Adopted+Instructional+Materials+-+Background+Information

Adopted Instructional Materials Background Information

Districts are required to provide every student with standards-aligned instructional materials in the four core academic subject areas to use in class and to take home. Basic instructional materials are selected by the local governing board from a list of materials adopted by the California State Board of Education (SBE). The SBE adopts instructional materials in reading/language arts, mathematics, science, history–social science, health, world languages, and visual and performing arts. The most recent adoptions by the SBE are shown below:
 * **History ** ||  **2005 **  ||
 * **Science ** ||  **2006 **  ||
 * **Math ** ||  **2007 **  ||
 * **Language Arts ** ||  **2008 **  ||

Districts may continue to purchase and use materials from past adoption lists until new materials are adopted by the SBE. More information about instructional materials, including a link to the price list of currently adopted materials, is posted at the CDE Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Materials Web page: []. Frequently Asked Questions about adopted instructional materials can be found at the CDE website: @http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/imfrpfaq1.asp

New adoptions in reading-language arts and mathematics based on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will take place, but no timeline for those adoptions has yet been approved. More information about the implementation of the CCSS is posted at the CDE Web page: []. Plans are in place to review supplemental instructional materials designed to bridge the gap between current programs in use and the CCSS. Materials will be reviewed April-June of 2012 and recommendations posted in October 2012. Districts will not be required to adopt or purchase these materials, but they will be available as a reviewed resources to support instruction of the CCSS.

Electronic materials are also included on the adoption lists as choices from which districts may select, including several programs that are entirely digital. The California Learning Resources Network [|http://www.CLRN.org] conducts ongoing reviews of supplemental technology-based materials for alignment to state content standards. District governing boards may select supplemental instructional materials for use in their schools.