Improving the Quality of Science Textbooks -- A Conference Grant

该项目建议召集出版商、课程开发人员以及州和地区科学教育领导人参加两个独立但相关的会议。第一个目标是课程开发者。第二组将包括开发人员，并增加负责州和地区课程开发的个人。会议的目标是让参与者更全面地了解2061计划课程评估工具，并对其进行分析和批评。此外，会议论文集（包括委托撰写的论文）将在网上出版，有关论文集的信息将通过项目通讯（发行量5万份）分发。

The project proposes to convene publishers, curriculum developers and state and district science education leaders for two separate but related conferences. The first targets curriculum developers. The second will include developers, and adds individuals responsible for curriculum development in states and districts. The goals of the conferences are for participants to gain a more complete understanding of the Project 2061 curriculum evaluation instrument, and to analyze and critique it. In addition, the conference proceedings (including commissioned papers) will be published on-line and information about the proceedings will be distributed through the project's newsletter (circulation 50,000).