CSCOPE STUDENTS DO FAR WORSE ON STAAR-EOC Texas TESTS -- BY E. W. BURT -- 3.18.13

CSCOPE STUDENTS DO FAR WORSE ON STAAR-EOC TESTS -- BY E. W. BURT -- 3.18.13

March 15, 2013 – Sent from E. W. Burt, Business/Marketing Teacher, Blanket ISD:

CSCOPE Study – Compiled by 9^th 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