Basal Classroom Periodicals
Studies Weekly publications have earned four recent state adoptions, including Florida Social Studies (2005), Arkansas Social Studies (2007), Tennessee Social Studies (2007), and Tennessee Science (2008).
Perpetually Updated
When state standards change, Studies Weekly publications change. The publications are continually updated, even though - for example - there may be two more years before the next adoption. Printing in newspaper and magazine format allows for more than just changes in state standards. Students are kept updated with world, national, and state current events that relate to their curriculum.
Effective Rate of Standards Coverage — Less is more...
When a traditional program covers 100 percent of required standards, but there’s only enough class time in one school year to get through a little more than half the program, the Effective Rate of Standards Coverage is about 60 percent.
Effective Standards Coverage
The next time you consider a textbook think about what the Effective Rate of Standards Coverage might be. Does the book contain several hundred more pages than there are days in a school year? How many hours of teacher prep time will be required to "edit" that program down to a manageable size? What other demands of NCLB make it difficult to take time for deciding what pages of the text to leave in and what pages to leave out of your social studies or science program? 
Studies Weekly teacher-authors understand the time constraints of accommodating meaningful social studies and science in an NCLB world. Studies Weekly material is always manageable in one school year with very little teacher prep time required. The Effective Rate of Standards Coverage is usually near 100 percent. The percentage of coverage is always clearly stated and carefully documented (just a few clicks from here). The company even goes the extra mile and lists the standards that are not covered - if any - for the teacher’s planning convenience.