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California Instructional Materials Adoption

The following materials, along with edits and corrections (as recommended by the Instructional Quality Commission) were adopted by the California State Board of Education on November 8, 2018. Publishers have 60 days to make the corrections and present them to CDE. CDE may accept the corrections as meeting the recommendation or may require additional changes be made to comply with the edits and corrections as approved by the SBE. Publishers have 60 days from receiving notice from CDE regarding the status of the changes made to provide final copies of the materials to CDE. CDE may grant extensions to publishers if deemed reasonable to do so by CDE.

Click the button below to access the full IQC Advisory Report which includes the list of recommended programs along with edits and corrections recommended by the IQC.

Official IQC Recommendations

Programs Recommended for Adoption

Publisher	Program	Grade Levels	Middle Grades Course Model
Accelerate Learning	STEMscopes CA NGSS 3D	K–5	n/a
Accelerate Learning	STEMscopes CA NGSS 3D	6–8	preferred integrated
Accelerate Learning	STEMscopes CA NGSS 3D	6–8	discipline specific
Activate Learning	IQWST California Edition	6–8	preferred integrated
Amplify Education	Amplify Science: California Discipline Specific Course Model	6–8	discipline specific
Amplify Education	Amplify Science: California Integrated Course Model	K–8	preferred integrated
Carolina Biological Supply Company	Building Blocks of Science 3D	K–5	n/a
Delta Education	FOSS Next Generation Elementary	K–5	n/a
Delta Education	FOSS Next Generation Middle School	6–8	preferred integrated
Discovery Education	Discovery Education Science Techbook for California NGSS	K–8	preferred integrated
Great Minds	Great Minds Science	4	n/a
Green Ninja	Green Ninja Integrated Middle School Science	6–8	preferred integrated
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company	California HMH Science Dimensions	K–6	n/a
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company	California HMH Science Dimensions	6–8	preferred integrated
Impact Science Education	Impact Science: Integrated Middle School Program for CA NGSS	6–8	preferred integrated
Impact Science Education	Impact Science: Middle School Program for CA NGSS	6–8	discipline specific
Lab-Aids	Issues and Science	6–7	preferred integrated
Learning Bits	SMART NGSS by Science Bits	6–8	discipline specific
McGraw-Hill School Education	California Inspire Science	K–6	n/a
McGraw-Hill School Education	California Inspire Science	6–8	discipline specific
McGraw-Hill School Education	California Inspire Science	6–8	preferred integrated
National Geographic Learning, a division of Cengage Learning	National Geographic Exploring Science	K–6	preferred integrated
Pearson Education	California Elevate Science	K–6	n/a
Pearson Education	California Elevate Science, Integrated	6–8	preferred integrated
Pearson Education	California Elevate Science	6–8	discipline specific
Teachers' Curriculum Institute	Bring Science Alive! California Integrated Program 6-8	6–8	preferred integrated
Teachers' Curriculum Institute	Bring Science Alive! California Program 6-8	6–8	discipline specific
Teachers' Curriculum Institute	Bring Science Alive! California Program K-5	K–5	n/a
Twig Education	Twig Science	K–6	preferred integrated

The full list of companies that submitted materials for adoption by California is available from CDE. The list includes links to access the programs and/or more information about the materials being submitted. A total of 33 programs were submitted. The " Report of Findings" generated from the deliberations of the Instructional Materials Reviewers is also available.

It is important to remember, that even if selecting a program from the state-adopted list, a local review of the materials is strongly recommended. Please visit the White Paper, Resources for Reviewing, and Williams Act pages for more information.

A complete timeline of the adoption process is available from CDE.