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mackzoore sb
mackzoore sb
(Santa Barbara - United States)

I currently teach middle school science and math at the Laguna Blanca school in scenic Santa Barbara. I previously taught at the American Nicaraguan School in Managua, where I developed curriculum and taught physics, conceptual physics and earth ...

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About the Curriki Review System (CRS)


Tutorial: Reviewed Resources



What is it?


Find the best curriculum -- and make good curriculum great!

Using the Curriki Review System (CRS), content-area experts and teachers review and rate resources in the Curriki repository. CRS allows people seeking high-quality materials to find content in the Curriki repository that has already been vetted by subject-area experts.

  • Curriki members can nominate resources for review by CRS.

  • If you're looking for content, a CRS rating means someone has taken the time to evaluate the quality of the material.

  • If you are designing instructional materials, you can use the CRS criteria as a guide to help you create high-quality content.

  • If you're contributing content that is Protected or Public, your resources can be rated by CRS.

  • If you're interested in evaluating curriculum, you can volunteer to become a reviewer.


Where will I find CRS on Curriki?

On the home page, look for content featured under "Recently Reviewed" in the Contribute box:

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In the left navigation menu, see Reviewed Resources under Find, and access this CRS information page under Contribute:

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On the About Finding & Collecting page, see reviewed resources by subject:

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In search results, look for the sortable "Rating" column:

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In Advanced Search, look for the "Reviews: Any" option to filter your results to show top-rated resources:

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Above any reviewed resource, find the composite score, and on the Comments tab, find the numerical sub-scores and text review:


Who does the reviewing?

Subject matter experts and/or master teachers serve as a content specialists in math, science, social studies, and English language arts.

All members of Curriki can nominate resources for review. Reviewers in each subject work through a queue of nominated resources, usually in the order in which they were nominated. When a resource has been nominated, but not yet reviewed, the 'Nominate' link that appears in the resource header is replaced with the words 'Review Pending.' When the queue is empty, Curriki reviewers browse the site for resources to review.


What do reviews consist of?

Materials are assessed in three categories: appropriate pedagogy, content accuracy, and technical completeness. Reviewers submit both a numerical rating and textual feedback, assigning one of four possible scores:

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For more information about the three categories, and how materials are assessed, please visit the CRS Collection.


See Top-Rated Resources

View Resources

The results show all of the reviewed resources on Curriki, listed alphabetically. Use Advanced Search to filter by subject, grade level, or instructional type, or click the headings of the results table to sort.