The California State Board of Education adopted three middle school
math textbook
series in 2001. They are:
1. McDougal Littell Concepts and Skills
grades 6-8
2. McDougal Littell Structure and Method
grades 6-8
3. Prentice Hall Pre-Algebra, Calif.
Edition
grade 7
Prentice Hall Algebra
I, Calif. Edition
grade 8
Fifteen university mathematicians were appointed to panels, called
"Content
Review
Panels," or CRPs, to evaluate the mathematical content of all math
textbook submissions, and to report their findings to Instructional
Materials
Advisory Panels, or IMAPs, the California Curriculum Commission, and
the
California State Board of Education. Each of these other agencies
wrote their own reports as well. Based on the reports it
received,
the State Board of Education made all final decisions on textbook
adoptions.
CRP reports for the state adopted middle school math series are available here:
Concepts
and
Skills, grades 6, 7
Concepts and
Skills, Algebra I
Letter from CRP
members on Concepts and Skills Alg I
Structure and
Method,
grade 6
Structure and Method,
grade 7
Structure and Method,
Algebra I
Prentice Hall
Pre-Algebra
Prentice Hall
Algebra
I
The final reports for all California state adopted programs
are
posted on the California
Department
of Education's website.