Evaluations & Ratings of Textbooks
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Evaluations of Textbooks
Comments on Math books
Textbookleague.org/ttlindex.htm
Project
2061 (Expert
ratings of aspects of many books. Middle school ratings have clear text to
explain ratings, but no actual measurements of success.)
Conservative comments on Social Studies books
Textbookleague.org/ttlindex.htm
Comments on Science books
Project
2061 (Expert ratings of detailed aspects
of many books. Middle school ratings have clear text to explain ratings.)
National
Science Foundation (NSF - brief general comments & comparisons)
Textbooks for English
as a Second Language or as a Foreign Language (
Self-teaching courses
for English as a second language
Elementary reading series
CALIFORNIA:
Criteria for respecting different groups
All subjects' content
standards, books, & frameworks (Frameworks
suggest how books & teachers should present material so content
standards will be met. In effect these are criteria for books.)
TEXAS adoption process,
books, & publishers' corrections of Social Studies books
WEST VIRGINIA
Checklists of how textbooks
meet state standards
State standards (scroll to
"Policy 2520")
Miscellaneous on Textbooks
Marzano & Kendall: too many standards to cover
(1998)
Tyson
on adoption process (1997?)
Commercial source buys and sells used
textbooks in quantity
Standardized Tests
Stanford Achievement Test, 9th edition, published by Harcourt
(Elsevier)
See Fact sheet and Sample questions
TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics and
Science Study (formerly Third International…)
NAEP National Assessment of
Educational Progress