How did Learning CTR Online choose its textbooks?

• Scope and level: Does it cover the topics needed in sufficient depth for success in later courses?

• Scholarship: Does it present a full and current range of data and source research on a given topic?

• Academic Integrity: Does it present and reference data separately from interpretation, and then consider a reasonable range of interpretations of the data?

• Biblical worldview: Does it allow biblical faith and academic scholarship to be integrated, or does it force them in opposition?

• Age Appropriate: For younger learners, does it unnecessarily expose them to ambiguous or mature content? For older students preparing for college and career, does it fail to provide sufficient careful exposure to and wise consideration of the range of situations and ideas they will encounter?

• Coherence: Does it merge well with the courses that come before and after it, so progression is a smooth slope upward from Elementary through College?

• Learning Resources: Does it offer good additional media resources to support the home learner, who is relying heavily on self-study?

• Evaluation: Does it support regular testing and evaluation to make sure students are progressing, and that students can see their own progress?

There is no perfect or ideal textbook, and the text was chosen with the goal of preparing students for college and career with faith and scholarship integrated together. Supplemental materials are inserted to achieve this standard. 

“Secular” versus “Christian” texts?

Learning CTR Online teaches all courses from a biblical worldview that academically integrates faith and scholarship. The text is chosen based on the parameters given previously without prioritizing one author or publisher over another. All major texts are listed in the details for each course so they may be reviewed prior to enrolling.