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Collaborating, Defining, and Decision-Making. Adopting Textbooks that Align to the TEKS and Address District Needs. Appropriate Textbook Materials. Align to the depth and complexity of the TEKS Serve as a tool to support student learning
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Collaborating, Defining, and Decision-Making Adopting Textbooks that Align to the TEKS and Address District Needs
Appropriate Textbook Materials • Align to the depth and complexity of the TEKS • Serve as a tool to support student learning • Create a support structure for teachers in their efforts to reach all students
Appropriate Textbook Materials • Do not replace a district’s instructional scope and sequence • Are not substitutes for well-planned instruction
Open Adoption Process • Publishers submit textbooks and ancillary materials • Teacher committees determine conformity (Summer 2009) • No judgment of quality
Conformity • To be considered for the conforming list, publishers provided 3 (5 for beginning reading) examples of alignment to the TEKS. • Teacher committees determined if these 3 (or 5) examples aligned to the TEKS. • 100% of these conforming examples must be approved in order to make the conforming list.
Decision-Making • Study the TEKS • Identify areas of need • Study the textbook materials • Narrow the list of possibilities • Evaluate the list of possibilities
Collaborating and Defining • Study the TEKS • Articulate depth and complexity • Identify and create samples that reflect the depth and complexity of the TEKS • Identify curriculum-related needs based on data
Study the TEKS To Build Internal Capacity… • Meaning • Paraphrase • Guiding examples • Consensus on interpretation
Identify Areas of Need • What do we do well? • What can we do better? • Curriculum • Instruction • Assessment • Which are our “top 10” needs? • As identified by teachers • As identified by students
Determining Scoring Levels • Determine criteria for assigning ratings • 4 • 3 • 2 • 1 • Determine consensus regarding criteria • Rate a textbook for 2-3 TEKS and discuss ratings to establish rating consistency
Study the Textbook Materials • Determine a score/rating for each TEKS breakout • Identify the ways in which a textbook addresses each TEKS • Describe the degree to which guiding examples are addressed • Justify the score/rating
Narrow the List of Possibilities • Which two textbooks have the highest cumulative rating?
Evaluate the Possibilities • How well do the textbooks address the introductory paragraphs to the TEKS? • How well do the textbooks address Figure 19? • Which textbook best addresses our “top 10”?
Thank you! Jennifer Brock Diane Peterson jbrock@esc4.netdpeterson@esc4.net 713.744.6355 713.744.6829 For further information: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/textbooks/proclamations/proc2010/index.html