Report Overview
Summary of Alignment & Usability: Creative Core Curriculum for Mathematics with STEM, Literacy and Art | Math
Product Notes
Print materials reviewed were:
- The teacher and student editions of the textbook (traditional),
- The Understanding Math through Arts Guide,
- The STEM Project Edition and the teacher and parent edition of the Video Arts Guide (Modeling Mathematics).
Digital copies were also made available for review.
Items not reviewed were:
- The Assessment Database,
- Interactive Homework System,
- AVIMBA Families web-based program,
- Reader Books,
- Universal Access Reteach Library,
- Teacher/Parent Guide,
- Focus Tutorial and K-5 Workbooks,
- Archway,
- And Student Facing Materials and AB Curriculum (STEAM).
TPS has informed EdReports.org that it does not agree that the reviewed elements constitute all the core materials for TPS Creative Core.
Math K-2
TPS Creative Core Curriculum's Grades K-2 does not meet the expectations for alignment to the Common Core State Standards and usability. Traditional student textbooks as well as STEM and Art projects are provided; however, materials do not spend the majority of instructional time on major work of the grades. The sequence in which topics are covered follows a successive rollout of individual standards and is not consistent with the logical structure as outlined by the CCSSM. Therefore, materials are lacking important connections between standards, clusters and/or domains where appropriate and required. Overall, the instructional materials included in this series lack mathematical focus and coherence.
Kindergarten
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1st Grade
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2nd Grade
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Math 3-5
TPS Creative Core Curriculum's Grades 3-5 does not meet the expectations for alignment to the Common Core State Standards and usability. Traditional student textbooks as well as STEM and Art projects are provided; however, materials do not spend the majority of instructional time on major work of the grades. The sequence in which topics are covered follows a successive rollout of individual standards and is not consistent with the logical structure as outlined by the CCSSM. Therefore, materials are lacking important connections between standards, clusters and/or domains where appropriate and required. Overall, the instructional materials included in this series lack mathematical focus and coherence.
3rd Grade
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4th Grade
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5th Grade
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Math 6-8
The materials reviewed for the Grades 6-8 do not meet the requirements for alignment to the CCSSM. The materials are explicitly shaped by the CCSSM but many aspects of focus and coherence are lacking. Assessment materials are supplemental and were not reviewed. There is limited connection made between supporting and major work, and there are no explicit connections made to prior knowledge. Even though all of the CCSSM are covered in the textbook, the coverage is minimal, leaving the STEM book to give greater depth to the standards. The STEM book leaves some parts of the standards out, students will not get extensive practice on all of grade-level problems. Overall the materials do not focus on major work or provide materials that are coherent and consistent with the standards.