Can My K-12 School Save Money with Open Textbooks?

Information About Your Current Book Current Textbook Cost $60 $65 $70 $75 $80 $85 $90 $95 $100 $105 $110 $115 $120 $125 Number of Students Using the Book per Year Length of Textbook Replacement Cycle (Years): Information About the Open Textbook Initial Hours Spent Adapting the Open Textbook Hours Spent Updating Each Year Thereafter Hourly Pay Rate for Those Adapting Total Pages in Final Adapted Open Textbook When You've Entered All the Info Above, Financial Comparison Current Spend per Student per Year: Open Textbook Spend per Student per Year:

This calculator is based on research conducted in the Department of Instructional Psychology and Technology and the Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling at Brigham Young University in conjunction with schools in the BYU Public School Partnership using open textbooks originally provided by CK12.org. This research was funded in part by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Cost information in the Calculator is based on pricing from Lulu, who we found to be the best option for printing open textbooks. For additional information about the Utah Open Textbooks Project, visit http://utahopentextbooks.org/.