Case Study: Newark Public Schools achieves streamlined, aligned ELA curriculum with LearnZillion

Newark Public Schools Uses Learnzillion To Customize And Curate Their Curriculum To Better Align To District Instructional Goals

Newark Public Schools, a large and diverse district serving 35,329 students, faced a challenge: teachers were overwhelmed by the breadth of their rich ELA curriculum and struggled to implement district instructional priorities like text-dependent questioning and stronger writing instruction. To address this, the district turned to LearnZillion and its software platform to help align and streamline existing materials to Newark’s specific goals.

LearnZillion customized and curated Newark’s chosen curriculum into a more user-friendly format—adding Student Look Fors, Model Responses, and paced lesson guidance—so teachers spent less time prepping and more time teaching. As a result, teachers are more comfortable with pacing, administrators have clearer observation tools, and student outcomes improved: one teacher who used the curated content most scored highest on the 6th grade literacy interim assessment, with district-tracked usage and assessment data showing positive classroom impact from LearnZillion’s work.

Newark Public Schools

Samantha Messer

Executive Director of K-12 Literacy