Tag: SMARTER Balanced

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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Delaware’s Progress on Improving Testing

News, Policy and Practice

February 11th, 2016

Recently, the Center for American Progress published a report called “ESEA Reauthorization: Implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act Toward a Coherent, Aligned Assessment System.” The big idea: The report highlights how ESSA maintains basic testing requirements, but has created an opportunity for states to be flexible in developing...

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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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Smarter Balanced and College Readiness: What it All Means

News, Postsecondary Success

April 15th, 2015

  Yesterday, the state and several of our higher education institutions shared the news that 11th grade Smarter Balanced assessments are a good measure of college readiness and will be accepted in lieu of a separate placement test at local colleges and universities. From the release: "High school juniors started taking the Smarter English...

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