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Explore this page to find current information about CURATE reviews and related information about curricular landscape analyses and gateway evaluations.
CURATE reviews are conducted by Massachusetts teachers and take place over the course of a fall or spring semester, followed by a period of quality review and publisher response process. Reports are published, similarly, during the spring and fall. Learn more about the CURATE process.
Prioritized for review during the spring 2026 semester are the following content areas and grade spans:
CURATE panels review only comprehensive core curricular materials that have been found by an independent, transparent, educator- or research-driven gateway evaluation to be aligned to college- and career-ready standards. The CURATE gateway evaluator for ELA/Literacy, mathematics, and science & technology/engineering curricular materials is typically EdReports , contracted with through a response to a no-cost bid . Other vendors wishing to serve as a gateway evaluator for CURATE may do so by responding to the bid.
For content areas that fall outside the scope of EdReports, DESE contracts with a vendor through an open bid, to conduct a landscape analysis of core and supplemental instructional materials in use or available in the marketplace, drawing from local and national sources. The contracted vendor then facilitates a gateway evaluation process for identified eligible products, to determine whether products meet the CURATE review threshold: alignment to college- and career-ready standards.
Below are the content areas for which DESE has contracted a vendor to conduct landscape analyses & gateway evaluations for qualifying core curricular products.
To support districts in implementing the 2023 Comprehensive Health and Physical Education (CPHE) Framework, the Department partnered with Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy and Lighthouse Wellness and Health Education Consulting . This collaboration included a landscape analysis of available curricular materials, the findings of which are presented in the Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Curriculum Guide . The guide provides an overview of how aligned available CHPE curricula are with the CHPE framework. It was first published in 2024 and is updated periodically; the most recent version was released in July 2025.
CURATE reviews of CHPE materials are not anticipated: CURATE reviews are exclusively on comprehensive core curricular materials which have met the threshold of alignment to college- and career-ready standards.
For questions about the CHPE Curriculum Guide, email Beth.Williams-Breault@mass.gov
For Digital Literacy and Computer Science (DLCS), DESE partnered with STEM Learning Design, the result of which is the Digital Literacy and Computer Science Curriculum Guide , first published in 2022, with the most recent update completed in June 2025. CURATE reviews for Digital Literacy and Computer Science, Grades K–12, launched in school year 2022-23 (SY23)
For questions about the DLCS Guide, email Paula.B.Moore@mass.gov
In Spring 2023, DESE partnered with Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy to conduct an updated landscape analysis for instructional materials in History and Social Science, including Civics. The resulting History, Social Science, and Civics Curricular Materials Guide, first published in January 2024, covers material for Grades K–5 and 8–12. Grades 6 and 7 were excluded from this analysis because DESE developed a free, comprehensive curriculum for those grade levels: Investigating History.
The guide highlights comprehensive and supplemental materials that met baseline expectations for quality, including those focused on Massachusetts priorities such as the student-led civics project and genocide education.
CURATE reviews of H/SS core curricular materials for Grades 9–12 began in school year 2024-25 (SY25).
If you would like more information on the H/SS Curriculum Guide, please email HistoryCivicsDESE@mass.gov .
In partnership with teacher panels comprised of Massachusetts district leaders, classroom educators, and representatives from higher education institutions, DESE first published the High-Quality Next Generation ESL Instructional Materials Reports (HQIM-NGESL) in 2025. Focused on ESL materials, the reports provide information about the provision of a full year's worth of dedicated ESL instruction, the alignment to the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, and the quality of those materials as interpreted by the HQIM-NGESL rubric.
For questions about NGESL-HQIM reports, email el@doe.mass.edu
Last Updated: November 17, 2025
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