Our Materials

Our materials are available electronically only; we do not produce hard copies. A DVD with the electronic files is available upon request, and all of the materials can be downloaded from our website. They have been developed under a grant from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education, and as such are available free of charge for download or copying, provided proper credit is given (see copyright information below).

Copyright

The Center on Instruction and the U. S. Department of Education retain sole copyright and ownership of the products developed by the Center. However, these products may be downloaded for free from the Center's website. They may also be reproduced and distributed with two stipulations: (1) the "preferred citation" for each product, typically noted on the page following the title page, must be included in all reproductions and (2) no profit may be made in the reproduction and/or distribution of the material. Nominal charges to cover printing, photocopying, or mailing are allowed.

Review Procedures for COI-Developed Materials

All COI-developed materials are reviewed on the quality of the content, and the relevance and usefulness of the product. Reviews are conducted by at least three external reviewers (outside experts on the quality of the content, relevance and usefulness of the product) selected by the strand director; additional reviewers may be enlisted at the discretion of the strand director. Revisions to the draft document are made based on the recommendations of the expert reviewers, the document is reviewed again internally, and is then forwarded to USED for review and approval. The document is again revised based on feedback from USED before the final document is prepared for publication and posted to the COI website and disseminated via electronic email and the COI newsletter.

Archived files from professional development events such as webinars, and materials such as PowerPoint presentations created for a workshop/PD event that are not part of materials development work for which we have written a description, are exempt from the external review process.

Review Procedures for Non-COI Developed Materials Posted on the COI Website

The purpose for reviewing materials developed outside of the Center on Instruction is to determine whether it has a high enough level of quality, usefulness, and relevance to be included on the COI website. In general, COI will only review materials that are available for free. Before a determination can be made whether a resource will be posted on the COI website, materials produced outside of COI are subject to an external review process. This includes a minimum of two reviews by individuals qualified in the content area.