K-12 Education

As many of you know, the review of High School Science Textbooks can be very overwhelming and emotional undertaking.  Have you ever considered first looking at the comments from impartial reviewers to narrow down your search? 

Washington state is considered one of the leading states in science reform.   In May of 2009, 69 reviewers reviewed 85 individual products from 20 educational book companies.  The books levels included:
-Elementary school science textbooks
-Middle school science textbooks
-High school science textbooks

Below is a link to the summary:

http://www.sbe.wa.gov/documents/Science%20IMR%20Preliminary%20Report%20with%20Initial%20Recommendations%206-30-09.pdf

It's exciting to see how well many of the Kendall Hunt high school programs did (see Part 2 for a complete listing).    Surprisingly,  none of the elementary programs submitted met the composite score threshold so none were on the recommended list.   Note that Kendall Hunt did not submit our elementary programs.

So as you begin your review, it may be worth your while to check out the WA review.