State OKs New Math Textbooks to Meet Tough Standards
School districts for the first time will be able to use state money to buy math textbooks that fully meet the state’s tough 1997 standards, which call for algebra in eighth grade.
The state Board of Education has approved a dozen math textbook programs offered by nine publishers for elementary and middle school students.
The board also rejected 11 programs by seven publishers as not meeting the standards that outline in detail what students should learn in each grade.
Dozens of teachers and school officials and state Supt. Delaine Eastin asked in vain for the board to approve a set of books for kindergarten through third grades by Everyday Learning Corp.
The board did allow districts that are currently using Everyday’s books and can show “exemplary achievement” by students on the statewide test to apply for a waiver to use state funds to buy the books.
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