Few Middle School Math Textbooks Will Help Students Learn

Attachment A**

Textbook
Series 		Ranking by Quality of
Instruction in Student and
Teacher Editions		 Selected
Benchmarks
numcon.gif (492 bytes) numskil.gif (415 bytes) geocon.gif (549 bytes) geoskills.gif (479 bytes) algcon.gif (624 bytes) algeqcon.gif (699 bytes)
Connected Mathematics.
Dale Seymour Publications, 1998		 partial most partial most most most
Mathematics in Context.
Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation, 1998		 most most partial most most most
MathScape.
Creative Publications, 1998		 lgtblue.gif (107 bytes) most partial most minimal most
Middle Grades Math Thematics.
McDougal Littell, 1999		 lgtblue.gif (107 bytes) most partial most partial most
Mathematics Plus.
Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994		 blue.gif (107 bytes) most partial most minimal partial
Middle School Math.
ScottForesman-Addison Wesley, 1998		 blue.gif (107 bytes) most partial most partial most
Math Advantage.
Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996		 minimal most minimal partial partial minimal
Heath Passport
McDougal Littell, 1996		 circle.gif (152 bytes) most most most partial partial
Heath Mathematics Connections.
D.C. Heath and Company, 1996		 lgtblue.gif (107 bytes) most minimal most partial partial
Transition Mathematics.
ScottForesman, 1995		 blue.gif (107 bytes) most partial most partial most
Mathematics: Applications and Connections.
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1998		 lgtblue.gif (107 bytes) most partial most minimal minimal
Middle Grades Math.
Prentice Hall, 1997		 blue.gif (107 bytes) most partial most partial most
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