BROOKINGS INSTITUTE STUDY FOCUSES ON IMPORTANCE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The white paper asserts “that instructional materials affect student achievement as much as any key factor, including effective teaching, and yet the research base is weak or nonexistent for most of the materials used in classrooms. That, they argue, must be remedied by changes in policy.” http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2012/04/a_call_for_research_on_effecti.html