Teaching · For Teachers

Rate every option on the same nine criteria, then compare.

Rate a program, kit or digital tool from its own sample lessons and teacher guide, note the evidence for each rating and enter the cost. The summary totals the score, puts any deal-breaker first and works out the cost per student per year, ready to compare with the next option.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the For Teachers toolkit, $79 for 72 items.

The materials rubric

One record per material, under its own code. Download the CSV to compare options side by side. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · For Teachers$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each material, nine criterion ratings with evidence and a cost calculation, with totals, deal-breakers, strengths and cost per student per year.
Who it is for
Curriculum committees, instructional leaders, teachers and district staff choosing core programs, interventions and digital tools.
Format
Browser rubric. Several saved records; printed with the summary or as a blank rubric for each reviewer; CSV with one row per material for side-by-side comparison; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the For Teachers toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The For Teachers space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
Drawn for this page. Rate every option on the same criteria, and the choice is easier to explain.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with a code for the material.
  2. Enter the title, kind, subject and who is reviewing.
  3. Rate each criterion from the materials themselves, and record the evidence.
  4. Enter cost per student, students, one-time costs and years.
  5. Repeat for each option and compare them in the CSV.

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What the rubric is for

Criteria that matter

Independent reviews of instructional materials look first at alignment to the standards and at whether the approach follows research on how the subject is learned, then at usability for teachers and support for every student. Accessibility deserves its own line: materials bought today should work with assistive technology and include captions and readable text from the start.

Ratings need evidence

A rating is only as good as the evidence behind it. Reviewers should rate from sample lessons, the teacher guide and the assessments, not from marketing, and two reviewers rating independently before agreeing produces sturdier scores.

What this rubric is not

It does not rank publishers or replace your district’s adoption process. Cost figures are your own entries. Reviews stay in this browser.

Sources

  1. EdReports. Review criteria and evidence guides for instructional materials (edreports.org).
  2. CAST (2024). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 3.0 (udlguidelines.cast.org).
  3. W3C. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, for digital materials.
  4. Achieve. EQuIP rubrics for evaluating lessons and units (achieve.org).

The example material is made up. The rubric organizes a review; the adoption decision follows your district’s process. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.