Describe the grade band, adoption criteria, and decision process. Makeform creates a structured textbook evaluation form for consistent scores, evidence, and recommendations.
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Sample prompts for the builder
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Audience
K–5 teachers and curriculum specialists
Format
Weighted rubric with grade-level evidence
Prompt size
399 chars
Example form structure
Weighted rubric with grade-level evidence
Reviewer role and grade level
Title, edition, publisher, and ISBN
Standards and instructional quality ratings
Evidence and page references
Adoption recommendation
Suggested routing tags
Ready for discussion
Evidence needed
Not recommended
Define the score scale and require evidence beside each rating. A number without a page reference or reviewer note is difficult for a committee to discuss.
Step 1
Define
agree on criteria, scale, and weights
Step 2
Review
inspect the same chapters and materials
Step 3
Compare
combine scores, evidence, and concerns
Step 4
Decide
record recommendation and conditions
A consistent adoption review
A shared rubric gives every reviewer the same criteria, scoring anchors, and evidence fields, making each rating easier to interpret.
Keep criteria, scale labels, sampled chapters, and evidence consistent across reviewer roles.
Use category ratings and optional weights to distinguish priorities from preferences.
Collect page references, examples, strengths, and concerns for committee discussion.
Adapt the rubric
Keep the core structure consistent while adding subject, grade, course, and learner criteria.
Add mathematical practice, laboratory safety, source analysis, or text-complexity checks.
Capture role and expertise so feedback remains in context.
Require explanations for low scores, factual errors, bias concerns, or access barriers.
Tag follow-ups, route issue flags, and export responses for the selection meeting.
Build the review
Build the rubric around the committee's decision and evidence reviewers can gather.
Name the subject, grade, reviewers, materials, scale, criteria, and recommendation choices.
Use observable anchors, set weights, and require explanations where needed.
Score one sample chapter together and clarify ambiguous criteria before launch.
Share one link, route flags, and compare category totals and comments.
Choose a review method
Preserve consistent scores and supporting evidence in an editable structure.
Field guide
Use six sections to identify materials, apply criteria, show evidence, and record recommendations.
Material identity
Record the exact edition and format before asking for judgments.
Reviewer context
Capture reviewer role and expertise so feedback remains in context.
Content and alignment
Separate alignment, accuracy, scope, sequence, and depth to expose content gaps.
Instruction and access
Use observable criteria for learner supports and content access.
Scoring and evidence
Label each scale point, collect evidence, and publish weights before review.
Recommendation
Summarize strengths, concerns, implementation needs, and reviewer confidence beyond the total score.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for teachers, department chairs, and curriculum committees preparing an adoption review.
It is a shared rubric for examining candidate materials before adoption. It records material identity, reviewer context, ratings, evidence, concerns, and a recommendation for comparison.
Cover alignment, accuracy, scope, instructional design, assessment, accessibility, representation, usability, resources, digital components, implementation, and cost. Adapt criteria to the subject and grade band.
Use one short scale with a written meaning for every value. Require evidence for unusual scores and calibrate reviewers on the same sample chapter before launch.
Yes. A committee can assign more weight to its priority categories, such as content alignment or accessibility. Publish the weights before review, keep the unweighted category scores visible, and treat the weighted total as one input alongside evidence and unresolved concerns.
Yes. Share one form and collect each reviewer's role, expertise, and material sampled. Export responses for comparison while retaining comments that totals may conceal.
Yes. Use a required candidate dropdown or duplicate the review for each title so every response evaluates one clearly identified edition. Keep criteria and scale unchanged across candidates, then compare category scores, evidence, price and format details, conditions, and recommendations.
Yes. Makeform provides unlimited free forms and responses, so you can generate, edit, publish, and collect committee evaluations without a response cap. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
Check incomplete reviews and issue flags, compare scores and comments, discuss rating differences, verify evidence, and record the committee's decision and conditions separately.
Build a fairer, clearer review process.
