Instructional Materials

Before purchasing new instructional materials, please use the resources below.

If you have identified that your current instructional materials do not meet these standards or are not effectively serving your students, this document outlines a simple process to follow. We have synthesized the work of many reputable HQIM sources to provide you with a clear and concise guide to the HQIM selection process.

SD Catholic HQIM .pdf

Selecting Instructional Materials

Ed Reports is an independent nonprofit that provides reviews of K-12 instructional materials

Louisiana Believes uses a tiered-rating system to provide scores on instructional materials

MA Department of Ed shares instructional materials reviews by teachers as well as rubrics that can be used in your selection process.

English Learners Success Forum Free resources, activities, and scaffolds that can be strategically built into lessons and units to deepen and accelerate English learners’ content area learning over time.

Instructional Materials Articles & Tools

Other Instructional Materials Review Sites

SDCOE Learning Resource Display Center

Please contact Cindy Dunlevy: cidunlevy@sdcoe.net or Jonathan Hunt: jonathan.hunt@sdcoe.net to schedule an appointment at the SDCOE Learning Resources Display Center

SD Catholic Instructional Materials

Social Studies Instructional Materials

Religion Instructional Materials

ELA Instructional Materials

Supplemental & Intervention Materials

Math Instructional Materials

Science Instructional Materials

World Languages Instructional Materials

Note: There are also FREE Open Educational Resources (OERs) that have solid reviews. Did you know that there are now Open Source (OER) instructional materials for middle school science?