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EngageNY is among the most commonly used curriculum materials for mathematics and English language arts (ELA).

• EngageNY was heavily used in New York state during the period of our analysis, but materials were accessed across the country.
• Teachers' use of EngageNY was particularly high in states that have adopted Common Core or similar standards.
• EngageNY mathematics materials were used at three times the rate of ELA materials across the country. However, ELA teachers may have used EngageNY more comprehensively than mathematics teachers.

High use of EngageNY was at least partly driven by educators' desire to help students meet state standards.

• Between 80 and 90 percent of teachers indicated that their district either required or recommended its use.
• State standards and district assessments influenced ELA teachers' use of EngageNY more than their use of other materials.
• While the open nature of EngageNY may encourage use, teachers did not cite "availability" more often as an influence for their use compared with other materials.

EngageNY gives students more opportunities to engage in standards-aligned practices compared with other materials.

• Mathematics teachers were more likely to indicate that EngageNY provided their students with opportunities to explain and justify their work and address goals with equal time and intensity compared with their other main instructional materials.
• ELA teachers were more likely to indicate that EngageNY provided their students with opportunities to read nonfiction texts of sufficient complexity and connect literacy instruction to other content, among other standards-aligned practices.

The purpose of this report is to better understand the uses of EngageNY in order to shed light on the channels through which open educational resources (OER) could better support teachers and the implementation of state standards. In this report, we use data from Google Analytics, surveys, and interviews with teachers from the RAND Corporation's American Teacher Panel to provide evidence about who is using EngageNY, reasons for its use, and the extent to which it is supporting teachers to address standards for mathematics and English language arts (ELA). EngageNY represents one of the first efforts to create coherent, standards-aligned OER curriculum materials. Early evidence suggests that EngageNY is among the most commonly used curriculum materials for mathematics and ELA in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Data from the American Teacher Panel suggests that high use of EngageNY curriculum materials across the United States was at least partly driven by educators' desire to help students meet state standards and prepare for assessments that are aligned with state standards. In particular, teachers in states that adopted Common Core or similar standards were 65 percent more likely to use EngageNY than those in non–Common Core states. The survey data also suggest that school district requirements and recommendations may be a prime reason why teachers used EngageNY. Our survey data suggest that EngageNY gives students more opportunities to engage in some standards-aligned practices compared with other instructional materials. Our research has implications for states, districts, and online providers of standards-aligned instructional materials.

• Chapter One

  Introduction

• Chapter Two

  Data and Methods

• Chapter Three

  Who Is Using EngageNY Curricula and What Elements Are They Using Most?

• Chapter Four

  What Explains the High Uptake of EngageNY?

• Chapter Five

  How Is EngageNY Supporting Teaching and Learning?

• Chapter Six

  Conclusions and Implications

• Appendix

  Additional Google Analytics Data