College and Career Readiness gets top billing at ECS
If last week’s Education Commission for the States national forum had a running theme, it was the K-12 to higher education connection. Almost every panel included a conversation about either “college and career ready” students, or about how higher education can/should support the current round of K-12 education...
A New Foundation
With the announcement of the second round Race to the Top winners, we now have a solid foundation for systemic education reform.
Twenty years ago, charters were born and comprehensive school reform models like Success For All and Expeditionary Learning broke the mold. In the last decade, big cities like New York and Chicago took up the mantle...
DCAS Part 4: The Plan, The Pilot, and The Rollout
See Parts 1, 2, and 3 here
With AIR selected in December 2009 as the vendor for the new Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS), the planning began for developing and implementing the new system. Even though it took longer to get the vendor selected than originally planned, the timeline for having the system on line had not been...
Federal Money Brings Groups into Turnaround Efforts
As the federal government dispenses millions of dollars to turnaround persistently low-performing schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG), attention is now shifting towards the implementation of best practices within our schools. As outlined in the SIG application, schools and districts can partner with outside organizations...