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...

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...

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...

Delaware laid the initial groundwork through Race to the Top for the design and implementation of a statewide performance pay program that attracts, supports, rewards, and retains educators that make positive impacts on student achievement. Below is an explanation of the framework established and possibilities to expand its impact. Student...