After 24 years in the K-12 education space, Achieve has shut its doors. Read the statement from Michael Cohen, President of Achieve here.
Our website www.achieve.org will remain available through December 31, 2020.
Former Achieve science team members have founded the NextGenScience project at WestEd where they will continue working with educators and partners across the nation to improve the quality of science education. Please visit their website and @NextGenScience to learn more about their work. They will continue to serve as stewards of the NGSS, sharing resources with the field through the nextgenscience.org website, NGSSNow newsletter, and @OfficialNGS.
All students should graduate from high school ready for college, careers, and citizenship.


The EQuIP Student Work Protocol is designed to establish or articulate the relationship between student work and the quality and alignment of instructional materials that previously have been reviewed using the EQuIP quality review process. Focusing on this relationship enables educators to develop a common understanding of the challenging work required by the CCSS. The specific objectives of this EQuIP Student Work Protocol are three-fold:
- To confirm that a lesson’s or unit’s assignment is aligned with the letter and spirit of the targeted Common Core State Standards.
- To determine how students performed on an assignment as evidence of how well designed the lesson/unit is.
- To provide criterion-based suggestions for improving the assignment and related instructional materials.
Download the EQuIP Student Work Protocol.
EQuIP Student Work Protocol Wrap Around Materials
The following documents provide guidance to teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators on how to use the Student Work Protocol in their role. Each document is designed to support an administrator, instructional coach, or teacher with suggested approaches to implementing the protocol or supporting its implementation.
Student Work Protocol for Administrators
Student Work Protocol for Instructional Coaches
Student Work Protocol for Teachers
EQuIP Student Work Protocol Training Materials
The purpose of these training materials is to develop a group's knowledge and understanding of the EQuIP Student Work Protocol. The materials provided for each session include facilitator's notes, slide deck, a single lesson and student work samples from the task embedded in the lesson.
ELA/Literacy
Mathematics