Tag: DCAS
Delaware Schools Beating the Odds
July 24th, 2012
Last week, the state released the full results of the 2011-12 DCAS. As we’ve already noted, there is much to celebrate in the results, and public educators across the state should be proud of the progress they and their students made this year. Not only did the state meet its proficiency targets among every subgroup, but many schools also...VIEW ARTICLE
Anticipating Growth in Delaware Assessment Data
July 16th, 2012
The Delaware Department of Education is expected to release the full results of 2011-12 Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS) later this week. The release follows last month’s announcement of preliminary data showing that 68% of Delaware students were proficient in reading and 69% in math – a seven percentage-point gain over last...VIEW ARTICLE
Aligning Assessments to Common Core
June 25th, 2012
Even as we continue to analyze the latest round of DCAS data and await detailed school-by-school results, work is underway on the future Delaware state assessment. One of two multi-state assessment consortia formed in the wake of Race to the Top, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) is developing ELA and math assessments that are...VIEW ARTICLE
Charter Changes Proposed at State Board Meeting
June 22nd, 2012
At yesterday’s state board meeting, proposed regulation changes for charter school performance standards were discussed. The new regulations—which were developed by the State Board, Delaware Department of Education (DDOE), the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), and charter schools—will establish a leading edge...VIEW ARTICLE