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EvaluationCriteriaUsedbyTextbookReviewCommittee

SectionI:CorrelationwiththeStandardsofLearning

Determinethedegreetowhichcontentfoundinthesetextbooksiscorrelatedwith

theStandardsofLearningandtheCurriculumFrameworkforthissubject.

Adequate

ALimited

L(Note:Provideexamplesto

supportthisrating.)

NoEvidence

N(Note:Provideexamplesto

supportthisrating.)

Lessonsarealignedwiththe

standards.

Contentappearsaccurate,clear,

andinsequentialorder.

Mostoftheessential

understandings,knowledge,and

skillsaresupported.

Manyopportunitiesare

providedforstudentstopractice

essentialskills.

Limitedconnectionsbetween

thestandardsandthelessons

arenoted.

Contentappearstocontainsomeinaccuraciesorisnot

alwaysclear.

Essentialunderstandings,

knowledge,orskillsarenot

sufficientlyaddressed.

Thereislimitedopportunityfor

studentstopracticeessential

skills.

Nocorrelationbetweenthe

standardsandthelessons.

Alogicalsequenceofcontent

cannotbeidentifiedand/orthere

appeartobesignificantcontentinaccuracies.

Essentialunderstandings,

knowledge,orskillsarenot

addressed.

Opportunitiestopracticeessential

skillsarenotincluded.

Commentsorconcernsrelatedtocontentaccuracy,bias,orediting:

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EvaluationCriteriaUsedbyTextbookReviewCommitteeSectionII:RubricforInstructionalDesignandSupport

(Reportedandmaybeusedincorrelationandapprovalconsiderations.)

Adequate

A

Limited

L

(Note:Provideexamplestosupport

thisrating.)

NoEvidence

N

(Note:Provideexamplestosupport

thisrating.)

Criterion1 Textbookispresentedinanorganized,logicalmannerandisappropriatefortheage,grade,andmaturityofthestudents.

Textbookislogicallyorganizedand

grade/ageappropriateforstudents.

Textbooklacksconsistencyin

organizationandappropriatenessfor

thegrade/ageofstudents.

Textbookisnotreasonablyorganized

andisinappropriateforthe

grade/ageofthestudents.

Criterion2 Textbookisorganizedappropriatelywithinandamongunitsofstudy.Scopeandsequenceiseasytoread

andunderstand.

Scopeandsequenceisconfusingand

noteasytounderstand.

Scopeandsequenceisdifficultto

readandunderstand.

Criterion3 Formatdesignincludestitles,subheadings,andappropriatecrossreferencingforeaseofuse.

Organizationalpropertiesofthe

textbookassistinunderstandingand

processingcontent.

Organizationalpropertiesofthe

textbookofferlimitedassistanceinunderstandingandprocessing

content.

Organizationalpropertiesofthe

textbookdonotassistin

understandingandprocessing

content.

Criterion4 Writingstyle,syntax,andvocabularyareappropriate.Readabilityisappropriateforthe

gradelevel.Writingstyleandsyntaxarevariedandappropriateto

enhancestudentunderstanding.

Vocabularyconsistsofbothfamiliar

andchallengingwords.

Readabilitymaybeappropriatebutis

inconsistentthroughoutthetext.

Writingstyleandsyntaxmaybe

inappropriateorlackvariety,offering

limitedsupportforstudent

understanding. Vocabularymaybe

toochallengingortoofamiliar.

Readabilityisnotappropriateforthe

gradelevel. Writingstyleandsyntax

areofteninappropriateandlack

varietytoenhancestudent

understanding.Vocabularyistoo

challengingorunfamiliar.

Criterion5 Graphicsandillustrationsareappropriate.

Visualsareaccurate,supportthetext,

andenhancestudentunderstanding.

Visualsaresomewhatunclear and

offerlimitedsupportforthetextandstudentunderstanding.

Visualsareinaccurate,donot

supportthetext,anddonotenhance

studentunderstanding.

Criterion6 Sufficientinstructionalstrategiesareprovidedtopromotedepthofunderstanding.

Materialsprovidestudentswith

opportunitiestointegrateskillsand

concepts.

Materialsprovidestudentswith

limitedopportunitiestointegrate

skillsandconcepts.

Materialsprovidestudentswithno

opportunitiestointegrateskillsand

concepts.

Note:Any

subject

area

criteria

that

are

required

in

state

statute

will

be

included

as

part

of

the

state

review. TheDepartmentofEducationmayestablishcriteriaindicatorsthataresubjectareaspecific.