AEP Awards - Recognizing Excellence in Educational Products

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Distinguished Achievement Awards

Announcing the 2009 Distinguished Achievement Awards Winners!

The Distinguished Achievement Awards (DAAs) recognize the year's top educational products in four categories:

Curriculum
Periodicals
Professional Development
Technology Innovations
New this year!

Within these four categories, entries are broken down into further subcategories, as well as categorized by grade level. You can view the subcategories below or view the full descriptions here.

Judging
DAA entries are judged only against other products in their entry category, subcategory, and grade level. This means that middle school Arts curricula are only judged against other middle school Arts curricula, high school news stories are only judged against other high school news stories, and so on. Find out more about judging.

Finalists and Winners
DAA Finalists and Winners are announced in a press release when the judging process is completed in April. At this point, product and company names will be posted in the Awards section of the AEP website and receive special designation in the Online Product Gallery. Winners are announced at the AEP Awards Banquet & Gala in June in Washington, DC.

Entry Fees

AEP members - $130
Nonmembers - $250

DAA Categories and Subcategories

* Indicates new or revised category or subcategory.
View a complete listing of subcategory descriptions.

Curriculum

Periodicals

Professional
Development*

Technology
Innovations*

Reading and Language Arts
Mathematics
Social Studies
ESL/ELL
World Language
Special Education
The Arts*
Reference Resources (all subjects)*
Self-Guided Materials*
Teaching Aides (all subjects) *

Departmental Column
Feature Article
Editorial
How-to Feature
Interview/Profile
Learned Article
News Story
Fiction
Series
Newsletter/
eNewsletter
Article
Cover
Whole Publication
Illustration
Photograph
Visual Story
Periodical of the Year
Anniversary/
Commemorative Edition
Most Improved
One-Theme Issue
Sponsored Publication

Differentiated Instruction
Classroom/
Time Management
Guided Reading
Education Equity
Assessment Tools
Parent & Community Involvement
School Improvement
Learning Styles (including brain-based learning and multiple intelligences)

Websites
Portals
Social Media (including blogs, webinars, and podcasts)
Administrative Tools
Assessment Tools
Alignment Tools
Social Networks
Educational Toy/Game

Questions about the AEP Awards? Write to awards@AEPweb.org or call the Awards hotline at 856-241-2784.