(3) Tracking The Actual, Documented History of 3 Decades of TEA’s Dishonest Academic Corruption Harming Children Dominated by Children of Color

By George Scott * 281-818-7872

Project Director, Academic Equity Advocates * ghscott2050@aol.com

The monograph linked here tracks the history of student testing and accountability systems for the past 30 years which actually had its ‘foundation’ laid in the 1970’s era federal court decision known as Civil Order 5281 which ordered the Texas Education Agency to develop programs to “compensate” minority group children for past racial and ethnic isolation.

That ruling – though testing was not mentioned – was the ‘grandfather’ of the State’s eventual testing and accountability system whose early efforts began in the late 1970’s.

The monograph is presented in two ways:

The full 70+ page document.
The same monograph divided into 10 parts with each part providing some additional analysis AND direct links to public records and data that are referenced in the full monograph.

Our suggestion is to read the full document first and then re-read by the parts which have those additional data and public record links to provide more context.

The Full Monograph Covering 3 Decades of Texas Education Agency’s Institutional Dishonesty and Gross, Race-Based Manipulation of Academic Performance Standards

The Full Monograph Above Published As 10-Part Series with Additional and Original Public Information Records & Documents Follows:

PART 1: TAAS to STAAR – Series Shows Texas Education Agency’s Path of Academic Deception Survives 3 Decades

PART 2: TAAS to STAAR – Texas Education Agency Admits ‘Below Grade Level’ Performance Achieves Its Constitutional Burden

PART 3: Katy I.S.D. Could Be Exhibit A in Revealing Scope of Equity Gap Crisis in State’s Accountability System

PART 4: TAAS to STAAR: Texas’ Assertion of Closing Academic Achievement Gaps Independently Shown To Be Deceptive at Best

PART 5: With Federal Court Decision Looming; Critics Mounting; TEA Offers Full-Throttle Defense of System’s Integrity

PART 6: The Wheels Start Falling Off TEA’s Academic Grade Level Integrity: Dallas ISD’s & Prestigious Rand Corporation’s Brutal Analysis

PART 7: The Reality of TEA’s Academic Grade Level Dishonesty in TAAS Had Early In-House Warning & Independent Validation

PART 8: TEA’s “Harder” 2000 TAAA Test Boomerangs; “Celebrity Jeopardy” Actual Questions Sabotage TEA’s Credibilityhttps://academicequityadvocates.com/core/files/2024/02/PART-8-TAAS-to-STAAR-Academic-Dishonesty.pdf

PART 9: TEA Literally Used Skin Color (Ethnicity) To Set TAKS Standards for Passing & Grade Level. If That’s Not Institutional Racism – What Is?

PART 10 – FINAL: Noting Key Career Experiences; External Links To News Media Reports, Other Data Over Past 3 Decades!