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Online Learning: Addressing Challenges and Seizing Opportunities. Delaware
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Alliance for Excellent Education, 2010
America's K-12 education system faces three significant challenges: (1) increased global demands for skilled workers; (2) significant financial shortfalls; and (3) a looming teacher shortage. Independently, these factors present significant challenges for U.S. schools. In combination, they create a national imperative for swift action to create a…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Web Based Instruction
Subgroup Achievement and Gap Trends: Delaware
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Center on Education Policy, 2010
In grade 8 (the only grade in which subgroup trends were analyzed by achievement level), Delaware students showed consistent gains in math at the basic, proficient, and advanced levels for racial/ethnic subgroups, low income students, and boys and girls. There were mixed results in reading. Achievement gaps narrowed in both reading and math in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Achievement Gains, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
State Data Exchange: "39 Years and Still Counting." 2007-2008 Highlights
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Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
The SREB-State Data Exchange is a cooperative effort of SREB and the statewide higher education governing and coordinating boards in the South. Founded in 1969-1970, it is one of the nation's oldest, most comprehensive sources of comparative data on public higher education. The Data Exchange annually collects, compiles and publishes the most…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Regional Characteristics, Public Education, Higher Education
State Data Exchange: 40 Years and Still Counting. 2008-2009 Highlights
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Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
The Southern Regional Education Board-State Data Exchange is a one-of-a-kind regional program with 23 statewide higher education governing and coordinating board partners. The Data Exchange annually collects, compiles and publishes: (1) the most current and detailed comparative statistics on postsecondary education in the 16 SREB states; (2)…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Regional Characteristics, Public Education, Higher Education
ARTC: Alternative Routes to Certification. Report to the Delaware Department of Education, May 2002.
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Hughes, Linda A. – 2002
This first section of this report profiles the first five Alternative Routes to Certification (ARTC) cohorts (1997-98 through 2001-02), including patterns of district and school participation and characteristics of all 164 candidates enrolled by district during the first 5 years. It addresses the question of who participates in ARTC. The second…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends
The Comparative Effectiveness of Professional Development and Support Tools for World Language Instruction: A Report of a Randomized Experiment in Delaware. Research Report
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Cabalo, Jessica Villaruz; Ma, Boya; Jaciw, Andrew – Empirical Education Inc., 2007
The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) was interested in evaluating components of a statewide pilot program to support instruction in World Languages (particularly Spanish and French). The first component was an online student assessment, the Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency (STAMP) to measure the learning outcomes. The DDOE also…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Faculty Development