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Three Things To Know about Delaware State Tests

News, Policy and Practice, Postsecondary Success

August 9th, 2017

It is that time of year again—the release of Smarter Assessment and SAT results. The Delaware Department of Education officially released data in late July. While reactions were mixed (see the official release from DDOE, as well as The News Journal’s reaction), we tried to look behind the numbers to shed a bit more light on the...

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5 Data Takeaways from Smarter Balanced Test Scores

News, Policy and Practice, Postsecondary Success

September 4th, 2015

Earlier this week, Delaware schools made headlines as the Delaware Department of Education released the long-anticipated results of the 2015 state assessment. Here are just a few of our important data takeaways from this year’s results: Scores dropped as Delaware set a new baseline for student proficiency. This year’s statewide assessment...

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Opt-Out Comments to Senate Education Committee

News

June 11th, 2015

On June 10, 2015, Dr. Paul A. Herdman, president and CEO of the Rodel Foundation of Delaware, made the following comments to Delaware’s Senate Education Committee regarding House Bill 50: "Chairman Sokola and honorable members of the Senate Education Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you this afternoon. As a parent of three...

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