Tag: DDOE
State Test Scores Released Today
July 21st, 2011
The Delaware Department of Education just released the results of the new Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS) for the 2010-11 school year. Here’s what we can expect from the first-year results and how we can use and interpret them. In previous years, students took the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP), a paper-and-pencil test...VIEW ARTICLE
Where are Race to the Top Dollars Headed?
July 12th, 2011
The Delaware Department of Education recently approved all 19 districts’ Race to the Top plans, which reveal their priorities and stipulate how they will use their funds to increase performance in these areas. An initial analysis of the plans yields a couple data points, including: The average Delaware district will use 43.7% of their...VIEW ARTICLE
Delaware’s Waiver Request on Educator Evaluation: We Must Fulfill our Commitments
July 8th, 2011
In its winning Race to the Top application, Delaware promised to implement the state regulations it passed in 2009 changing the state’s teacher, administrator, and specialist evaluation system, known as DPAS II. The planned change would finally link the evaluation of our teachers, leaders, and paraprofessionals to student growth. All of...VIEW ARTICLE
Financial Mismanagement Can Affect All Public Schools – Not Just Charters
July 6th, 2011
House Bill 205 was unanimously passed last week in order to provide taxpayers greater oversight and transparency into charter school finances – mostly as a result of poor financial management among a couple Delaware charter schools. Critics blamed charter schools and the DOE. And while these criticisms are valid, these unfortunate...VIEW ARTICLE