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Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources Cluster: Agricultural Production Systems Pathway

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Core Code Alignment

CTE / Agricultural Education
Agricultural Business & Production
30010000050: Agricultural Science I

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I recommend all 3 resources from this publisher for the Agriculture Productions Pathway. The Pathways to Career Success textbook was well-rounded and not just applicable to agriculture careers but all career pathways. These will really encourage students to think of the future and what career path interests them.

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Rubric : Career and Technical Education 2025

Compliance with State Law (Required)

Item	3 - Extensive	2 - Adequate	1 - Inadequate	0 - None
1. Sensitive Materials and Prohibited Submission 53G-10-103, R277-628	NA	Does Not Violate Law	NA	May Violate Law
Nothing to report in any of the 3 resources.
Prohibited discriminatory practices 53G-2-103-5, 53B-1-118 and 67-27-107	NA	Does Not Violate Law	NA	May Violate Law
Nothing discriminatory was promoted or present in my review in any of the resources.
Maintaining constitutional freedom in the public schools. 53G-10-202	NA	Does Not Violate Law	NA	May Violate Law
Nothing against constitutional freedom was promoted in the resources.

Content

Item	3 - Extensive	2 - Adequate	1 - Inadequate	0 - None
1. Assessment Tools	The material provides numerous, quality assessment tools for students, including reflective questions, activities, and application of skills.	The material provides some assessment tools for students, such as including reflective questions, activities, or application of skills.	The material provides minimal assessment tools for students including very little reflective questions, activities, or application of skills.	The material does not provide assessment tools for students.
There were several ways to assess how much the students retained from the chapter. This included vocab, main ideas, group activities and more.
2. Teacher Resources & Training	The material provides quality teacher resources, including questioning strategies, activity ideas, evaluation tools, and differentiation strategies.	The material provides some teacher resources, including questioning strategies, activity ideas, evaluation tools, or differentiation strategies.	The material provides minimal teacher resources, including very little questioning strategies, activity ideas, evaluation tools, or differentiation strategies.	The material does not provide teacher resources.
The material does provide lots of questions and activities for teachers to implement but it does not say specifically "for teachers".
3. Ethnic Studies (Ethnic studies in core standards and curriculum should be a narrowly tailored incorporation of age-appropriate opportunities that naturally arise through education without pretextual effort in courses, programs, or activities where ethnic studies is not a primary focus. The material should incorporate curriculum of people and cultures that reflect the state’s various demographics without commentary that seeks to violate the neutrality standard established in codes: 53B-1-118, 53G-2-103, 53G-2-104, 53G-2-105, 67-27-107,	This item has not been graded.
These resources were very based on cultures in the United States, but I think given the topics that is appropriate. The course standards are based on American agricultural practices and so the textbook resources are going to be designed that way. But it could mention and have more applications for international agriculture and careers.
4. Shared Values and Character Traits	The material extends beyond the content outlined in "Adequate", it includes elements that connect Utahns to the world. The material offers multiple evidence-based supplemental resources and opportunities for cultivating character traits in students. The material offers multiple evidence-based supplemental resources and opportunities for cultivating character traits in students. Some examples may include characters with a variety of personalities, education, income, occupation, or behaviors that illustrate character traits.	The material focuses on the shared values of diverse people and communities, the common elements that unite Utahns, and displays some character traits in its imagery and content. It aims to cultivate character traits in students, such as courage, leadership, intelligence, integrity, honesty, respect, morality, civility, duty, honor, and service, along with principles found in the Constitution.	The material lacks a sense of shared values or common elements that unite Utahns. Furthermore, the material has limited resources addressing civic and character education.	The material does not meet the requirements within the ethnic studies core standards and curriculum requirements (53E-4-204.1) and civic and character education. (53G-10-204)
I noticed in each of these resources a variety of pictures with people of different skin colors and backgrounds to help promote diversity. This would help teachers in showing that anyone can be involved in these careers and help all students connect to the material.
5. Utah CTE Course Standards Alignment	The material provides adequate preparation of skills through quality examples, explanations, and online resources of the content.	The material provides some preparation of skills through some examples, explanations, or online resources of the content.	The material provides minimal preparation of skills through minimal examples, explanations, or online resources of the content.	The material does not provide preparation of skills through examples, explanations, or online resources of the content.
The materials in the 3 resources provided have quality information that align with the Utah course standards. The career resources in the books were high quality and after looking at the standards, I didn't see anything missing from the resources overall.
6. Engagement	The material is engaging by appealing to student interest through interactive and performance-based activities and content.	The material provides some engagement to student interest through some interactive or performance-based activities and content.	The material provides minimal engagement to student interest and includes minimal interactive or performance-based activities.	The material does not provide engagement to student interest through use of interactive or performance-based activities.
The material would be engaging for students. The end of chapter reviews, questions, and "stop to jot" were all high quality resources that we feel could be used in the classroom.
7. Non-Text Content	The material contains authentic, relevant, applicable, and well-integrated non-text content (images, graphs, visual aids, etc.).	The material contains some authentic, relevant, applicable, integrated non-text content (images, graphs, visual aids, etc.)	The material contains minimal authentic, relevant, applicable, or integrated non-text content (images, graphs, visual aids, etc.)	The material does not contain authentic, relevant, applicable, or well-integrated non-text content (images, graphics, visual aids, etc.)
All materials that were not text were relevant and applicable. They made sense were they were at and all pertained to the text.

Work-Based Learning

Item	3 - Extensive	2 - Adequate	1 - Inadequate	0 - None
1. Industry Alignment	The material is aligned to industry standards through the use of research-based and real-world application of relevant, current terminology and content.	The material provides some alignment to industry standards through some use of research-based and real-world application of relevant or current terminology and content.	The material provides minimal alignment to industry standards through minimal use of research-based and real-world application of relevant or current terminology and content.	The material does not provide alignment to industry standards through the use of research-based and real-world application of relevant, current terminology and content.
The material in each of these resources aligned well with the industry standards of the animal production industry, especially as things are constantly changing in agriculture.
2. 21st Century & Workplace Skills	The material engages readers in the development of 21st-century and workplace skills, providing a greater depth of knowledge of the content.	The material provides some development of 21st century and workplace skills, providing some deepening of knowledge of the content.	The material provides minimal development of 21st century or workplace skills, providing minimal deepening of knowledge of the content.	The material does not provide development of 21st century or workplace skills, resulting in no deepening of knowledge of the content.
The materials are designed for the 21st century clearly based on the technologies mentioned in all the resources. GIS, crop rotation, and drones were some that stood out to me.

Safety

Item	3 - Extensive	2 - Adequate	1 - Inadequate	0 - None
1. Lab Spaces	The material provides adequate preparation for hands-on learning experiences through the inclusion of content-related lab spaces and associated safety practices.	The material provides some preparation for hands-on learning experiences through some inclusion of content-related lab spaces or associated safety practices.	The material provides minimal preparation for hands-on learning experiences through minimal inclusion of content-related lab spaces or associated safety practices.	The material does not provide preparation for hands-on learning experiences through the inclusion of content-related lab spaces or associated safety practices.
The material provided adequate information for the student.
2. Lab Equipment	The material provides adequate preparation for hands-on learning experiences through the inclusion of a wide range of current and content-relevant lab equipment with associated safety practices.	The material provides some preparation for hands-on learning experiences through some inclusion of current and content-relevant lab equipment or associated safety practices.	The material provides minimal preparation for hands-on learning experiences through minimal inclusion of current and content-relevant lab equipment or associated safety practices.	The material does not provide preparation for hands-on learning experiences through the inclusion of current and content-relevant lab equipment or associated safety practices.
The textbooks seemed very information heavy and not based on labs or hands on learning experiences. More implementation of labs at the end of chapters would be beneficial and make things more hands on.

Material Characteristics (Total Points:9)

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1. Physical Characteristics	The material goes beyond the content outlined in "Adequate" by incorporating modern, up-to-date, and relatable visuals.	In physical terms, the material is interactive and provides high-quality audio-visual and tactile experiences for all users.	The material offers limited or low-quality audio-visual and tactile experiences for students, but it is reusable.	The content either has low audio-visual quality or is not intended for reuse.
Visuals were more than adequate. We feel they are modern looking and accurate.
2. Technical Standards	The material surpasses the content outlined in "Adequate" by ensuring the safeguarding of student data privacy and easy installation or access without technical assistance. Furthermore, any licensing information is clearly stated in the description.	The materials meet all the requirements of federal and state laws, as well as accepted technical standards such as ISTE Standards and VPAT Compliance. Additional technical specifications and limitations, including hardware requirements, bandwidth demands, and software/web access restrictions, are clearly outlined in the description. The design of the materials allows for error-free installation or access without the need to purchase additional components.	The material is constrained by specifications that require additional materials, technical assistance, hardware, software, or infrastructure. Access to resources within the material expires after a trial period.	Student data privacy is at risk.
I did not notice anything out of the ordinary here.
3. Adaptability	The material is currently relevant and adaptable for educators and students. The material can be customized for the needs of diverse learners.	Educators or students can utilize the material, but it may not be customizable for the needs of diverse learners.	The material has limited options to address adaptability for the needs of diverse learners.	The material is not suitable for different educational settings with diverse learners.
The material might need to be adapted a little bit for students with learning disabilities where some chapters seemed very long. Bullet points could have been used in some instances. Would like to see less big paragraphs and more graphics.

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