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Having been in the middle of this churn in WA what you see is that textbook publishers play a critical role. It often plays out like this: 1) Student test sco
by kenjackson 15y ago
Having been in the middle of this churn in WA what you see is that textbook publishers play a critical role. It often plays out like this:
1) Student test scores get worse or a new state test is implemented and shows that students are doing poorly.
2) The school board is pushed to fix the problem. They're not math experts.
3) The textbook publishing industry pushes their experts to advocate their latest series of textbooks and teaching methods.
4) The school board then changes the district to a new curriculum with the new textbook.
This pattern plays out all over the country. And repeats over time.