Earlier this week, the National Association of Educational Progress (NAEP), known colloquially as “The Nation’s Report Card,” released the 2022 results on student achievement, the first state-by-state read we’ve had on how much students are learning since 2019. Here’s the bottom line: the results are a gut punch for Delaware’s students.
Read MoreDelaware’s students are about to enter their third school year since the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered schools and put many of our state’s learners at risk. With recent reports suggesting that only 42% of our students are proficient in math, and only 42% can read on grade level, learning levels are down between 10% and 15% in all categories. We’re looking at an unprecedented educational crisis. Parents, already concerned about learning loss, have a right to know–dollar by dollar and cent by cent–how a historic federal stimulus will be used by districts to get their children back on track. Because of this, DelawareCAN set a goal in 2022 to require codified state reporting guidelines on federal education dollars and a centralized information hub accessible and searchable to the public to help families see how federal funding is being spent to help their students recover.
