The CSCOPE “duck walk” is in play once again. CSCOPE, is a curriculum management system that changes on a daily basis that will now get a new name in hopes of salvaging it’s undesirable image. It will be referred to as TEKS RESOURCE SYSTEM beginning August 30th. The governing board has already disbanded under pressure from the Texas legislature and is now operating under the new name “Texas Curriculum Management Program Cooperative.”
As the Lt. Governor David Dewhurst tweeted today “If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…” and I will finish by saying “It is a duck” Absolutely nothing about CSCOPE will change except for the fact that the “exemplar lessons” that were to be removed by August 31st are now in the public domain. The controlling aspect that teachers have to deal with, as progressive educrats work to implement “Project Based Learning” will remain in place. The CSCOPE assessments will still be administered. These completed assessments are not sent home to help students review what they need to improve. These assessment are more subjective and the results are entered into database as school .
The link on the tweet takes you to the document below.
The letter is signed by Jerry Maze, director of ESC 12.
