Comments on: AAPS Board OKs Biology Books, Therapists http://annarborchronicle.com/2012/08/20/aaps-board-oks-biology-books-therapists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aaps-board-oks-biology-books-therapists it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Rod Johnson http://annarborchronicle.com/2012/08/20/aaps-board-oks-biology-books-therapists/comment-page-1/#comment-121239 Rod Johnson Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:59:38 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=95097#comment-121239 “In addition, the current text is written at a lexile level that is more consistent with the reading skills of most 10th grade students”

I’m intrigued by this. Does AAPS use the Lexile (which should be capitalized, by the way) Framework to match texts and students this way? How much does it cost the district? Or do they just go by the numbers supplied by the publishers? I’m not a fan of readability measures in general, but I dislike proprietary measures even more.

]]> By: Christine Stead http://annarborchronicle.com/2012/08/20/aaps-board-oks-biology-books-therapists/comment-page-1/#comment-121205 Christine Stead Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:12:25 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=95097#comment-121205 The other county discussed at the WAE meeting was in North Carolina. Otherwise, great coverage of the meeting! Thannks.

]]> By: Kathy Kinich http://annarborchronicle.com/2012/08/20/aaps-board-oks-biology-books-therapists/comment-page-1/#comment-121185 Kathy Kinich Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:07:23 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=95097#comment-121185 Correction needed-price of the biology textbooks is different in the opening section and the later report. [Editor's note: The second instance was the accurate one, and the first has been corrected.]

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