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Where did DCAS come from? Part 3: Proposals, and more Proposals
August 17th, 2010
See Part 2 here. After three years of piloting MAP, one piece of legislation, and months of task force work, the Request for Proposals for the Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS) was finally written and released in early March, 2009. March also brought the introduction of another piece of legislation targeting...VIEW ARTICLE
A $500,000 One-time Opportunity for Early Childhood Education
August 13th, 2010
New momentum is building for Delaware’s youngest students. The new Early Development and Learning Resources Work Group in the Department of Education demonstrates a commitment from the Secretary to focus attention on this population, which was formerly grouped with special needs students. Another exciting development is that the state...VIEW ARTICLE
Not Just One Student in One Cell
August 12th, 2010
Across the country when school accountability ratings are released, we hear the cry that schools are in Academic Review or Under Improvement because of one student, or one group of students, missing their performance targets. For the vast majority of Delaware schools, this is just not the case. To understand why, first we need to...VIEW ARTICLE