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Islamic curriculum scorer: rate any curriculum in six questions

Administrators asked us for the rubric behind how to evaluate an Islamic curriculum as something they could use in a meeting. This is it. Score any curriculum, including ours, on six dimensions from 0 to 3, read the verdict, and print the sheet for the file. Score two side by side by opening the page twice.

Curriculum being scored

1. Sourcing: Where do the claims come from? 0 · No citations, or citations to websites and secondary summaries 1 · Some primary texts named, inconsistently 2 · Primary texts named for most claims 3 · Every claim traced to a named classical source with the tier of the source disclosed

2. Sequencing: Is there an order, and a reason for it? 0 · Topics ordered by grade convenience; any unit could be moved 1 · A table of contents per grade, no stated rationale 2 · A published scope and sequence 3 · A published scope and sequence with a stated rationale, where each year rests on the one before

3. Governance: Who checked it, and can you see the process? 0 · No review described 1 · "Scholar-approved" or similar, with nothing to inspect 2 · A described review process 3 · A published, versioned standard with named gates, an errata page and a release record you can read

4. Teacher training: What does the teacher receive? 0 · The student book only 1 · A teacher guide with answers 2 · Teacher guides with pacing and classroom language 3 · Teacher guides plus a structured authorization or certification pathway with tiers

5. Assessment: How do you know a student learned it? 0 · No assessment 1 · Recall quizzes only 2 · Recall and understanding, with an answer key 3 · Recall, understanding and a demanding written question per unit, with keys, plus a formation measure beyond recall

6. Completion: What does a graduate have at the end? 0 · A set of topics covered 1 · A certificate of attendance 2 · A stated profile of what the graduate knows 3 · A stated profile of what the graduate knows and can do, with the sequence that produced it visible

Score: 0 / 18 · Choose a level for each dimension.

How to read the score

Score	Reading
15 to 18	Adopt-ready. Ask for the published standard and the sample unit and confirm the score against them.
10 to 14	Usable with supplements. The dimensions scored 0 or 1 are where your teachers will be doing the publisher's work.
5 to 9	A resource, not a curriculum. Fine as a book list; it will not produce a graduate.
0 to 4	Do not adopt. There is nothing here to be accountable for.

Score FISLI with it

We publish what the rubric asks for so that you can check us: the standard, the scope and sequence, the errata page, the teacher pathway, and a complete free unit with its assessment and key. Where the review of a unit is not complete, the standard says so, and the honest score on governance is the one you give it.

The rubric is licensed CC BY 4.0; copy it into your own evaluation form with attribution to The Foundations Press.