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Item 2009 Statewide Public Poll on Education in Delaware(2009-06-15T18:18:29Z) Buttram, Joan; Qian, Xiaoyu; Rubright, JonathanThe 2009 Statewide Public Poll on Education in Delaware was conducted by the Delaware Education R&D Center to provide feedback on public opinion about the status of education in Delaware. This poll, part of an annual telephone survey, examined public opinion on school quality, finance, education policy, and Vision 2015. Respondents made recommendations to protect teacher salaries, instructional resources, and tutoring for low-performing students.Item Delaware Middle Schools Beating the Odds(Delaware Education Research & Development Center, 2010-07) Grusenmeyer, Linda; Fifield, Steve; Murphy, Aideen; Nian, Qinghua; Qian, XiaoyuThe investigation identified Delaware public and charter middle schools across the state which outperformed other Delaware middle schools with similar student demographic profiles. Teachers and administrators at six of these "Beating the Odds" schools and at six comparison middle schools were surveyed regarding their schools characteristics and practices. In a second phase of the study, principals, teachers and students from the six "Beating the Odds" schools were interviewed to determine what they believe accounts for their school’s success. The study found that significantly more educators from “Beating the Odds” schools agreed that 18 specific practices and beliefs were typical of their schools when compared to educators from comparison schools. Fourteen of these related to three domains: high expectations, data use, and collaboration. Also, the two samples of schools differed in the intensity of their responses. That is, “Beating the Odds” school respondents “strongly agreed” significantly more often than comparison school respondents to over 80% of the survey items. Twenty-six of these items fell under the domains of teacher role, leadership, district influence, and instructional support. Finally, while participants in on-site interviews described essential local differences, most of the middle schools that are "Beating the Odds" shared an organizational climate shaped by leadership that identified compelling educational approaches and brought educators, students and parents together around those approaches.Item Evaluation of Delaware's State Improvement Grant: 2007 Delaware Public Poll(Delaware Education Research & Development Center, 2007-08) Shepperson, Barbara A.; Janerette, Dariel; Delpeche, Helene; Qian, XiaoyuAs part of the outcome evaluation of the Delaware State Improvement Grant (DelaSIG), a segment of this year’s public poll focused on determining the public’s perception of home literacy and inclusive efforts in Delaware schools. These issues directly relate to two major goals of the DelaSIG: 1) all students with disabilities will have improved literacy and reading skills and 2) all students with mild or moderate disabilities will gain access to, and progress in, the general curriculum. Part of this year’s evaluation focuses on determining Delaware parents’ perceptions and practices regarding home literacy development and Delaware citizens’ perceptions regarding Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and inclusive efforts in the classroom. This report describes the results from the Delaware public poll conducted by the Delaware Research & Development Center. From November 2006 through February 2007, telephone interviews were conducted with 910 citizens throughout the state of Delaware. The sampling plan for this poll was scientifically developed and data were collected using random digit dialing to obtain a random sample of Delaware citizens.Item Evaluation Results of the Delaware State Improvement Grant Year 4: Analysis of 2006 Assessment Results(Delaware Education Research & Development Center, 2006-10-13T18:43:52Z) Sherretz, Kelly; Shepperson, Barbara A.; Qian, XiaoyuIn 2002, the U.S. Department of Education awarded a five-year State Improvement Grant (SIG)to the Delaware Department of Education. This report details the reading assessment results from the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) for the 2006 spring administration and when appropriate, compares the performance of students from the spring 2003, 2004, and 2005 administrations. Through this initiative, students with disabilities will receive instruction aimed to improve literacy and reading skills in an inclusive educational environment through the use of trained teachers and the implementation of scientifically-based research regarding the teaching of early literacy and reading skills.Item Public Opinion of Education: Quality of Education(2007-02) Ackerman, Cheryl M.; Qian, XiaoyuThis is the first issue of Public Opinion of Education series, it focuses on the Quality of Education in Delaware. It is the first issue released based on the results from the 2006 annual Statewide Public Poll on the Condition of Education in Delaware.Item Public Opinion of Education: Quality of Education 2007(University of Delaware Education Research & Development Center, 2007-02) Ackerman, Cheryl M.; Qian, XiaoyuEach year the Delaware Education Research and Development Center (R&D Center) of the University of Delaware conducts a telephone poll surveying citizens on their impressions regarding the condition of education in Delaware. This report presents the comprehensive results of the poll, in tabular and graphic formats, for the statewide Public Poll conducted in the spring of 2005. This report deals with the quality of education.