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Textbook Adoption
WCSD follows a thorough Textbook Adoption process adhering to Nevada Revised Statues regarding Textbooks as well as following guidelines outlined in WCSD Board Policy 6160.
Textbook Adoption Committees include: District Administrators, Teachers, Parent Volunteers, Community and Business Organizations as well as members from Higher Education.
Links are provided to key documents as well as information pertinent to upcoming Textbook Adoptions. This information may be helpful to new vendors and textbook publishers wishing to submit textbook materials for review.
K-5 Science Instructional Materials Evaluation Committee Announcement
The Committee has voted to send the following to the WCSD Board of Trustees for approval for use in Kinder - 5th grade classrooms:
3. FOSS, Delta Education
FOSS, Delta Education Evaluations
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The following programs were evaluated, but did not move forward in the adoption process:
1. AmplifyScience, Amplify
AmplifyScience, Amplify Evaluations
2. Bring Science Alive, TCI
Bring Science Alive, TCI Evaluations
K-5 Science Evaluation Tools
Community, Administrator, Family Member Evaluation Rubric
Teacher Evaluation Rubric
K-5 English Language Arts Textbook Evaluation Committee Announcement
The Committee has voted to send the following to the WCSD Board of Trustees for approval for use in Kinder - 5th grade classrooms:
9. Grades K-1 Benchmark Advance, Benchmark Education Company
Grades 2-5 Benchmark Advance, Benchmark Education Company
Nevada Department of Education Paperwork K-1
Nevada Department of Education Paperwork Grades 2-5
The following programs were evaluated, but did not move forward in the adoption process:
5. Fountas & Pinnell Classroom - Heinemann
6. Core Knowledge ELA - Amplify
8. NG Reach for Reading - Cengage
10. Superkids Reading - Zane Bloser
11. Scholastic Literacy - Scholastic
12. EL Education - Open Up Resources
K-5 ELA Textbook Evaluation Tools
Community, Administrator, Parent tool
World Language Textbook Evaluation Committee Announcement
The committee has voted to send the following to the WCSD Board of Trustees for approval to use in World Language classrooms:
Spanish (RFP 2017I)
- 7 - Que Chevere, EMC
- 14 - Imagina, Vista (Spanish 9-10)
- 1 - En Espanol, Santillana (Heritage Speakers)
French (RFP 2017J)
- 6 - T'es branche, EMC
German (RFP 2017K)
- 3 - Deutsch Aktuell, EMC
Chinese (RFP 2017L)
- 1 - Zhen Bang!, EMC
The following programs were evaluated but not approved for use in WCSD:
- 2- Discover China, BFW
- 3 - Step Up with Chinese, Cengage
- 4 - Ni Wa Ta - Developing Chinese Fluency, Cengage
- 1 - Deutsch: Na Klar!, McGraw-Hill
- 2 - Kontakte, McGraw-Hill
- 4 - Deutsch heute, Cengage
- 6 - Stationen, Cengage
- 1 - Contacts, Cengage
- 2 - Sur le vif, Cengage
- 3 - En avant, McGraw-Hill
- 5 - Vis-a-vis, McGraw-Hill
- 7 - Mais Oui, Cengage
- 9 - Bravo, Cengage
- 10 - Encore, Cengage
- 2 - Mundo 21, Cengage
- 3 - Sendas literarias, Pearson
- 4 - Senderos 4-5, Vista
- 5 - Tejidos, Wayside
- 6 - Senderos 1-3, Vista
- 8 - Exploremos!, Cengage
- 9 - Avencemos, HMH
- 10 - Asi se dice!, McGraw-Hill
- 13 - Mundo real, Cambridge
- 11 - Espanol, Santillana
- 12 - Autentico/Realidades, Pearson
- 15 - EntreCulturas, Wayside
- 4 - Bien Dit, HMH
- 8 - D'Accord, Vista
- 5 - Mosaik, Vista
HS Math Textbook Evaluation Committee Announcement
The committee has voted to send the following to the WCSD Board of Trustees for approval to use in HS Math classrooms:
Algebra 1, 2, and Honors (RFP 2017E)
- 1 - EnVision, Pearson
Bridges to Algebra (RFP 2017E)
- 9 - Math Accelerated, McGraw-Hill
Geometry and Formal Geometry (RFP 2017F)
- 2 - Geometry, McGraw-Hill
Probability and Statistics with Discrete (RFP 2017G)
- 2 - Elementary Statistics and Mathematically Thinking, Pearson
Precalculus (RFP 2017G)
- 3 - Blitzer Precalculus, Pearson
AP Statistics (RFP 2017H)
- 4 - The Practice of Statistics, BFW
The following programs were evaluated but not approved for use in WCSD:
- 3 - Core Connections - Algebra, CPM
- 7 - HS Math Solution: CCSS Algebra 1, Carnegie Learning
- 8 - Go Math Accelerated - McGraw-Hill
- 10- Course 3, CPM
- 2 - Glencoe Algebra, McGraw-Hill
- 4 - Algebra, HMH
- 6 - Big Ideas Math, Big Ideas Learning
- 1 - EnVision Geometry, Pearson
- 3 - Core Connections - Geometry, CPM
- 4 - Geometry, HMH
- 6 - Big Ideas Math, Big Ideas Learning
- 7 - HS Math Solution - CCSS Geometry, Carnegie Learning
- 1 - Precalculus, CPM
- 2 - Glencoe Precalculus, McGraw-Hill
- 4 - College Algebra and Trig, McGraw-Hill
- 5 - Precalculus, McGraw-Hill
- 7 - Precalculus with Limits, Cengage
- 8 - College Algebra with Trig
- 9 - Precalculus - Graphical, Numerical, and Algebraic, Pearson
- 6 - Precalculus with Limits - A Graphing Approach, Cengage
- 1 - Understanding Basic Statistics, Cengage
- 3 - Elementary Statistics - a Step by Step Approach, McGraw-Hill
- 4 - Statistics with Probability with the application, BFW
- 5 - Transition - Math and Statistics, McGraw-Hill
- 1 - Understanding Statistics - Concepts and Methods, Cengage
- 2 - Stats: Modeling the World, Pearson
- 3 - Statistics, CPM
AP/IB English, Language Arts Textbook Evaluation Committee Announcement
The committee has voted to send the following to the WCSD Board of Trustees for approval to use in AP/IB ELA classrooms:
- Literature and Composition, Bedford Freeman and Worth
- AP Language and Composition, McGraw-Hill School Education
- English Language and Literature, Cambridge University Press
- English Literature for the IB Diploma, Cambridge University Press
The following programs were evaluated but not approved for use in WCSD- Conversations in American Literature; BFW
- Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing; Pearson
- Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense; Cengage
- AP Literature: Craft and Voice; McGraw-Hill
- Compact Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing; Cengage
- 50 Essays; BFW
- The Essay Connection; Cengage
- The Language of Composition; BFW
- Writing America Language and Composition in Context; Pearson
- Readings for Writers; Cengage
The Washoe County School District website may contain links that lead to resources, video, etc., which is located on servers that are not maintained or controlled by the District. The District is not responsible for the contents of any such referenced websites or for the availability of access to such websites. - 7 - Que Chevere, EMC
