Barrow County School System


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Board Meeting
04/10/2018 06:00 PM

Board of Education
Professional Development Center
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ITEM : D.4. AP Biology Textbook Adoptions - Melinda Kay

Recommendation
The Superintendent recommended the textbook for Advanced Placement (AP) Biology, course number 26.0140014 and 26.2140014, to the Board of Education to be placed on the table until the next regularly scheduled meeting. The book will be placed on display in the lobby of the Professional Development Center.

Summary
The Barrow County School System currently offers Advanced Placement (AP) Biology to 9th - 12th grade high school students. The College Board requires that an approved AP textbook is no older than ten years past the publishing date. The current textbook, Biology by Campbell and Reece, 8th Edition, was published in 2008. Therefore, this book will be out of compliance with the College Board requirements next year. The textbook we are proposing for adoption is Campbell Biology in Focus, 2nd edition. This textbook is aligned to the AP Biology curriculum that was redesigned in 2013. In addition, the new text also includes an e-text (Mastering Biology) with sample questions and formative assessment tools that are not available with the current textbook.

Details
Course Title:                Advanced Placement (AP) Biology
Course Numbers:         26.0140014 and 26.2140014
Text Title:                   Campbell Biology in Focus 2nd Edition
ISBN:                         0134278917
Copyright:                  2017
Publisher:                   Pearson                            

Financial Impact
The price of the text is $144.97.
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