News Brief

04/09/13

New Standards, State Test for Students

Cape Gazette (DE) (04/09/13) Steele, Melissa

Speaking at the Cape Henlopen School District's recent board of education meeting, Delaware Education Secretary Mark Murphy discussed the state's implementation of the Common Core State Standards. "This work defines a path for our students and educators to have success," he said. He stressed that after the standards are adopted, school boards will still have the power to make curriculum decisions. Murphy also said the state will pilot the Smarter Balanced student achievement test to measure student growth, noting, "We have not adopted Smarter Balanced, but we're on a path to do so." He believes the state is well equipped to switch to the new test because it instituted the computer-based Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System back in 2010.
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