Tag: DCAS

Delaware’s 2013-14 State Assessment Results

News, Policy and Practice, Postsecondary Success

July 22nd, 2014

This year’s results for the Delaware state-wide assessment, Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS) were released late last week, providing Delaware with a snapshot progress report of student achievement, and where Delaware stands on the path toward greatness. The preliminary results, presented at Thursday’s State Board of Education...

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September 20, 2013

News, Policy and Practice

September 20th, 2013

Local News The News Journal Markell riles Common Core doubters with talk of 'mythology' On a day Delaware committed further to the national education standards movement, Gov. Jack Markell dismissed critics of those policies in a national TV appearance. Chuck Todd, host of The Daily Rundown on MSNBC, asked Markell on Thursday morning if there was...

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September 6, 2013

News, Policy and Practice

September 6th, 2013

Local News Middletown Transcript State officials get a lesson in Common Core at Silver Lake Elementary School teacher Melissa Bowser did her best this week to present a typical third-grade English lesson to some very atypical students. “Like usual, I’m differentiating my instruction to make sure all my students get what they need,” she said...

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August 16, 2013

News, Policy and Practice, Postsecondary Success

August 16th, 2013

Local News Cape Gazette The high price of educating high-needs students Taxpayers, school districts, the Department of Education and other state departments quietly spend millions of dollars every year to educate special needs students placed in full-time residential care facilities. For these students – referred to as "high behavior" by school...

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