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Committee recommends new AP chemistry and physics textbooks and approves six‑year AP statistics license
Summary
On May 5 the Germantown Teaching and Learning Committee recommended to the full board adoption of new AP Chemistry and AP Physics textbooks and approved a six‑year digital license for AP Statistics; staff said all three selections align with College Board AP outcomes and fall under the district's $15,000 finance threshold.
The Germantown School District Teaching and Learning Committee voted May 5 to recommend three Advanced Placement instructional resources to the full board and approved a six‑year digital license for AP Statistics.
Staff advised the committee that College Board defines AP outcomes and that textbook selections must align with those outcomes and College Board guidance. "College Board creates outcomes that they've defined for our students and those outcomes are then represented on the AP test," Jake Nazir, a district staff member, said. He said AP policies include a recommendation that texts be recent; the committee was told College Board requires that students be provided a text with a copyright within the last 10 years.
AP Chemistry: The committee voted to…
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