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District recommends Amplify Desmos Math after three‑year review; staff to collect feedback before adoption
Summary
The district’s elementary math curriculum review team reported Feb. 11 that Amplify Desmos Math rose to the top after three years of listening, professional learning and field testing. Staff will gather family and teacher feedback before returning with a final recommendation for adoption and a professional‑learning plan.
Bend‑La Pine Schools officials on Feb. 11 told the board their three‑year math curriculum review has concluded field testing and identified Amplify Desmos Math as the recommended K–8 program.
Julie Richards, director of elementary curriculum and instruction, and Carrie Morton, the district’s lead math coach, outlined the multi‑year process: listening sessions with students, teachers and community members; a year of intensive professional learning for a curriculum review team; and annual field testing of three candidate programs. “We field tested 3 different curriculums and 1 of those rose to the top. That curriculum is Amplify Desmos Math,” Richards said.
Nut graf: The district’s recommendation highlights curriculum strengths that educators and field testers…
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