Release: # 05-83
July 28, 2005

Contact: Pam Slater
E-mail: communications@cde.ca.gov
Phone: 916-319-0818

SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell announced today that the instructional materials for kindergarten through eighth grade selected for follow-up adoption consideration by the State Board of Education (SBE) are now available for public review.

"This is a great opportunity for parents, educators, and all those interested in the textbooks used by California’s students to examine the materials and pass on their opinions to the State Board of Education," O’Connell said. "Once selected, these will be added to the current adoption list in each subject."

Follow-up adoptions generally occur two to three years after the primary adoption in each subject and use the same evaluation criteria as the primary adoption. Follow-up adoptions held in 2005 will expand the current primary adoption lists. Each adoption list, including both the programs originally adopted and those added by the follow-up adoption, will expire on the date indicated below.

• Reading/Language Arts/English Language Development Primary Adoption held in 2002. List expires June 30, 2008.
• Mathematics Primary Adoption held in 2001. List expires June 30, 2007.
•  Foreign Language Primary Adoption held in 2003. List expires June 30, 2012.

The materials submitted for the follow-up adoption have been evaluated by members of the Instructional Materials Advisory Panels (IMAP) and Content Review Panels (CRP), which include classroom teachers, other educators, and content experts. The materials under consideration have been on display since April 2005 at Learning Resources Display Centers (LRDCs) located throughout the state. The Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission today released the list of materials it would be recommending to the SBE for adoption. The list of recommended materials and a list of the LRDCs (also available at: Learning Resource Display Centers - Curriculum Frameworks & Instructional Materials) are attached. You may view these instructional materials and submit your comments on forms available at your local LRDC.

The SBE, which adopts instructional materials for grades K-8, is scheduled to take action on September 7-8, 2005. Comments must be received by August 31, 2005 in order for them to be considered by the SBE.

Please mail comments to:

Suzanne Rios, Administrator
Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division
California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Suite 3207
Sacramento, CA  95814

Comments may also be sent via fax to: 916-319-0172.

Individuals also have the opportunity, whether or not they have completed public comment forms, to present their concerns at a public hearing of the SBE on September 7, 2005. The public hearing of the SBE marks the conclusion of the review for the instructional materials submitted for the 2005 Follow-Up Adoptions for Grades K-8.

For further information on the availability of instructional materials for review please contact Suzanne Rios, Administrator, Instructional Resources Unit, at 916-319-0665, or the Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division at 916-319-0881.

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Attachments

Learning Resource Display Centers - Curriculum Frameworks & Instructional Materials

2005 Follow-Up Adoption
Mathematics
Curriculum Commission Recommendations*

Publisher	Program Title	Grade Level	Commission Recommendation to State Board
CGP	CGP California Standards-Driven Algebra I Program	8	Recommend adoption
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill	Glencoe Mathematics: Applications and concepts, California Edition ©2006	6	Recommend adoption
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill	Glencoe Pre-Algebra California Edition ©2006	7	Recommend adoption
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill	Glencoe Algebra I California Edition ©2006	8	Recommend adoption
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill	Glencoe Algebra: Concepts and Applications California Edition ©2005	8	Do not recommend adoption
McDougal Littell	McDougal Littell Pre-Algebra	7	Recommend adoption

* Note: these programs have not been adopted by the State Board of Education.

2005 Follow-Up Adoption
Reading Language Arts/English Language Development
Curriculum Commission Recommendations*

Publisher	Program Title	Program Type & Grade Levels	Commission Recommendation to State Board
Great Source Education Group	Reading Advantage	4-8 Intervention	Do not recommend adoption
Pearson Longman	The Shining Star Program (submitted in two categories)	4-8 Intervention and 4- 8 English Learner Intervention	Do not recommend adoption Recommend adoption
Sopris West	Language! (3rd Edition)	4-8 Intervention 4-8 English Learner Intervention	Recommended adoption Recommended adoption
Thomson Heinle	Visions	4-8 English Learner Intervention	Do not recommend adoption
Voyager Expanded Learning, Inc.	Voyager Passport	4-8 Intervention	Recommend adoption
Voyager Expanded Learning, Inc.	Universal Literacy System (ULS)	K,1,2,& 3 Basic	Do not recommend adoption
Wright Group	Fast Track	4-8 Intervention	Recommend adoption

* Note: these programs have not been adopted by the State Board of Education.

2005 Follow-Up Adoption
Foreign Language
Curriculum Commission Recommendations*

Publisher	Program Title	Grades and LLC Stages	Commission Recommendation to State Board
EMC/Paradigm Publishing	Navegando 1A & 1B	Grades 7 & 8, Stages I & II	Recommend adoption, LLC Stages I & II
Santillana Publishing	Nuevo ¡Bravo,bravo! System	Grades K-5, Stages I, II & III	Do not recommend adoption
Wright Group	¡Viva el español!	Grades 1-6, Stages I & II	Recommend adoption, LLC Stages I & II

Note: these programs have not been adopted by the State Board of Education.