ENCORE Resource Library

Explore ENCORE’s growing library of reports, guides, and recordings. For a broader view of resources created across AIMS initiatives, you can also explore the AIMS catalog of public goods including toolkits, frameworks, and case studies that support evidence-driven, equitable edtech.

Featured Resources:

• Problem Solutions Map
  See how ENCORE connects classroom challenges to research-based strategies and real product solutions. The map highlights barriers to student MEP in math, and the innovative ways our partners are addressing them in the classroom.
• The Math Mind Measures: A User Guide
  This guidebook introduces the Math Mind Measures, a set of validated scales designed to assess ten key factors that influence motivation, engagement and persistence in mathematics. It offers multiple versions (long, short, brief, and parallel) in English and Spanish, with guidance on recommended uses and reliability.
• An Ethical and Equitable Vision of AI in Education
  This report synthesizes learnings from 28 exploratory projects across K–12 districts, nonprofits, and edtech companies using AI to support teacher effectiveness and student motivation, highlighting early successes, barriers to adoption, ethical concerns, and the importance of cross-sector collaboration and co-design in shaping an equitable future for AI in education.
• MEP Constructs
  A list of educational and psychological constructs (e.g. value, belonging, agency) related to motivation, engagement and persistence. The database contains definitions and related constructs for over 180 terms.

Listen & Learn
Explore ENCORE podcast episodes and recorded sessions that spotlight equity, innovation, and real-world impact.

• Co-Design FAQs 4 U
  • Partnerships: Lessons from the Field: Prioritizing Relationships and Ensuring Power Sharing
  • Co-Design with Educators: Working with Teachers to Expand their Input
  • The Power of Teacher Voice in Co-Design: Sparking Better Solutions with Teacher Feedback
  • Three Keys to a Strong Research-Practice Partnership: Birmingham, Mind Education, WestED Live Podcast