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Murrieta trustees hear teacher-backed proposals to adopt Benchmark Advance literacy and I-Ready math for elementary grades
Summary
After multi-month pilots and teacher consensus votes, district staff recommended adopting Benchmark Advance for K-1 literacy and I-Ready for elementary math, citing vertical alignment, ELD supports and digital assessments; teachers reported strong pilot support and materials are on public display for 30 days.
Teachers and district curriculum staff presented recommendations to the Murrieta Valley Unified School District Board of Education to adopt new elementary instructional materials after a multi-stage pilot process.
For English language arts, K-1 teachers recommended Benchmark Advance, a knowledge-building curriculum with aligned texts, consumable readers, ELD resources and home activity calendars. District presenters said 77% of pilot teachers voted in favor of the adoption and that printed materials and samples are available in school lobbies for a 30-day public review period.
On elementary mathematics, the adoption team piloted multiple vendors and reported a…
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