Mcgraw Hill Illustrative Mathematics Grade 8 Answer Key

Organizational Info

Curriculum development and professional learning to support the curriculum

Illustrative Mathematics was approved for the PLPG in July 2021.

The "Types of support we offer" and "Our curriculum expertise" are evaluated and approved by Rivet Education; all other information is self-reported. We recommend that you confirm details with each partner directly.

How are partners selected for the PL Partner Guide?

All of the professional learning partners featured in the Guide undergo a thorough review process by a team of expert reviewers from across the country.

Each applicant must demonstrate expertise in providing high-quality, curriculum-aligned support to schools and school systems.

Rivet Education evaluates this information

Rivet Education evaluates partners' expertise in a three-step process. Applicants submit sample professional learning materials, like training presentations, handouts, guidebooks, course syllabi, or coaching notes. Our expert reviewers evaluate the materials against criteria to assess if the organization provides significant evidence of robust, HQIM-aligned professional learning services.

Partners that meet these criteria are profiled in the PLPG. Rivet Education approves partners for specific curriculum and phases of support.

See our Scoring & Evidence Guide for more details.

Adopting a curriculum
Launching a curriculum
Ongoing support for teachers
Ongoing support for leaders

What are these phases?

These phases refer to the distinct areas of support (adoption, launch, ongoing for teachers, ongoing for leaders) that PL partners provide to schools and school systems to support curriculum adoption and implementation.

Adoption: Services to help educators review and purchase a new curriculum.

Launch: Initial training for teachers and school leaders after they purchase a new curriculum on how to use it to support student learning.

Ongoing for Teachers: Ongoing support and coaching for teachers focused on effective use of their curriculum.

Ongoing for Leaders: Ongoing support and coaching for leaders on how to support the effective implementation of curriculum.

Our curriculum expertise

Rivet Education approved

Rivet Education approved Rivet Education evaluates this information

Rivet Education evaluates this information

Partners that meet these criteria are profiled in the PLPG. Rivet Education approves partners for specific curriculum and phases of support.

See our Scoring & Evidence Guide for more details.

We are the author/publisher

What does this certification mean?

Four authors/publishers offer official certification programs to organizations or specific facilitators. Unless specifically indicated, Rivet Education makes no claim that a publisher authorizes, approves, sponsors, or endorses any professional learning provider.

EL Education has partnered with select professional learning providers through a philanthropically-funded pilot certification program designed to build knowledge around the content, structure, and intent of the EL Education K-5 Language Arts curriculum. In the final phase of the program, participants from each partner organization demonstrated expertise in facilitating curriculum-aligned professional learning in a real-world context.

Illustrative Mathematics: Professional Learning certified by Illustrative Mathematics is delivered through our IM Certified Facilitators, who undergo a rigorous qualification and training process to gain mastery in delivering impactful professional learning experiences based on the author's intent. IM Certified Facilitators deliver learning educators need, in a variety of formats, including onsite academies and live virtual classrooms.

Open Up Resources (OUR) vets professional learning partners to guarantee OUR customers receive the highest quality professional learning. The vetting process includes a comprehensive certification process that ensures professional learning providers are OUR curricula experts with the experience necessary to provide professional learning that leads to efficacious implementation of OUR curricula.

Zearn's Certified Advisors are expert professional learning coaches that work side-by-side with district and school leaders to engage in cycles of planning, observation, data analysis, and coaching throughout Zearn Math implementation. Certified Advisors are individuals at partner professional learning organizations who have taken part in an intensive training program to become experts in Zearn Math.

OpenSciEd is growing a community of certified professional learning providers. OpenSciEd-Certified organizations include partners who helped to develop the materials and professional learning as well as organizations newer to OpenSciEd who have demonstrated deep understanding of the professional learning goals and pedagogy. Certified organizations collaborate and learn from each other in an online community as they work together to meet the unique needs of teachers, administrators, instructional coaches, and district leaders to revolutionize classrooms with OpenSciEd's materials.

Math

Kendall Hunt's Illustrative Mathematics 6-8 Math (2019)
Kendall Hunt's Illustrative Mathematics Traditional (2019)
LearnZillion Illustrative Mathematics 6-8 Math (2019)
LearnZillion Illustrative Mathematics Traditional (2019)
McGraw-Hill Illustrative Mathematics 6-8 Math (2020)

What is a high-quality curriculum?

Rivet defines HQIM in ELA, Math, and Science as those rated 'Meets Expectations' on EdReports in all grade levels for their grade band (K–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12).

Rivet also defines HQIM in science as those that are rated 'High Quality NGSS Design' or 'High Quality NGSS Design if Improved' on the EQuIP rubric and have at least two units per grade band.

If your curriculum is not listed, then it does not meet these criteria or has not been reviewed to date.

Our team

51+ facilitators/coaches

11-25% are non-white

Where we work

We have worked here

We are also willing to work here

We have worked here

We are also willing to work here

Types of districts that we have experience working with

Traditional District
Charter
Private
Parochial
Urban
Rural
Suburban
Fewer than 2,500 students
2,500 to 10,000 students
10,000 to 50,000 students
50,001 to 100,000 students
More than 100,000 students
Greater than 60% of economically disadvantaged students
Greater than 20% of English language learners
Greater than 20% of students with disability
Greater than 80% students of color

Why is this important?

The purpose of the Guide is to support educators in part by focusing district demand on services that are most likely to lead to the adoption and strong implementation of HQIM. By highlighting the type of clients PL providers are best designed to serve, schools and school systems can evaluate whether a particular provider would be a good fit for them.

More about this partner

Single-day service cost

This estimate is the average cost of one day of on-site support with a single facilitator. It is for comparative purposes only. Please contact the provider for exact pricing.

$3,000–$4,999

How we build district capacity for curriculum implementation

Our PL for instructional leaders provides resources to support teacher onboarding, collaborative planning, and feedback and coaching. The IM Learning Lab supports districts in planning, iterating, and evaluating implementation strategies. The Collaborative Measurement Program brings together district leaders to study IM's measurement tools to drive improvement and to share lessons learned. The IM Math Leaders Forum meets monthly to discuss how to support teachers with implementation and reflect on the impact of shared strategies.

Why is this important?

It is important for PL providers to have a gradual release plan with the schools and districts they work with. This response highlights how this provider builds capacity within a school system to effectively support the implementation of high-quality curriculum.

How we collaborate with other partners

IM collaborated with Partnership for LA Schools (PLAS) to support LAUSD's implementation of the IM K-5 Math beta pilot and IM 6–8 Math during the pandemic. Our collaboration consisted of regular meetings with transformation leaders to understand goals and needs, align on best practices such as culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy, get teacher feedback on the curriculum and digital platform, and develop a customized PL pathway for teachers and leaders.

Why is this important?

School systems often struggle to find cohesion when managing multiple professional learning partners who have different objectives and visions of success around high-quality curriculum. This response highlights the collaborative partnerships that this provider engages in to promote alignment of professional learning services within a district or system.

How we confront racism

Our PL currently does not directly address the ways racism operates in schools. However, our curriculum incorporates supports for culturally responsive pedagogy with the goal of disrupting patterns of inequity and we are currently revising our PL to make these supports more explicit to teachers. Both our curriculum and PL currently invite teachers to reflect on their beliefs, and make explicit the assumption that all students deserve access to grade-level mathematics and opportunities to explore mathematics and have their thinking valued.

Why is this important?

Implicit racism plays a major role in perpetuating achievement gaps in classrooms across the country. Rivet is committed to dismantling racism by connecting educators with professional learning partners who confront implicit racism through culturally responsive services that support teachers in providing high quality instruction to all students every day.

Sample professional learning services

Long-term services

The IM 6-12 Math Year 1 Package includes a launch session, IM Math Teach & Learn, and 8 virtual or in-person Unit Overviews for each grade level throughout the school year.
Target audience
- Teachers
- School-based coaches
- School leaders
- School system coaches and leaders
Delivery method

An initial launch session of 4 two-hour virtual sessions or 2 days in person, followed by 8 two-hour virtual or in-person sessions throughout the school year.
Preferred format
- Virtual: Synchronous
- Virtual: Asynchronous
- In-person
- Blended
Can be offered fully virtual

Yes

Short-term services

IM Math Teach and Learn is a curriculum implementation launch event, during which teachers and coaches gain first-hand experience and fluency with the IM Math Curriculum. It is offered as 4 two-hour virtual modules or 2 days in person.
Target audience
- Teachers
- School-based coaches
- School leaders
- School system coaches and leaders
Maximum participants

25
Delivery method

Services are offered as 4 two-hour virtual modules or 2 days in person.
Preferred format
- Virtual: Synchronous
- Virtual: Asynchronous
- In-person
- Blended
Can be offered fully virtual

Yes