September 5, 2025: Signals From the Field - CEMD
This week's Market Insights highlights signals from the field and the decisions shaping coherence as the school year gets underway.| CEMD
No two school districts look alike. Explore how geography, size, and student needs combine to create 13,000 unique realities across America’s public education landscape.| CEMD
As California prepares for its first statewide math curriculum adoption in over a decade, new reports from CEMD reveal both progress and persistent inequities in access to high-quality instructional materials.| CEMD
An analysis of math curriculum access in California high schools, highlighting adoption trends, persistent inequities, and what’s at stake as districts prepare for the 2025 math adoption.| CEMD
State adoption cycles strongly shape what instructional materials districts use. This blog highlights how the timing of adoptions is the clearest predictor of whether students have access to current, high-quality curricula — underscoring the critical role states play in promoting equity and coherence.| CEMD
A statewide look at how California’s elementary and middle school students are experiencing access to math materials in the lead-up to the 2025 adoption. This report pair highlights persistent reliance on outdated curricula, the equity gaps this creates, and the opportunities ahead for coherence and improvement.| CEMD
California’s 2025 math adoption comes at a decisive moment for the state’s 5.5 million students. This hub features a series of reports, briefs, and blogs that provide a statewide view of K–12 curriculum access.| CEMD
What curriculum are districts like yours choosing? This week’s Market Insights is a note from CEMD's Executive Director, Lora Kaiser.| CEMD
This week’s Market Insights showcases how systems are rethinking curriculum adoption to drive real instructional impact.| CEMD
This week's Market Insights highlights signals from the field and the decisions shaping coherence as the school year gets underway.| CEMD
This blog outlines how state education leaders can strengthen instructional coherence by aligning systems, leveraging HQIM, and learning from national examples. Drawing on new guidance from peer organizations and CEMD’s own research in ELA and math, it offers concrete actions SEAs can take to drive more consistent, effective student learning experiences.| CEMD
This week's Market Insights looks at how policy, practice, and aligned materials are shaping classrooms today.| CEMD
On August 4, 2025, EdWeek published an article citing Lora Kaiser and CEMD's ELA briefs on supplementing "high-quality" reading materials.| CEMD
This week's Market Insights reflects on how districts are navigating curriculum coherence amidst changes in the broader K-12 landscape| CEMD
California is entering its first math curriculum adoption since 2014—an inflection point that carries both statewide and national significance. With over 900 districts, the state’s approach to this adoption offers key insights into trends, challenges, and opportunities for expanding access to HQIM.| CEMD
As summer gives way to the new school year, this week's Market Insights focuses on the signals shaping classrooms across the country — from national ELA trends to key shifts in math and ELD policy.| CEMD
About one in four districts are layering foundational skills products on top of their ELA core. This brief explores why districts supplement, when it adds value, and when it may hinder coherence.| CEMD
Nearly half of districts report using more than one ELA program. This brief examines the implications of curriculum combinations – both strategic and improvised – on instructional coherence and system capacity.| CEMD
Districts are making more intentional curriculum decisions—and the data shows it. This brief explores how ELA adoption patterns are shifting away from lower-rated materials and toward programs that reflect research and standards.| CEMD
This week's Market Insights explores the theme of Less Noise, More Coherence: Rethinking Your Instructional Ecosystem.| CEMD
CEMD is a non profit organization committed to K 12 education research to help improve outcomes for underserved students.| CEMD
This three-part series unpacks national K–5 ELA curriculum trends to reveal shifts, gaps, and systems to support coherent, high-quality instruction.| CEMD
