There is little logical or proof-like development of the key points or why methods work. There is a lack of harder problems in most subtopics. There is a fair edging to moderately good coverage of this topic. Unfortunately, most of the material does not occur until chapter 12, making it likely that some classes will not get to this material. The general quality of the exposition is good and most subtopics occur in a reasonable order.
Word problems cover the range of difficulties and there are a sufficient number.
Factoring of trinomials is weak, never going beyond easy problems or expressions with lead coefficient 2. There are many distractions in the text and a sufficient number of activities, both related and unrelated to the mathematical focus, to interfere with learning of the material. For example, a city planning context theme runs throughout chapter 7. The discussion does not refer to the properties of equality. Worse yet, this section doesn't explain the whys of elimination.