Tag: special education
August 9, 2012
August 9th, 2012
Local News DFM News Teachers prepare to launch Delaware’s language immersion program About a dozen teachers, most of them from China and Spain, are receiving intensive training this week as they prepare for their assignments in a new Delaware education initiative — dual-language immersion programs for kindergarten and first-grade students at...VIEW ARTICLE
August 7, 2012
August 7th, 2012
National News Salt Lake Tribune Utah drops out of consortium developing Common Core tests The Utah state school board decided to withdraw from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, which is developing tests based on the Common Core standards. The change doesn't necessarily mean Utah can't still adopt the tests if it wishes, but it will no...VIEW ARTICLE
State Board Keeps Forward Momentum
July 27th, 2012
Last week the State Board of Education hosted its monthly meeting where forward momentum was the theme for the day. A presentation on the performance evaluation dashboards, which are a product of the school districts’ Race to the Top Success plans, revealed the evaluation structure utilized for tracking district progress on Race to the Top...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