The Office of Standards and Instruction provides resources to support districts and schools as they develop and implement high-quality, culturally responsive instruction designed to help all students achieve the expectations set forth in the NYS Learning Standards. In addition to the below, please see the individual content area pages for resources specific to the content areas.
The Science of Reading Literacy Briefs
These briefs were produced by Dr. Nonie K. Lesaux, Professor of Education and Human Development at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Katie C. Carr, M.Ed. The new literacy briefs may be used to strengthen knowledge of evidence-based literacy practices in PK-12 education.
- Briefs Roadmap
- Brief 1: Science of Reading: What is it?
- Brief 2: Science of Reading: Debunking Common Myths
- Brief 3: Science of Reading: The Role of Writing
- Brief 4: Science of Reading: The PreK Years
- Brief 5: Science of Reading: The Elementary Years
- Brief 6: Science of Reading: The Secondary Years
- Brief 7: Science of Reading: Leading for Literacy
- Glossary of Key Terms
Find more information relating to the literacy initiative in New York State at the Literacy Initiative webpage.
Numeracy Briefs
These briefs were produced by Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Professor of Education at the University of Michigan, and TeachingWorks, a project at the University of Michigan. The numeracy briefs are grounded in research, written for educators, and provide specific and useful information to support evidence-based P-12 mathematical teaching practice.
- Briefs Roadmap
- Brief 1: The Research Base for Mathematics Teaching and Learning
- Brief 2: Debunking Myths about Mathematics Teaching and Learning
- Brief 3: High-Leverage Mathematical Content
- Brief 4: High-Leverage Instructional Practices
- Brief 5: Assessments of and for Student Learning
- Brief 6: The Role and Challenges of Using Representations
- Brief 7: Understanding, Using, and Modifying Curriculum Materials
- Brief 8: The Role of Leadership
Find more information relating to the numeracy initiative in New York State at the Numeracy Initiative Webpage .
The New York State Education Department discontinued support for the EngageNY.org website on July 7, 2022. The NYSED encourages educators to download any EngageNY content they wish to use in the future from our archive sites below.
All ELA and mathematics curriculum files will be available at the links below, and will remain free and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) license.
Archived EngageNY Curriculum Files:
Grades 3-8 ELA and Mathematics Test Materials:
EngageNY Video Library Archive
All videos that were posted on EngageNY are available from our YouTube or Vimeo accounts:
Questions regarding this change may be directed to the Standards and Instruction office.