AMERICAN CURRICULUM

American standards.
American language.

Common Core-aligned evaluation, thesis-driven writing assessment, and AP/honours pathway readiness indicators at Grade 9–10 — calibrated to how American educators actually think about student progression.

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WHY IT MATTERS

American educators speak a different professional language. Reports should reflect that.

American curriculum schools — whether in Chicago, Dubai, or Singapore — share a common set of expectations around how students should write, argue, and demonstrate subject knowledge. A report that uses British Key Stage language or IB Learner Profile attributes signals to an American-trained head of admissions that the tool wasn’t designed for their context.

Evalent’s American configuration was developed with American curriculum practitioners. It reflects how Common Core ELA and Math standards describe grade-level readiness, and how American schools communicate about student potential.

✓Common Core ELA and Math alignment

✓Thesis-body-conclusion essay framing

✓Elementary / Middle / High school level language

✓Close reading and text-based evidence assessed

✓AP and honours readiness indicators at G9–10

✓College and career readiness framing

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GRADE COVERAGE

Grade 3 through Grade 10

GRADE	SCHOOL LEVEL	DURATION	TOTAL ITEMS
Grade 3	Elementary	~25 min	24 items
Grade 4	Elementary	~35 min	36 items
Grade 5	Elementary	~45 min	44 items
Grade 6	Middle School	~50 min	47 items
Grade 7	Middle School	~50 min	45 items
Grade 8	Middle School	~52 min	48 items
Grade 9	High School	~55 min	50 items
Grade 10	High School	~60 min	52 items

WHAT'S DIFFERENT

How the American configuration differs

Common Core alignment

Questions and evaluation criteria are mapped to Common Core ELA and Math standards. Grade-level benchmarks use CCSS language explicitly, so commentary is familiar to American-trained educators.

Thesis-driven writing

American writing instruction emphasises a clear thesis statement, supporting body paragraphs, and a synthesising conclusion. Evalent’s evaluation reflects this structure and rewards it explicitly.

School level framing

Reports distinguish between elementary (G3–5), middle school (G6–8), and high school (G9–10) expectations. The language shift across levels matches how American educators think about student progression.

AP/honors readiness (G9–10)

At high school entry, commentary includes explicit indicators of readiness for advanced placement or honours courses — a significant data point for selective American curriculum schools.

Text-based evidence

Close reading and evidence-based argument are central to American ELA instruction. Writing evaluation specifically assesses whether the student grounds their argument in specific, cited examples.

Grade levels covered

Common Core

Standards-aligned

Readiness indicated at G9–10

Common questions from American curriculum schools

Do American schools outside the US use Evalent?

Yes. American curriculum schools in the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America are well represented in our user base. Selective entry is common in these markets.

Is this aligned to Common Core or state standards?

Evalent uses Common Core as the primary reference, which is the most widely adopted framework. State-specific standards (Texas TEKS, Virginia SOLs, etc.) are broadly consistent with CCSS at the grade levels we cover.

What does AP readiness look like in a report?

At Grade 9–10 entry, the commentary includes a section on academic independence and analytical writing quality, with a statement on whether the profile is consistent with a student likely to benefit from AP/IB or honors tracking.

Can we use Evalent for both American and IB students?

Yes. Multi-curriculum accounts are supported. You select the curriculum when registering each student, so students on different programmes are assessed and reported appropriately.

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