CSCOPE Review
CSCOPE is a curriculum management system created by Texas Education Service Centers with assistance from content experts. More than 800 public school districts, charter schools, and private schools in Texas used this system.
Neither the State Board of Education nor the Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ were involved in the development of CSCOPE. However, state board Chair Barbara Cargill, at the behest of the Senate Education Committee chairman, appointed an ad hoc committee to review CSCOPE content because of complaints received from parents and educators.
Members of the committee currently were:
- SBOE members Marty Rowley, R-Amarillo, chair of the ad hoc committee;
- SBOE member Mavis Knight, D-Dallas;
- SBOE member Pat Hardy, R-Fort Worth;
- SBOE member Tom Maynard, R-Florence;
The chair’s ad hoc committeeÌýappointed review panels to examine the CSCOPE instructional content, beginning with social studies. A public processÌýsolicited nominations for the review panelsÌýcomposed of parents, educators, curriculum specialists, business professionals, and other stakeholders.
ReviewersÌýused an ¾±²õ²õ³Ü±ð²õÌý³¾²¹³Ù°ù¾±³æ as they reviewed the lessons. The review is now complete.
ÌýPlease note that CSCOPE was renamed the in August 2013.
Video or audio files for the CSCOPE meetings are available below:
ÌýAudio of Aug. 17, 2013 meeting of the CSCOPE Ad HocÌýCommittee (MP3)
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Audio of March 29, 2013 organizational meeting of the CSCOPE Ad Hoc Committee (MP3)