Speakers at a town hall Tuesday night said Delawareâs education system is in crisis, Delawareâs students are being indoctrinated by the woke agenda and that America is falling behind in international comparisons. About 30 people attended the Save Our Schools Town Hall in Dover sponsored by Citizens for Delaware Schools. It is the first of three offering conservative views on …
The Delaware Department of Education is championing higher-quality math curriculums, spending more time on the topic and offering more professional training to teachers. It is part of what the department calls a framework to help combat the stateâs atrocious scores in math, including 18 schools that have single-digit proficiency scores. Just 29.48% of First State students are proficient in math, …
This story was originally published in August 2022. Delawareâs 2022 test scores were released this August, and they arenât pretty. Just 30% of Delaware students in grades three to eight met grade-level math requirements, while 42% earned a proficient score in English language arts. These scores come from the state-administered Smarter Balanced Assessment, an end-of-the-year summative test that measures the …
Delaware test scores have fallen to the bottom of the heap since 2019, with some worse than any other state, according to the Nationâs Report Card, which was released Monday. From 2019 to 2022, the average scores for Delaware fourth-graders on the math assessment dropped by 14 points, the steepest of any state. âIn Delaware specifically, our scores were decimated,â …
A look at the test scores of Brandywine School Districtâs elementary schools shows why the state is focusing only on Wilmington children in its proposal for a program to raise student achievement in the city. Brandywine school board member Kristin Pidgeon this week questioned why Brandywineâs other eight elementaries â all in suburban schools â are not included in the …
Delawareâs 2022 test scores were released Tuesday, and they arenât pretty. Just 30% of Delaware students in grades three to eight met grade level math requirements, while 42% earned a proficient score in English language arts. These scores come from the state-administered Smarter Balanced Assessment, an end-of-the-year summative test that measures the abilities of students in grades three through eight …
