Achieve

This grant would enable Achieve to field test and refine rubrics for evaluating OER quality and alignment with national Common Core learning standards. These rubrics, generated from an earlier Hewlett Foundation grant, will be tested through offline focus groups and an online platform that Achieve will either build or adapt from existing tools. A key author of the Common Core State Standards, Achieve is recognized nationally for its work to raise academic standards in all states and recently received half of the federal Race to the Top funding for reforming assessment designs. It is therefore well positioned to push validated quality evaluation and alignment tools into the hands of schools and districts nationwide, especially tools embedded in technology platforms that use best practices for information design. This grant is key to this effort and would further both the Deeper Learning and OER components of the Education Program's strategy.