations:

  • Criterion #1a: Assessment Analytics Overview, pp. 1b, 2c–2d.
  • Criterion #1b: Assessment, Reading Progress Overview.
  • Criterion #2: LSpace, Performance Task, IPT pp. 178–187; EYPT pp. 332–341.
  • Criterion #5: Teacher Space: GS: GS8Whole Group.
  • Criterion #6: Assessment, Read 180, System 44 Foundational Reading Assessments, Progress Monitoring.

Criteria Category 4: Universal Access

Program materials ensure 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 CCSS for ELA, and provide teachers with the necessary content and pedagogical tools to teach students the CA CCSS for ELA.

Citations:

  • Criterion #2: Teacher Space, BM, p. 68.
  • Criterion #4: Teacher Space, BM, pp. 18–36.
  • Criterion #3d: RDI: FRG, Routines p. 545.
  • Criterion #6: Teacher Space, WS2: LS 2.1.

Criteria Category 5: Instructional Planning and Teacher Support

The instructional materials contain a 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 CCSS for ELA.

Citations:

  • Criterion #2: Teacher Space, WS1: L1.8 SG; WS4: L4.11 SG; WS5: L5.1 WG/SG.
  • Criterion #5: Teacher Space, WS2: L2.1 WG; WS3: L3.2 SG; WS6: L6.16 WG/SG; Standards Alignments, Content Area Standards Alignment, ELA Standards Alignment.
  • Criterion #11: Workshop Assessment, 1–6 Interim Assessment a–b, End-of-Workshop Assessment a–b.
  • Criterion #19: Classroom Management Support, Family Standards Letter.
  • Criterion #20: Planning and Pacing Guide.

Edits and Corrections:

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

  1. RC Key Ideas/Details & Integration of Ideas: Pagination (ex. RC18c  RC 149a – RC 150d  RC 19a).
  2. RC Introduction: Missing p. RC I_6.
  3. Quick Writes & Graphic Organizers: Some titles organized using “The…”; other titles ignore “The…”. Same with titles including numbers such as “24/7…”.
  4. WS1, p. 32 (concept map): Change “In each circle, write word or phrase that you associate with justice” to “In each circle, write word or phrase that you associate with the abstract term justice”.
  5. WS1, p. 34, Foundational Skills: “newwords” should be “new words”.

© California Department of Education

August 17, 2015

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