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Vendor Evaluation Rubric: Relevance in Learning Resources to Make Learning Stick

September 4, 2026

Evaluation rubric preview

Evaluate instructional resources for relevance and engagement

Use this rubric to review how well instructional resources support student engagement, differentiated instruction, and your district’s priorities.

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Are your instructional resources meeting students’ needs?

Finding resources that balance relevance, rigor, standards alignment, and accessibility takes time. Use this rubric to organize your team’s review of potential content providers and identify questions to guide your next steps.

Review

Clarify district goals and student needs

Identify the curriculum requirements, instructional priorities, and student needs that new learning resources should support.

Evaluate

Examine the quality and relevance of resources

Consider how instructional content supports relevance, differentiation, skills practice, assessment, and curriculum alignment.

Reflect

Document strengths, gaps, and open questions

Record where resources align with district priorities and where your team needs more information.

Plan

Use findings to guide vendor decisions

Bring the completed review into team discussions to shape vendor questions, implementation planning, and purchasing decisions.

All resources Guides

Vendor Evaluation Rubric: Relevance in Learning Resources to Make Learning Stick

September 4, 2026

Evaluation rubric preview

Evaluate instructional resources for relevance and engagement

Use this rubric to review how well instructional resources support student engagement, differentiated instruction, and your district’s priorities.

Audit Preview

Are your instructional resources meeting students’ needs?

Finding resources that balance relevance, rigor, standards alignment, and accessibility takes time. Use this rubric to organize your team’s review of potential content providers and identify questions to guide your next steps.

Review

Clarify district goals and student needs

Identify the curriculum requirements, instructional priorities, and student needs that new learning resources should support.

Evaluate

Examine the quality and relevance of resources

Consider how instructional content supports relevance, differentiation, skills practice, assessment, and curriculum alignment.

Reflect

Document strengths, gaps, and open questions

Record where resources align with district priorities and where your team needs more information.

Plan

Use findings to guide vendor decisions

Bring the completed review into team discussions to shape vendor questions, implementation planning, and purchasing decisions.

All Resources Guides

Vendor Evaluation Rubric: Relevance in Learning Resources to Make Learning Stick

Evaluation rubric preview

Evaluate instructional resources for relevance and engagement

Use this rubric to review how well instructional resources support student engagement, differentiated instruction, and your district’s priorities.

Audit Preview

Are your instructional resources meeting students’ needs?

Finding resources that balance relevance, rigor, standards alignment, and accessibility takes time. Use this rubric to organize your team’s review of potential content providers and identify questions to guide your next steps.

Review

Clarify district goals and student needs

Identify the curriculum requirements, instructional priorities, and student needs that new learning resources should support.

Evaluate

Examine the quality and relevance of resources

Consider how instructional content supports relevance, differentiation, skills practice, assessment, and curriculum alignment.

Reflect

Document strengths, gaps, and open questions

Record where resources align with district priorities and where your team needs more information.

Plan

Use findings to guide vendor decisions

Bring the completed review into team discussions to shape vendor questions, implementation planning, and purchasing decisions.

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