“…Furthermore, although many criteria exist along which teachers might critique existing curriculum materials (e.g., the AAAS Project 2061 criteria for evaluating textbooks; see Kesidou & Roseman, 2002), beginning elementary teachers may struggle to select appropriate criteria to use, or they may simply focus on whether they "like" or "don't like" the materials (Davis, 2006b). Furthermore, they may struggle with critiquing curriculum materials effectively (Lynch, 1997;Schwarz, 2009, this issue;Schwarz et al, 2008;Yerrick, Doster, Nugent, Parke, & Crawley, 2003).…”