Kindergarten Report Overview

Students and teachers using the materials as designed will not devote a majority of time in Kindergarten on the major work of the grade. The materials are not coherent or consistent with the standards, and assessments were not available in the teacher and student editions. However, if a teacher were to use the student worksheets as assessments than several future grade-level assessments exist. About 49 percent of the content are on the major work of the grade. An additional 20 percent of the time is spent on the supporting/additional clusters; however, these lessons are treated separately and therefore not counted as a part of the major work. Finally, 26 percent of the time is spent on either topics not in the CCSSM or on off grade-level material. Of note, Kindergarten Math in Focus is viable for a school year. Overall, the materials do not provide a focus on the major work nor are the materials coherent. Materials were not reviewed for Gateway 2.