MDK12 Selection Criteria compared to Anne Arundel County Criteria
How are they similar?
- Both use a 1 to 3 rating scale
- Effectively support targeted standards, curriculum, and/or learning outcomes
- Accurate information is important
- Student friendly
- CIPA, FERPA and COMPAR importance
- Focuses on the importance of diversity
- Writing is clear and free of grammatical errors
How are they different?
- Maryland’s chart is more detailed and separated into nine sections whereas the county has only fourteen sections which are not detailed.
- Scope is focused more with the Maryland criteria. Maryland suggest having a dictionary and thesaurus in a collection. Two categories are having a blogging and Wiki component.
Review and Evaluation Anne Arundel County Public Schools Media Intranet Site
Anne Arundel County Websites Approval Link
Anne Arundel County Selection Criteria
My Rating System for the Databases and Websites
In order to receive 5 stars (the best) the website must ...
- Websites and databases are scored in 5 areas.
- Partial points can be given in areas if they don't meet the full requirement.
- In order to receive 5 stars the website must be easy for students of all ages to navigate.
- Having a search bar is a must.
- The information needs to be current and updated regularly to be accurate.
- These websites need to fit a curriculum need and be used during instruction.
- Being colorful and student friendly is important.
- Too much color and advertisement is a negative.
In order to receive 5 stars (the best) the website must ...
- Websites and databases are scored in 5 areas.
- Partial points can be given in areas if they don't meet the full requirement.
- In order to receive 5 stars the website must be easy for students of all ages to navigate.
- Having a search bar is a must.
- The information needs to be current and updated regularly to be accurate.
- These websites need to fit a curriculum need and be used during instruction.
- Being colorful and student friendly is important.
- Too much color and advertisement is a negative.
Works Cited
https://sites.google.com/a/aacps.org/electronicresourcesevaluation/home. Assessed 10 October. 2019.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools. “Review and Evaluation Manual.” https://intranet.aacps.org/Dept/Instruction/LMS/Pages/ReviewEval.aspx. Assessed 10 October. 2019.
MDk12 selection criteria.”MDK12 Digital Library.”
https://bb.mcdaniel.edu/courses/1/2019GSU_SLM_505_OL1/db/_1607050_1/MDK12_evaluation_criteria.pdf. Assessed June. 2019
Created by Stacey Phillips
Last updated July 2022
Last updated July 2022