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156.407 Selection of textbook reviewers -- Review and evaluation process.
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The chief state school officer shall, not later than February 1 of each year in
which an adoption is to be made, solicit applications for filling twelve (12)
positions for textbook reviewers.
Solicitation shall be statewide for all appointments and include specifications
which ensure candidates have professional expertise in the subject areas to be
reviewed if appropriate for the appointment.
The State Textbook Commission, at its first yearly meeting, shall select
textbook reviewers based on a list of qualified applicants prepared by the chief
state school officer and giving consideration to the recommendations as
specified in KRS 156.405.
The Department of Education's curriculum and instruction specialists shall
serve as staff to the commission and reviewers. The staff shall:
(a) Orient and train the commission and reviewers regarding departmental
policy and review procedures;
(b) Make available existing standards and criteria for textbook evaluation;
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(c) Provide supplies and sample textbooks for the review process.
The textbook reviewers shall develop subject specific criteria for textbook
review and evaluation in the following textbook areas:
(a) Subject content, including its relationship to the academic expectations;
(b) Audience;
(c) Format;
(d) Readability;
(e) Accuracy; and
(f) Ancillary materials.
On or before July 15, the State Textbook Commission shall develop general
criteria, review and approve subject specific criteria, and provide the standard
criteria and evaluation forms to be used by the commission and textbook
reviewers.
Based upon approval of the standard criteria and evaluation forms, the
textbook reviewers shall review textbooks and programs. The committee shall
submit evaluation forms for each textbook or program reviewed in each of the
five (5) areas, set forth in subsection (5) of this section, with comments related
to strengths and weaknesses in each area.
The State Textbook Commission shall review the work of the textbook
reviewers and based on this review and any of its own reviews of textbooks or
programs, establish a state multiple list of recommended textbooks and
programs. The list of recommended textbooks and programs shall be free of
factual error. Copies of all evaluation forms submitted by the textbook
reviewers shall be made available to commission members and maintained on
file within the Department of Education for the cycle length of the books. For
those materials placed on the state multiple list of recommended textbooks and
programs, the Department of Education shall publish a consumer guide that
includes summary results of the evaluations and any factual error identified in
the textbooks, and shall distribute it to all public schools in the state.
Effective:July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 419, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000. -Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 266, sec. 9, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 147, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1988
Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1988.
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