N.M. Admin. Code § 6.75.2.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024

Section 6.75.2.7 - DEFINITIONS

A."Adoption" means authorization by the department of core and supplementary instructional material for use in public school districts, charter schools, and state educational institutions.

B."Adoption cycle" means the period during which instructional material adopted by the department shall be considered current.

C."Core instructional material" means the comprehensive print or digital educational material, including basal material, which constitutes the necessary instructional components of a full academic course of study in those subjects for which the department has adopted content standards and benchmarks.

D."Core subject areas" means those subject areas for which the department has adopted content standards and benchmarks.

E."Depository" means an entity approved by the department that represents providers for the purpose of managing district or school instructional material orders. Responsibilities of the depository include:

(1) accounting;

(2) acquisition;

(3) storage;

(4) distribution; and

(5) disposition of adopted instructional material.

F."In-adoption" means currently adopted instructional material that is approved by the department, and included on the multiple list.

G."Instructional material" means school textbooks and other educational media that are used as the basis for instruction, including combinations of textbooks, learning kits, supplementary material and electronic media.

H."Instructional material manual" means written guidance issued and updated by the department that outlines detailed requirements and procedures related to instructional material.

I."Interoperability standards" means the current industry standards that measure the seamless sharing of data, content, and services among systems and applications.

J."Local education agency" or "LEA" means a local school district, charter school, or state educational institution.

K."Multiple list" means a written list of those instructional materials approved by the department.

L."Open educational resources" or "OER" means teaching, learning, and research material that is freely available for use, adaptation, and sharing.

M."Open source curriculum" or "OSC" means a planned sequence of instructional and educational material that covers a full academic course of study, and that may be freely accessed, distributed, and modified.

N."Other adoptions" means an adoption of new material that is not conducted during the summer review institute.

O."Other classroom material" means materials other than textbooks that are used to support direct instruction to students.

P."Out-of-adoption" means previously adopted instructional material that is no longer considered current by the department and that is not included on the multiple list.

Q."Processing fee" means the bid fees charged to vendors for each item of instructional material submitted for adoption, not to exceed the retail price.

R."Provider" means an organization or individual, including publishers, who develops and submits instructional material.

S."Request for applications" or "RfA" means the written notice issued by the department soliciting the submission of new instructional material in specified subject areas, and outlining the terms and conditions of the department's review and adoption process.

T."Research-based effectiveness" means the demonstrated effectiveness of instructional material in supporting students to meet or exceed grade-level goals according to New Mexico content standards, and as demonstrated by the best available evidence for curricula in the relevant grade and subject. For core instructional material, evidence shall include an independently conducted experimental or quasi-experimental research study or review by nationally-recognized, independent experts in curricula review. LEA-created core instructional materials may also demonstrate effectiveness using correlational evidence that students using the core instructional material meet or exceed grade-level proficiency as measured by the state assessment.

U."Reviewer of record" means a reviewer who is a qualified teacher with a level 2 or 3-A license with experience in the content area being reviewed.

V."Substitution" means the replacement of an adopted item under the provider's agreement with a revised edition of the item.

W."Supplementary instructional material" means supporting instructional material used to reinforce, enrich, or enhance instruction driven by core instructional material. Pursuant to Section 22-15-8 NMSA 1978, the department may choose not to review supplementary materials.

N.M. Admin. Code § 6.75.2.7

6.75.2.7 NMAC - Rp, 6.75.2.7 NMAC, 10/15/10, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVII, Issue 23, December 15, 2016, eff. 12/15/2016, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXIX, Issue 23, December 11, 2018, eff. 12/11/2018