Commission on the Evaluation of Textbooks

Concerned about the quality of school textbooks, the PAU Board decided at the end of 2000 to form a commission made up of specialists in the various subjects taught in schools, especially secondary schools, to give a completely independent opinion of the approximately fifty textbooks that enter school use every year. It was thought that the commission’s work would be of great public benefit. Indeed, the existence of a body with oversight of textbooks should in itself make authors and publishers more sensitive to the quality of textbooks introduced into schools. The predictions proved accurate. The commission’s activities and the proceedings issued by it stimulated a great deal of interest.
As directed by the commission, certificates of distinction are presented at the PAU General Meeting in June to the authors and publishers of the best textbooks.

Go to the Internet page of the journal:  "Educational Opinions of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences: Proceedings of the PAU School-Textbook Evaluation Commission".

Commission Members

Honorary Member:  Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Kastory