Barrow County School System


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Board Meeting
05/01/2018 06:00 PM

Board of Education
Professional Development Center
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ITEM : D.2. AP Calculus Textbook Adoption - Melinda Kay

Recommendation
The Superintendent recommends the textbook for Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus and Honors Calculus, course code numbers 27.0720014 and 27.0780003, be removed from the table and approved.

Summary
The Barrow County School System currently offers Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus to 11th and 12th grade high school students. The College Board implemented a curriculum and exam redesign for the AP Calculus course beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year. The new exam mandates that students have the most up-to-date knowledge possible, up to and including l'Hospital's Rules, Slope Fields, and Log/Exponential in real life. The newest version of Single Variables Calculus, Concepts, and Contexts solves the problems faced by our current students who use the 2007 edition of this text--namely, the information is current and contains many more examples; the currently adopted text only provides a minimal amount of each. 

In addition, the new text also includes numerous sample multiple-choice, short-answer, and essay questions for the teacher edition; the teacher edition was not available for our older version. The consensus on the selection of the new textbook for AP Calculus AB and Honors Calculus, course numbers 27.0720014 and 27.0780003 is Single Variable Calculus, 6th, 7th, or 8th Edition. 

The text is approved and promoted by the College Board and meets criteria for state approved textbooks.

Details
Course Title:          Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus and Honors Calculus
Course Number:     27.0720014 and 27.0780003
Text Title:              Single Variable Calculus, 6th, 7th, or 8th Edition
ISBN:                    1464142262
Copyright:             6th (not listed), 7th (2012), 8th (2016)
Publisher:              Cengage Learning                            

Financial Impact
The price of the text is $114.74.
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