The article summarizes the results of the monitoring and interim evaluation of the Curriculum and the Romanian Language and Literature (LLR) textbook for the 5th grade, with the involvement of 155 teachers from the Republic of Moldova. The surveyed subjects worked with the new manual, as the main means of instruction, recommended by the Ministry of Education and Research, during the previous academic year (2023-2024), and the Curriculum document (entered into use in 2019) has been applied for 5 years already, using the manual developed based on the old regulatory document, but also other teaching resources. The main research tool was the questionnaire, which included a varied set of items, with the aim of highlighting the positive aspects and problems encountered in ensuring access, quality and relevance of linguistic and literary education on a reprezentative sample of over two thousand students aged 11-12 over two thousand students aged 11-12, taught by over 150 teachers.