| Cedar Springs Public School District |
| Administrative Guidelines |
2510 - SELECTION OF BASIC TEXT MATERIALS
New basic text materials and revisions to same will be recommended to the Superintendent by the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning. Appropriate staff members and administration will comprise the selection (review) committees.
Each committee will be responsible for establishing selection standards for each criterion in the following categories:
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Publisher and Author |
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What is the reputation of the author(s) for scholarship? |
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What is the reliability of the publisher? |
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Content |
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In terms of achieving course goals... |
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How effective is the organizational plan? |
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How relevant is the information? |
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How complete is the information? |
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How accurate and unbiased is the information? |
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How appropriate is the illustrative material? |
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How sufficient is the illustrative material? |
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If students accomplished all the objectives called for in the material, how well would they be able to achieve the goals of the course? |
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Necessity |
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If replacement text, how does it improve upon existing text? |
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Instructional Aids |
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Does the book contain: an index? graphic materials? references? a bibliography? glossaries? appendices? Are there any software or other resources provided with the books? |
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How appropriate is each of these? |
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Format |
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What kind of binding? paper? type? |
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Will the format help or inhibit student interest and ease of use? |
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Expense |
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What is the cost and probable life? |
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Moral Tone |
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How does the text handle controversial subjects in terms of the maturity level of the students and objectivity? |
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H. |
Past Experience |
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How successfully has the text been used in other districts? |
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Bias |
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How free is the text of religious, gender, racial, and national origin bias? |
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Selection committees should use the following procedures for the selection and recommendation of basic textbooks:
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The text materials should be examined by each one of the committee members. The committee members should also examine, whenever possible, other text materials similar in nature to the one being considered for adoption. |
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The Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning of the selection committee will be responsible for completing the evaluation form and submitting the recommendations to the Superintendent who will submit it to the Board of Education for adoption. |
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