ONE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE’S PERCEPTIONS OF HIGH-QUALITY MATERIALS

This paper highlights aspects of the curriculum adoption process that may have previously been overlooked—the degree to which the curriculum committee has a shared view with one another of material quality, including committee members’ views about material appropriateness and the alternatives they would recommend for students. We highlight one curriculum committee’s perspectives, which were generally coherent with one another with respect to their views of material quality and appropriateness. In addition to describing details of the project, we share key insights and make recommendations for how other districts might attend to these aspects of a curriculum series adoption that promote more inclusive mathematics experiences for all students.