WJCC review committee recommends Kiddom Virginia Math for K–5, citing SOL alignment and broad teacher support

The division’s elementary math review committee recommended adoption of Kiddom Virginia Math for kindergarten through grade 5 after a three‑phase selection process and broad teacher review.

Presenters said the process began with a request for proposals, proceeded through a stakeholder review and finished with an intensive phase in which teachers at every elementary school reviewed print copies of teacher and student materials. The review committee comprised 32 members representing school board, central office staff, elementary administrators, classroom teachers, math specialists and parents. During phase 3, roughly 286 teachers and administrators (about 75% of elementary staff) provided feedback on alignment, instructional design and supports for differentiated instruction.

Committee members and staff said the selection prioritized alignment to the revised 2023 Virginia mathematics standards of learning, evidence‑based instructional design (including a concrete‑representational‑abstract progression), resources for differentiation and vendor professional learning. The committee reported that Kiddom best matched the division’s criteria and noted that Kiddom had been approved earlier by the Virginia Board of Education as part of the state textbook review cycle.

The division said early implementation planning is already underway, including summer professional learning for math specialists and administrators, planning for classroom walkthroughs and possible addition of two elementary CLP days in the 2025‑26 calendar to ensure teachers have implementation time.

The committee recommended the adoption to the board; staff said the board will receive a purchase request and an implementation timeline for approval at a subsequent board meeting.