Looking Forward to the 8th Annual Conference on Education
Classrooms are changing and students are learning in new and different ways. As a parent, I am energized to hear about the great things happening in our schools. I’ve seen my daughter study for her AP World History exam with on-line quiz apps on her phone and my son make movies with an iPad as a way to learn new vocabulary words. Their teachers...
5 Data Takeaways from Smarter Balanced Test Scores
Earlier this week, Delaware schools made headlines as the Delaware Department of Education released the long-anticipated results of the 2015 state assessment. Here are just a few of our important data takeaways from this year’s results:
Scores dropped as Delaware set a new baseline for student proficiency. This year’s statewide assessment...
Smarter Balanced and College Readiness: What it All Means
Yesterday, the state and several of our higher education institutions shared the news that 11th grade Smarter Balanced assessments are a good measure of college readiness and will be accepted in lieu of a separate placement test at local colleges and universities.
From the release:
"High school juniors started taking the Smarter English...
The Promise of Dream Accounts
In an increasingly global and competitive economy, it is essential that we inform all students about the many higher education opportunities available to them. The National Center for Education Statistics recently reported that in 2013, the immediate college enrollment rate for high school completers from high-income families (80 percent) was 31...