Delaware’s NAEP Results: Pretty Good Near Term, Better Longer Term
Last Thursday, Delaware and the rest of the nation got the results from “the Nation’s Report Card,” otherwise known as the National Assessment on Educational Progress (NAEP).
The story these results tell is two-fold. First, near term, our student growth between now and 2011 was modest. I’ll elaborate more below, but The News Journal did a...
November 13, 2013
Local News
Delaware Department of Education
Reach charter not renewed because of poor academic performance
Secretary of Education Mark Murphy announced that he will not recommend renewal of Reach Academy for Girls’ charter, citing the school as the worst-performing academically in the state. Reach’s charter, which is at the end of its initial...
November 12, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
School success pivots on school leaders
An editorial
No evaluation system is flawless. They all need improvement, greater refinement. But it is a tool that needs to be used. How else can leaders help the people they are leading? The better evaluation system leads to better communication, a stronger flow of information...
November 8, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
Delaware’s scores on national student tests show progress
Delaware’s scores on a major national test show big gains over the past 10 years and some modest advances in the past two. State education officials hope implementation of Race to the Top programs will fuel a bigger boost, saying there are still areas of...