Bringing research, materials, and practice together.

Educational leaders are often asked to make complex decisions at the intersection of standards, curriculum, assessment, literacy research, and classroom practice. We help make those decisions more manageable. Our work draws on deep experience with:

• Standards and alignment — understanding what high-quality instruction and materials should reflect.

• Curriculum and materials review — evaluating materials carefully and comprehensively to understand their strengths, limitations, and alignment.

• Assessment — examining how assessments support instructional goals and provide meaningful information about student learning.

• Adoption — helping leaders navigate the process of reviewing and selecting materials that meet the needs of their students and educators.

• Implementation — supporting the work that begins after the adoption decision, when materials need to become part of effective classroom practice.

• Enabling Structures — strengthening the system-wide professional learning, collaboration, and observation and feedback practices that support effective implementation.

• Evidence-based literacy practices — connecting research and evidence to the decisions educators make about instruction and materials.