Tag: Common Core State Standards
July 19, 2013
July 19th, 2013
Local News The News Journal State student test scores flatten out in latest report A year after double-digit gains on the standardized test, statewide scores fell slightly or plateaued this year. State education officials on Thursday unveiled the results of the Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System, or DCAS, the computerized test all public...VIEW ARTICLE
July 18, 2013
July 18th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Report card on schools released Parents and students will get their first look at the results of state standardized tests for the past year when officials release the data this afternoon. Statewide results on the Delaware Comprehensive Assessment, or DCAS, will be made public during the State Board of Education...VIEW ARTICLE
July 10, 2013
July 10th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Moyer Academy for at-risk students again fights to survive A Wilmington charter school that serves many at-risk students and has battled slim enrollment and low test scores is asking the state for permission to reduce its required student count and overhaul its curriculum. The New Moyer Academy’s student population is...VIEW ARTICLE
June 27, 2013
June 27th, 2013
Local News WDDE Gov. Markell signs charter school reform into law A proposal revamping the Delaware charter school application and review process is now law. Governor Jack Markell (D) signed the bill Wednesday, fulfilling another promise he made in his State of the State address in January. Markell calls the bill the result of a successful...VIEW ARTICLE