Anecdoatal evidence points to greater student engagement and increased success in courses taught using OER. However more than anecdotes are called for. Massachusetts Department of Education has developed a rubric of key performance indicators to help instructors create and maintain a template demonstrating the effect of their OER adoption.
Describes the process by which Sparc has arrived at a mutually accepted average cost saving to students of $117, (in 2022-23) in courses where the NoLo approach is adopted.