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CSCOPE STUDENTS DO FAR WORSE ON STARR-EOC TEXAS TESTS

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BY E. W. BURT — 3.18.13

 

March 15, 2013 – Sent from E. W. Burt, Business/Marketing Teacher, Blanket ISD:
CSCOPE Study – Compiled by 9th Grade Business Class, Blanket ISD, Blanket, Texas
My business class asked me what CSCOPE is and if it works. I told them, “Let’s find out if schools that use CSCOPE score better or worse compared to schools that do not use it.”
To this end, we took a list of CSCOPE schools and a list of STAAR/End-of-Course scores (2011-12 School Year) from public schools statewide.  Each class member took a portion of the more than 1,000 Texas public schools and recorded the STAAR/EOC test results on a spreadsheet.  We compared Algebra I, Biology I, English Writing 1, and Geography. Here is what we found:
Percent of test takers scoring unacceptable on STAAR/EOC tests –

Algebra I
   CSCOPE                   20.35%      
   Non- CSCOPE         13.74%  
48% more CSCOPE students scored unsatisfactory than Non-CSCOPE 

Biology I
     CSCOPE                14.86%      
     Non- CSCOPE       10.50%
42% more CSCOPE students scored unsatisfactory than Non-CSCOPE 

English Writing I
     CSCOPE                  46.30%    
     Non- CSCOPE       39.48% 
19.57% more CSCOPE students scored unsatisfactory than Non-CSCOPE

Geography
     CSCOPE                 23.30%    
      Non- CSCOPE      17.78%
37.06%  more CSCOPE students scored unsatisfactory than Non-CSCOPE

Average 36.67% higher unsatisfactory rate among CSCOPE students on all tests 

*Over 950 Texas ISDs surveyed 

Data from
http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/staar-district-results-2011-2012/
http://www.txcscopereview.com/2012/cscope-rotten-apple-award/


E. W. Burt, Business/ Marketing teacher
Freshman Business Class, Blanket ISD
ewburt@yahoo.com

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