FREE Illustrative Mathematics 6–8 Math Curriculum Now Open

FREE Illustrative Mathematics 6–8 Math Curriculum Now Open

One of my favorite websites for math has been Illustrative Mathematics, an incredible resource for K-12 mathematics instruction. That is why I was so excited by the news that they have just released a NEW 6–8 Grade Math curriculum as an Open Educational Resource, which means it is FREE!.

You can
 explore the curriculum here. Please note, even though you had login information to our sample materials environment, you’ll need to create a new login on the curriculum site to access the full materials. 

Here is what their website reports:

We’ve been raving about this curriculum for months. Today I want you to hear from the educators who used the curriculum last year, and whose feedback helped to enhance the materials. See what they had to say. Here’s my personal favorite, from instructional coach David Pascarand of Tumwater School District:

"Student engagement has gone through the roof. There's a buzz in our math classrooms."

It warms our hearts to read these words, and to think that we might elevate mathematics education by giving away curriculum of this exceptional quality.

ABOUT OPEN UP RESOURCES

Open Up Resources is a nonprofit developing the highest quality full-course curricula available to districts, provided for free to promote instructional equity.

We partner with the country’s foremost materials experts to develop exceptional curriculum and deliver essential implementation support, from professional development to printing. Our mission is to provide students and educators with equal access to superb, standards-aligned core programs.

Our curricula are all:

• Tailor-built to standards.
• Designed with embedded supports for English language learners and students with disabilities.
• Refined in large-scale district pilots before being released as OER.

Our middle school math program, authored by noted mathematician and standards author Bill McCallum and his team at Illustrative Mathematics, received an exceptional review from Getting Smart’s math specialist. 

Our K–5 English language arts program, developed by nationally renowned curriculum author EL Education, engages students in texts and tasks that are challenging, adventurous, and meaningful.

IN THE NEWS

• Open Educational Resources Movement Scales Up (EdWeek)
• 30 Middle Schools to Pilot OER Math Curricula (THE Journal)
• School Systems Desperate for Standards-Aligned Curricula Find Hope (OpenSource)

EXPLORE OUR CURRICULUM

• Join a weekly webinar for an overview of our math + ELA curricula.
• Access the math curriculum.
• Sample the ELA curriculum.
• Hear teachers using the Illustrative Math curriculum describe their experience in this short video.

DEEPER LEARNING

• Watch standards author Bill McCallum discuss curricular coherence using examples from Illustrative Mathematics 6–8 Math here.
• View the recent Future Ready webinar on district-scale approaches to OER, featuring speakers Superintendent Matt Miller and our Chief Evangelist Karen Vaites.