McGraw-Hill School Education has announced that several of its digital solutions have been named finalists for the 2012 Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) Awards. Honouring excellence and innovation in the education community, the awards represent the longest-running and most highly regarded recognition programme in the industry.
For 2012, the AEP Awards were updated to ensure that they remain relevant, recognising the challenges and needs of education in the 21st century. Three key principles – quality content, age appropriateness and innovation –drove the judging criteria and evaluation process for selecting finalists and winners.
McGraw-Hill Education has been named a finalist across three of four categories. Products were judged in a three-tier process (educator review, professional review, and certification) with only the best materials advancing to the higher rounds. Having products judged first and foremost by educators is critically important because they know best which products will succeed or fail directly in the classroom and ensures that the winners are truly leaders in the field. All entrants will receive judges' feedback to help them improve their materials.
AEP Award finalists and winners earn the right to display the AEP Award Seal, nationally recognised by educators, administrators, and parents as a mark of outstanding quality and achievement. Winners will be announced at AEP's Content in Context Conference in Washington, D.C. on June 5, 2012.
