2025 - 2026 K-12 ELA ADOPTION

The School District of Escambia County plans to adopt new instructional materials for K-12 English Language Arts (ELA), for implementation in the 2026-2027 school year.

• Course Listing:
  

• Elementary:
  Grades K-5 Language Arts (5010041, 5010042, 5010043, 5010044, 5010045, 5010046)

• Middle School:
  M/J Language Arts 1 & Advanced (1001010, 1001020)
  M/J Language Arts 2 & Advanced (1001040, 1001050)
  M/J Language Arts 3 & Advanced (1001070, 1001080)

• M/J Intensive Reading 1 (1000010)
  M/J Intensive Reading 2 (1000012)
  M/J Intensive Reading 3 (1000014)

• High School:
  Intensive Reading 1 (1000412)
• Intensive Reading 2 (1000414)
• Intensive Reading 3 (1000416)
• Intensive Reading 4 (1000418)
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• English 1 & Honors (1001310, 1001320)
• English 2 & Honors (1001340, 1001350)
• English 3 & Honors (1001370, 1001380)
• English 4 & Honors (1001400, 1001410)
•  
• Debate 1 (1007330)
• Creative Writing 1 (1009320)
• 
  High School AP Courses: 
• AP English Language and Composition (1001420)
• AP English Literature and Composition (1001430)

We are asking participating publishers to complete the following steps by July 3, 2025:

1. Submit the following documents for each title via EdCredible:

• Simplified list of the package you will present to the Florida School Book Depository for the state adoption in Florida.  The list should include itemized components and pricing, including the free-with-order list.
• In the Documents Section of EdCredible provide the following: 
  • If and how each title integrates with Canvas.  Vendors must provide the One EdTech Certification URL Link for EACH  Title. 
  • If and how the products provide all assessments and assessment items in the Question and Test Interoperability (QTI) format supported by Mastery Connect. Vendors must provide sample QTI files for EACH title.
  • Implementation and Training Plan and Cost
  • 2024-2025 K-12 English Language Arts Specifications (PDF)
  • K-5 Topic Coverage Correlation (Excel)
  • K-5 ELA 50/50 Split Correlation (Excel)
  • K-12 1/3 Sample Booklist Correlation (Excel)
  • K-12 ELA Evidence that Benchmarks Are Not Taught in Isolation Correlation (Excel)
  • Science of Reading for K-5 ELA Rubric (PDF)
  • Core Questions Rubric (PDF)
  • 2025-2026 6-12 Additional English Language Arts Specification (PDF)
  • 2025 Escambia K-2 Instructional Materials Rubric
  • 2025 Escambia 3-5 Instructional Materials Rubric
  • 2025 Escambia ELA 6-12 Rubric
  • Intensive Reading Materials (6-12) Evaluation Rubric
  • Link to UDL Survey submitted to the state
  • Principles of Individual Freedom Assurance for Publisher (Form IM19) - for AP and IB courses only
  • Review the Draft MOU document (subject to change prior to adoption) and upload a signed copy of the agreement with any suggested changes
  • IT Requirements
• A digital link and online access instructions.  Separate log-ins must be provided for teacher and public review.

3. ECPS will schedule a required virtual meeting between the publisher and school district integrations teams. Meetings will take place in July, August, and September.

Once all documents have been received and the integration meetings have been scheduled and/or completed, publishers will be informed if they are invited to participate in the ECPS K-12 ELA Adoption.

ECPS K-12 ELA Adoption Timeline

Specific Dates will be added during the process.

Expectations and Guidelines:

Escambia County School District is a closed district.  During this process, please adhere to the following guidelines: 

Publishers or manufacturers of instructional materials who have submitted, or plan to submit within 18 months, instructional materials within a specific content area for consideration in the adoption process in the State of Florida or Escambia County Schools may not:

• Directly contact any teacher(s), including department heads, regarding their materials until after Escambia County makes its own official district adoption. (NOTE: The adoption becomes official only after it has been voted on by The School Board of Escambia County, Florida.);

• Host dinners, retreats or parties of any kind for any teacher(s) or administrator(s) in Escambia County Schools to showcase their materials being considered for adoption, other than showcases that are required by the District and scheduled to take place on School District property with the option of refreshments being arranged through the Escambia County Schools Food Service Department, and limited to a cost of no more than $5.00 per person;

• Offer gifts, gift certificates or other enticements (such as "freebies") to any teacher(s) or administrator(s) (or their schools) who attend an event such as is described in b. above.

(The provisions in section 1 a., b., and c. would not prohibit teachers or administrators from participating in meetings of professional organizations where vendors may be a sponsor.)

• All communication with schools, whether written or oral, regarding an adoption in Escambia County Schools must be handled through the Instructional Materials Manager, or designee.

• Blanket sampling of schools prior to district adoption of materials is prohibited. Arrangements for distribution to schools of evaluation copies of materials recommended for teacher review and voting must be handled through the Instructional Materials Manager or designee.

• Pilot programs of materials being considered for adoption during or outside the 18 months prior to their official adoption date of April 1st, are prohibited unless written authority is given by the Superintendent of Schools.

• No member of the Escambia County Schools adoption committee may discuss matters relating to instructional materials submitted for adoption with any agent of a publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials, either directly or indirectly, except during the period when the committee shall have been called into session for the purpose of evaluating instructional materials submitted for adoption OR in a public presentation showcasing the materials as described in number 1.b. above. Such discussions shall be limited to official meetings of the committee or in a public presentation (on Escambia County Schools' property) showcasing the materials as described in number 1.b. above.

No further notification will be sent to publishers; however, any agent of a publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials found in violation of these rules for the adoption process in Escambia County Schools may have their materials immediately disqualified from further consideration, absent extenuating circumstances.

Thank you, 

Bradley Vinson, Coordinator of Media Services (bvinson1@ecsdfl.us)

Melissa Marsh, K-12 ELA Subject Area Specialist (mmarsh@ecsdfl.us)

Tracie Carollo, 6-12 ELA Subject Area Specialist (tcarollo@ecsdfl.us)