The Next Generation ESL Toolkit

High-Quality NGESL Instructional Materials

NGESL Curriculum Design and Evaluation Training

The NGESL Curriculum Design modules provide an overview of the High-Quality Next Generation ESL Instructional Materials Review Process and Rubric, information about resources that can be used to create high-quality instructional materials for ESL, and key considerations for ESL Curriculum Design.

High-Quality NGESL Instructional Materials Review Process and ESL Curriculum Review Rubric

The High-Quality English as a Second Language Instructional Materials (HQIM-NGESL) review process guides educator teams in a step-by-step process to determine whether a given set of instructional materials can be considered high-quality for ESL instruction.

NGESL HQIM Evaluation Reports

ProductEditionPublisherGrade BandNGESL HQIM rubric version
Boston Public Schools Grade 4 ESL Curriculum NABoston Public Schools4SY2025
Boston Public Schools ESL 9–12, ESL 3 NABoston Public Schools9–12 SY2025
Brockton Public Schools NABrockton Public SchoolsAdvanced ESL Grade 6SY2025
HMH Launch Volume 1 2023HMH Newcomer students at early stages of English devlopmentSY2025
HMH Launch Volume 2 2021HMHMultilingual learners at late beginning levels of English proficiencySY2025
HMH Grade 7 English 3D Course B Vol. 1 2021HMH6–8SY2023
HMH Grade 8 English 3D Course B Vol. 2 2021HMH6–8SY2023
National Geographic: Impact 2017National GeographicNewcomer — WIDA 5 for grades 6–12SY2025
National Geographic: Lift 2020Multilingual teens newcomer to WIDA 5SY2025
National Geographic: Reach Higher 2020National Geographic1–6SY2023
National Geographic: Time Zones 2021National GeographicMiddle/High School NewcomerSY2023
Vista: Get Ready! Soar 2022VistaUpper elementarySY2025
Vista: Get Ready! High School 2021Vista6–8, 9–12SY2025
Waltham Public Schools NAWaltham Public Schools6SY2025

The series of videos below are part of the Massachusetts Next Generation ESL Project: Model Curriculum Units (MCUs). Each video showcases excerpts from a lesson from an ESL MCU being implemented in an ESL classroom.

These Model Curriculum Units and videos were created by the Department in 2016. They are not aligned to 2020 WIDA Standards and have not been evaluated using CURATE or the High Quality NGESL Instructional Materials Review Process and ESL Curriculum Review Rubric.

Last Updated: December 12, 2025

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