3977, Resource, GLAS, High-Quality Instructional Materials (K-3) Advisory List (Feb. 6, 2024)

The committee was first convened in July 2023 to carefully study the
expectations set forth in the Georgia Early Literacy Act (HB 538). As a
committee, we carefully examined the law’s definitions of foundational
literacy skills and structured literacy. Additionally, we compared the
language of the Georgia Early Literacy Act (HB 538) to current Georgia
Standards of Excellence and recently adopted Georgia English Language Arts
Standards. The 2024 HQIM Committee was convened in February 2024 to
review the second round of submissions.
In 2023, committee members developed the Request for Information and the
High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) Evaluation Rubric (Appendix B). For
the 2024 review, committee members revised the Request for Information
(Appendix A) to include a response section for materials being resubmitted for
review to indicate substantive changes from the previous submission and a link to
the evaluation rubric. The committee did not make any changes to the 2023
evaluation rubric. The 2024 Request for Information was submitted to the Georgia
Procurement Registry on November 14, 2023 with a deadline for submission of
January 16, 2024.
Committee members used the comprehensive HQIM Evaluation Rubric to review all
submitted RFI applications and supporting documents, digital materials (as
applicable), and printed materials (as applicable). Ratings and
recommendations were determined by consensus of the full committee.
Once the review was completed, the committee developed the advisory list to
submit to the Georgia State Board of Education for consideration.