The textbooks and other resources US high school physics teachers use have evolved along with the changing demands of physics classes and the variety of instructional strategies available. In a recent report, the Statistical Research Center (SRC) identifies the most widely used textbooks in a number of high school physics classes, from Physics First through AP Physics C. We share teachers’ ratings of the usefulness of the textbooks they use. We also take a closer look at a number of online resources high school physics teachers report using in their classes. These data come from the 2012–13 Nationwide Survey of High School Physics Teachers, a quadrennial survey conducted by the SRC. The 2012–13 iteration was its eighth.
