Our Mission
We strive to make curriculum implementation a joyful experience for all educators.
Our Core Values and Beliefs
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Implementation integrity is more important than fidelity. As the song says, “It’s ain’t whatcha do, its the way ‘atcha do it!”
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Teachers differ in how they approach a new curriculum adoption. Differences are assets to be celebrated, not risks to be managed.
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Leaders have the power to generate meaningful conversations with teachers about what implementation integrity looks like in their context.
We all have a role to play.
Curriculum Providers...
The role of a curriculum company is to translate evidence-based practice into high quality instructional materials.
Teachers...
The role of the teacher is to generate practice-based evidence by implementing the curriculum with integrity (not fidelity!).
Leaders...
The role of the leader is to empower teachers to hold better conversations about what integrity looks like and how to get there.
Curriculum Adoption Profile
("My Teaching CAP")
There is no wrong way to approach a curriculum adoption or implementation. Whether you are an Eager Elena, Skeptical Skylar, Judicious Jermaine, Cautious Carlos, or a Fatigued Fatima, each of us has something valuable to contribute to our school’s implementation. The Teaching CAP is a great conversation starter for any school during any year of implementation.
The Curriculum Implementation Checkup
The CIC is a groundbreaking instructional reflection tool that generates conversation about the maturity of your curriculum implementation. Drawing from recent advances in the implementation sciences, teachers rate their instruction using a maturity framework consisting of four levels: 1 - Initiating, 2 - Installing, 3 - Implementing, and 4 - Integrating.
The Early Implementation Survey
The EIS measures teacher self-reported experiences all of the professional learning and resources associated with a new curriculum implementation (including training, coaching, materials, and resources). Leaders can use this tool to identify needs and support resources early on in an implementation before key instructional habits are formed.
The Sustaining Implementation Survey
The SIS measures teacher implementation of the instructional model embedded with the curriculum, as well as use of key curricular resources. It applies a retrospective pretest design to measure perceived impact of the curriculum on teaching practices and student learning. Teacher perspectives gathered via a survey can be compared to a coaching observation to identify gaps in perceived implementation.
Rapid Cycle Impact Evaluation
Generate practice-based evidence about what ACTUALLY WORKS in your context. This evaluation is a quick, rapid cycle study to help you evaluate the relationship between teacher implementation integrity and student performance.
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Note: This tool should be used in concert with the Curriculum Implementation Checkup or with another rubric-based measure of implementation integrity.
How We Partner
K-12 Districts
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Curriculum & Edtech Providers
K-12 Schools
Researchers
We help curriculum and edtech providers develop tools to define and measure implementation integrity of their curriculum, product, or service model.
We offer simple, no-nonsense tools to help schools drive implementation integrity.
We help education researchers develop tools to equitably measure implementation, and advocate for alternative methods for curriculum impact evaluation beyond quant-only studies. We "go beyond ESSA."
Get Started
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