2025 - 2026 K-12 ELA ADOPTION

UPDATE: 

ECPS Seeks Input for K-12 English Language Arts (ELA) Instructional Materials Adoption

Pensacola, FL - Escambia County Public Schools is evaluating publisher samples of K-12 instructional materials. Community members are invited to view teacher and student sample materials and provide feedback at the following events from September 25-October 9, 2025.

Digital and print input forms will be available on the Instructional Materials Adoption website via the EdCredible platform (https://www.escambiaschools.org/Page/892) and at the location listed below.

Digital content can also be accessed on the Instructional Materials website via EdCredible platform: https://www.escambiaschools.org/Page/892.

The ELA Elementary Committee Initial Ranking Meeting will be held Thursday, September 25, 2025 from 5:30-6:30 pm at Spencer Bibbs in Room 104.

The ELA Secondary Committee Initial Ranking Meetings will be held at Spencer Bibbs in Room 104 as follows:

September 30, 2025 from 5:00-6:30 pm - 6-8 Intensive Reading Instructional Materials Evaluation Committee

September 30, 2025 from 6:30-8:00 pm - 6-8 ELA Instructional Materials Evaluation Committee

October 9, 2025 from 4:00-5:30 pm - 9-12 Intensive Reading Instructional Materials Evaluation Committee

October 9, 2025 from 5:30-7:00 pm - 9-12 ELA Instructional Materials Evaluation Committee

October 9, 2025 from 7:00-8:30 pm - AP Instructional Materials Evaluation Committee

Spencer Bibbs Center is located at 2005 N. 6th Ave. in Pensacola.

There will be time during the initial ranking meetings listed above for public input.

The Community Viewing and Input Event and Adoption Process Presentation will be held on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 from 5:30-6:30 pm at Spencer Bibbs in Room 104.

Additional Instructional Materials Adoption Process and Community Viewing Events and Final Ranking Meeting dates will be announced and advertised separately.

Please contact Bradley Vinson if you wish to view printed samples outside of the times listed above, bvinson1@ecsdfl.us or 850 806 8302.

The ELA Instructional Materials Evaluation Committees will meet in November (dates TBA) to review committee member evaluations, and community and teacher input. There will be time during the meetings for public input. The committees will rank the submitted titles and submit all information to the Superintendent to make a recommendation to the School Board for adoption. All meetings will take place at Spencer Bibbs in room 104. Google Meeting links will be posted on the Instructional Materials Adoption website, https://www.escambiaschools.org/Page/892, 30 minutes prior to the meeting.

Spencer Bibbs Center is located at 2005 N. 6th Ave. in Pensacola.

If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Request for such assistance must be made in writing, directed to the Superintendent of Schools, 75 North Pace Blvd., Pensacola, FL 32505. Such request must be received by the Superintendent of Schools at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting.  If you are hearing or voice impaired, call TDD 1-800-955-8771.

INITIAL POST: 

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)
•  
• 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)