Delaware

		REPORT CARD
		NAEP exams		% Scoring proficient
		1996 8th grade math		19%
		1996 4th grade math		16%
		1996 8th grade science		21%
		1994 4th grade reading		23%
		QUALITY COUNTS 1999 grades
		Standards and assessments		B
		Efforts to raise teacher quality		C+
		School climate		D-
		Resources (funding):
			Adequacy	B-
			Equity	B
			Allocation	C-

D elaware passed a tough new set of accountability measures last year that eventually will hold schools and students more responsible for results. That should raise the state's grade on standards, assessments, and accountability in the future. Delaware will not begin holding schools accountable for their performance until 2001.

* NOTE:The equity grade is based on 1994-95 data, the most recent available.

© 1999 Editorial Projects in Education

Vol. 18, number 17, page 134