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Vedros, Ralph G. – 1986
Learner Verification and Revision (LVR) has been part of Florida's instructional materials adoption process since 1974, when state statutes required textbook publishers to provide written proof that their materials were revised based on student feedback before publication. Publishers were also required to collect student data and make revisions…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods

Epstein, Terrie L. – Social Studies, 1994
Contends that differences in historical interpretations presented in textbooks have implications for citizenship education. Compares the treatment of the civil rights movement in two secondary level U.S. history textbooks. Concludes that selection committees should examine historical interpretation as well the amount of information about…
Descriptors: Black History, Citizenship Education, Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights