The project is called the National Science Education Standards-Based Inventory of Middle Level Science Curriculum . The challenge is a little more than visual. For our purposes we decided not to try to interpret the intent of the standards. It's an inventory, not an evaluation.
Evaluation is very important, and that's where the industry has to go.
But we saw some value in starting with an inventory, and it's aligned with our purpose to reveal outstanding features of products as viewed through the National Science Education Standards . In other words, you should be able to look at a material and you should be able to tell one characteristic type from another. You should be able to tell a supplementary material from a comprehensive one. You should be able to tell one that focuses on a particular content area, such as earth and space science, from one that focuses on life science. Let's see the quick summary of what apparently is out there.