Why use the Program Comparison Tool?
The Program Comparison Tool assists teams in comparing educational programs and evaluating goodness of fit for their school or district. This tool includes programs with varying levels of quality, and does NOT constitute an “approved list” of programs, nor are these programs required. Contact your NeMTSS Regional Support Lead for guidance on selecting educational programs.
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Instructions
The Program Comparison Tool website organizes programs by specific skill within 5 general categories: Reading, Math, Writing, Oral Language and Social, Emotional and Behavioral.
Users may filter programs by evidence base to identify those with strong research support, based on ratings from the What Works Clearinghouse, Evidence for ESSA (ESSA) or the NeMTSS Evidence-Based Practice classification system. This filter can help users separate programs with strong research support from others. Programs can also be sorted by program name, specific skill or the date the program was last updated.
Additionally, users may filter programs by specific qualities:
- Grade
- Intended Population
- Intended Group Size
- ELL/DLL
- Multisensory Applications
- Computer-Based Delivery
Program Evaluation
- Educators are encouraged to use the Program Comparison Tool to make informed decisions when selecting programs for use in their school communities.
- Use the District/School Program Evaluation Worksheet to organize information from the Program Comparison Tool to make individualized program selection decisions: Download District/School Program Evaluation Worksheet
Research Information
- For more information about the research used to review Program Comparison Tool programs: Download Research Information Spreadsheet
Please Note:
- The Program Comparison Tool is updated on the first of every month.
- The information presented is correct and accurate to the best of our knowledge.
Additional Resources
Nebraska Instructional Materials Collaborative
The Nebraska Instructional Materials Collaborative website features high-quality, standards-aligned instructional material and offers Nebraska-specific guidance documents to ensure materials meet the expectations of Nebraska’s Content Area Standards.
Curriculum Navigation Reports
The Reading League’s Curriculum Navigation Reports support decisions related to instructional materials. These reports help educators understand which practices may be avoided, enhanced or supplemented in instruction and to determine which curriculum aligns best with findings from the Science of Reading and is suitable for their intended setting. The reports are not recommendations of particular programs; rather they serve as informational reports to help identify aligned practices within their curricula and opportunities to strengthen reading instruction.
Reading League’s CEG Reviewer Workbook
The Reading League’s Curriculum Evaluation Guidelines (CEG) Reviewer Workbook supports curriculum review teams in evaluating, rating and recording evidence of “red flags” within curricula. This resource highlights non-aligned practices that may be present in the areas of word recognition, language comprehension, reading comprehension, writing and assessment.
EdReports ELA Report
EdReports provides schools and districts with free reviews of K-12 instructional materials for English Language Arts, including comprehensive information about each program’s alignment to standards. ELA materials are reviewed in three formats: core comprehensive, core without foundational skills and supplemental with foundational skills. ELA materials are also reviewed for alignment to grade-level standards and five key components of reading instruction according to the Science of Reading.