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...VIEW ARTICLE
September 20, 2013
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...VIEW ARTICLE
September 6, 2013
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...VIEW ARTICLE
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...VIEW ARTICLE