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Publication Date: 2025-Jul-31
Pages: 130
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Building State Capacity and Strategies to Promote High-Quality Instructional Materials: Implementation and Outcomes of the High-Quality Instructional Materials and Professional Development Network. Research Report. RR-A3948-1
Susan Bush-Mecenas; Sy Doan; Ivy Todd; Melissa Kay Diliberti; Lauren Covelli; Sabrina Lee; Zhan Okuda-Lim
RAND Corporation
Instructional materials, such as printed textbooks and digital resources, are a cornerstone of education in kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) education and represent a powerful lever for improving classroom instruction. Historically, the selection of instructional materials in the United States has been predominantly led by local school districts, allowing material selection to be tailored to the specific needs of students and educators. Although this decentralized approach is intended to ensure local alignment, critics argue that it creates inefficiencies, neglects best practices, and contributes to disparities in instructional quality across districts. Over the past two decades, state education agencies (SEAs) have increasingly expanded their roles in this process, encouraging the adoption of state-approved instructional materials and aligned professional learning (PL) opportunities to improve instructional quality and better align materials with state standards. The Council of Chief State School Officers' (CCSSO's) High-Quality Instructional Materials and Professional Development (IMPD) Network provides member states with several resources, including a dedicated coach, structured in-person convenings guided by IMPD leadership, and opportunities for peer learning to promote the use of HQIM in their states. This report presents thorough documentation of how the IMPD Network supports the work of policymakers in their member states and whether these efforts have translated to increased access to high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) and high-quality PL (HQPL) opportunities for teachers in their states.
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Media Selection, Faculty Development, Program Implementation, Partnerships in Education, State Agencies, Consortia, Educational Improvement, Decision Making, Educational Policy, Capacity Building, State Policy, Program Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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