Board adopts new K–8 math materials after district review and pilot

The Mount Diablo Unified School District board adopted new standards‑aligned mathematics materials for elementary and middle school instruction at its April 23 meeting after a multi‑stage review and pilot.

District curriculum staff described a selection process that began with a review of materials aligned to California’s 2023 Mathematics Framework, public comment periods, committee training on evaluation tools, publisher overviews and classroom pilots. The committee included K–8 teachers across the district; elementary pilots compared two products and middle school pilots compared two products.

After committee review the recommendation put forward to the board was McGraw Hill Reveal Math for K–8. Staff said the committee’s primary rationales were alignment to the new framework’s instructional shifts (inquiry, student discourse and real‑world tasks), built‑in language routines and translation supports, teacher usability of the digital platform and embedded tasks for student sense‑making.

Trustees voted unanimously (5–0) to adopt the materials. Staff outlined next steps: distributor orders and delivery of teacher materials, multi‑year professional development and site planning through school instructional leadership teams to implement the program with fidelity in the 2025–26 school year. A high‑school adoption is planned next year.

Trustees asked how the district will identify gaps after initial implementation and how intervention or supplemental materials would be selected; staff said the district will teach the new materials with fidelity, collect student data and then identify evidence‑backed supplemental resources where gaps arise. The board also approved a supplemental purchase of Do the Math kits for targeted intervention and summer programs (see consent actions).