2510 - SELECTION OF BASIC TEXT MATERIALS

The District Administrator will make recommendations to the Board concerning new textbooks. In formulating those recommendations, the District Administrator will consult with appropriate staff and shall consider the following prior to making any recommendations to the Board:

1. Publisher and Author
   
   What is the reputation of the author(s) for scholarship?
   
   What is the reliability of the publisher?
2. Content
   
   In terms of achieving course goals...
   
   How effective is the organizational plan?
   
   How relevant is the information?
   
   How complete is the information?
   
   How accurate and unbiased is the information?
   
   How appropriate is the illustrative material?
   
   How sufficient is the illustrative material?
   
   If students accomplished all the objectives called for in the material, how well would they be able to achieve the goals of the course?
3. Necessity
   
   If replacement text, how does it improve upon existing text?
4. Instructional Aids
   
   Does the book contain: an index? graphic materials? references? a bibliography? glossaries? appendices? Are there any software or other resources provided with the books?
   
   How appropriate is each of these?
5. Format
   
   What kind of binding? paper? type?
   
   Will the format help or inhibit student interest and ease of use?
6. Expense
   
   What is the cost and probable life?
7. Moral Tone
   
   How does the text handle controversial subjects in terms of the maturity level of the students and objectivity?
8. Past Experience
   
   How successfully has the text been used in other districts?
9. Bias
   
   How free is the text of religious, gender, racial, and national origin bias?

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