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.

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.

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.