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Research from the Which Textbooks Are Best in K-12 Education? Independent research and evaluation, with 3 years of data Compare 59 Math textbooks Compare 40 Social Studies
textbooks Quick summary below Some
textbooks, particularly in Math, show significantly better student results
than others. No one publisher is consistently better. At different grades the
best book may be from Glencoe, Harcourt, Prentice Hall, Saxon, Scientific
American, Scott Foresman, or Silver Burdett. Teachers
and students deserve the best textbooks, just as they deserve the best
everywhere in school. Good teachers and students can overcome poor textbooks,
but why should they have to? Good drivers can be safe in any car, but we work
hard for safe cars. Textbooks are at least as important. Detailed
scores by school system in West Virginia: Math, Social Studies Other Groups' Evaluations & Ratings of Textbooks |
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Quick Summary of Selected Grades:
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Best Scoring Book |
Difference in Score (on Stanford Achievement Test) |
Lowest Scoring Book |
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Math, Grade 5 |
Harcourt Math Advantage |
6 points |
McGraw Hill Math and My World |
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Math, Grade 7 |
Saxon Math 87 |
5 points |
McDougal Passport to Mathematics Prentice Hall Tools for Success |
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Social Studies, Grade 6 |
Prentice Hall World Explorer Series |
4 points |
Harcourt Our World's Story |
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Social Studies, Grade 9 |
Prentice Hall American Nation |
5 points |
Glencoe
American Journey |
Full research with scores for 99 textbooks
