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The California Open Source Textbook Project (COSTP) was founded in 2000 by Sanford Forte, a former college textbook publishing executive. COSTP was a not-for-profit, collaborative, public/private undertaking originally created to address the high cost, content range, and consistent shortages of K-12 textbooks in California. COSTP's mandate ...
American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993). Benchmarks for science literacy. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195089868. Bruton, Sheila; Ong, Faye (2000). Science content standards for California public schools : kindergarten through grade twelve (PDF). Sacramento, Calif.: Dept. of Education. ISBN 978-0-8011-1496-0
Sign in front of the California Department of Education in Sacramento, CA. In 2016 and 2017, there was a significant debate on how topics related to South Asia were represented in California middle school textbooks [1] [2] [3] —a follow-up to a related set of debates that took place from 2005 to 2009.
Grades 2 through 8 tests cover mathematics and English/language arts (which includes writing in grades 4 and 7). Grades 9 through 11 cover English/language arts, mathematics, and science. History-social science tests are added for grades 8, 10 and 11 as well as science for grades 5 and 8. Except for writing, all questions are multiple-choice.
An open textbook is a textbook licensed under an open license, and made available online to be freely used by students, teachers and members of the public.Many open textbooks are distributed in either print, e-book, or audio formats that may be downloaded or purchased at little or no cost.
OpenStax textbooks follow a traditional peer review process aimed at ensuring they meet a high quality standard before publication. Textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed by educators in an attempt to ensure they are readable and accurate, meet the scope and sequence requirements of each course, are supported by instructor ancillaries, and are available with the latest technology-based ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Lists of science textbooks (5 P) A. Astronomy textbooks (2 P) B.
Juli Berwald is an ocean scientist and science writer based in Austin, Texas. She is the author of a science memoir and two science textbooks, and her magazine-length pieces have appeared in The New York Times and National Geographic, among other publications. She graduated from the University of Southern California with a Ph.D. in ocean ...