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About Us
A Commitment to Excellence
As a family-owned business founded by two educators, we know both the challenges and the opportunities today’s learning environment presents. For over 95 years, we have been committed to working side-by-side with educators like you to build the very best curriculum solutions for teachers and students. Together, we can help all students reach their potential.
Our Mission
We are proud to partner with educators on curriculum solutions that break down learning barriers; create dynamic, inclusive classrooms; and help all students reach their potential.
Our Vision
Focus on areas where we can make the biggest difference.
Commit ourselves to excellence in innovation, service, and support.
Hold ourselves accountable to grow as individuals and as an organization.
Our Values
WORK TOGETHER
We recognize that to succeed individually, we must succeed as a team.
TAKE INITIATIVE
We set the bar high for ourselves, empower initiative, and hold ourselves accountable to our customers and colleagues.
THINK CRITICALLY
We ask ourselves the hard questions as we seek ways to improve our products, service, processes, and performance.
LEARN & GROW
We encourage each person to reach their potential through learning opportunities, feedback, and reflection.
BUILD FOR THE LONG TERM
We invest in our people, keep our lives in balance, and do things the right way.
Meet Rigorous Classroom Demands
You want to generate lifelong impact.
We blend teaching experience, learning science, and expert recommendations to meet the most rigorous classroom demands.
Developed with Leading Experts
Advanced Placement® coursebooks from AMSCO® exemplify our approach to developing solutions. Our authors, consultants, and reviewers serve as College Board Consultants, APSI Instructors, Table Leaders, Exam Readers, and AP® test-item writers. Their teaching experience, in-depth content knowledge, and experience with College Board® curriculum and exams are the reason our coursebooks are the number one choice of AP teachers across the country.
Built on Learning Science
Retrieval and spaced practice enhances recall and consolidates understanding.
Frequent feedback develops students’ metacognitive
abilities and helps them become self-directed learners.
Interleaving increases content mastery.
Embracing difficulties builds perseverance.
Classroom Tested
What happens once we publish materials? We listen and learn!
We are constantly looking for ways to improve your classroom experience. As a result, we change and adapt based on what you need so the materials we publish today are based on countless hours of real classroom use.
"The more I used the text [Literature & Thought] with the students, the more impressed I become. I enjoyed this more than any other text in my years of teaching."
English/Drama Teacher
Shenandoah Valley Academy, New Market, Virginia
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Customize to Fit Your Needs
Your needs are unique. We combine a wealth of easy-to-use curriculum with the know-how to create solutions that fit your budget and your classroom needs.
Perfect for YOUR Classroom
Whether you are looking to develop specific skills, refresh lessons, add novels or classroom libraries, or replace core curriculum—we have you covered!
Affordable digital, blended, and print solutions across subject areas.
An unsurpassed selection of core texts, anthologies, supplemental materials, trade books, and assessment resources.
Expert consultants to help you choose the right solution for your curriculum, student population, and budget.
Ongoing professional development and support to ensure your satisfaction.
Easy to Use
Streamlined content and a consistent software interface speed implementation and keep students goal oriented.
You choose—print, digital, or print/digital bundles.
Consistent lesson navigation across programs.
Onboarding and implementation support including ongoing checkins.
Product walkthroughs, tutorials, and FAQs on our Support Site.
Focused
Encourage student-directed learning through focused lessons.
Clear alignment to standards and skills.
Student-friendly learning objectives.
Scaffolded instruction and practice.
Application tasks and assessment.
Break Down Learning Barriers
Build dynamic, inclusive classrooms with interactive editions in social studies, language arts, and science.
Comprehend the Text
Immersive Reader
ADAPT the reading passage based on their own abilities and learning styles.
TRANSLATE and hear the text in their native language—dozens of languages available!
ENHANCE learning using a picture dictionary, adding line focus, or identifying syllables and parts of speech.
CUSTOMIZE readability by changing font type, size, and background color.
Read for Meaning
Interactive Texts
Students move from skimming and scanning to discovering evidence and extracting meaning.
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IDENTIFY, label, and comment on textual evidence.
COLLECT evidence automatically in a digital notebook.
TRANSFER ideas and evidence into discussion and writing tasks.
Participate Share
Collaboration Walls
Reduce students’ reluctance to join in conversations.
SHARE ideas and perspectives based on meaningful, text-based questions.
PARTICIPATE in dynamic, inclusive discussions both online and in small groups.
TRACK and grade participation in real time.
Encourage
Exploration
Bring physics and math to life with simulations, interactive activities, and virtual labs.
EXPLORE concepts with interactive activities.
CLOSE LEARNING GAPS with point-of-use video instruction by master teachers.
PRACTICE to mastery with i-Practice personalized math problem sets.
Interactive Editions
Break down learning barriers and build dynamic, inclusive classrooms with these interactive editions in social studies, language arts, and science.
Make college-level content accessible to all your students without sacrificing the rigot required for succcess on the new AP® social studies exams.
Achieve AP® success with AMSCO® —making college-level content accessible to all your students.
Develop students’ critical reading, analysis, and writing skills.
Immerse students in anthologies of outstanding literature.
Explore literature units using critical thinking, reading, and writing skills.
Master vocabulary in the context of outstanding literature.
Animated instruction and interactive exploration bring physics to life.
