The Strategic Data Project Educator Diagnostic is featured in the following NewsWorks article.
Preliminary results from a data project that has been focused on Delaware teachers were released Thursday to give education leaders a closer look at the teacher experience in the workforce.
The report, "Delaware Educator Diagnostic: An Analysis of The First State's Teaching Force" came together after the Delaware Department of Education teamed up with the Strategic Data Project, a group of researchers at Harvard University who collected data over a two year period to learn more about educators in the state. To do so, researchers have taken a look at educator recruitment, placement, development, evaluation and retention.
"This is about looking at who is in our classrooms and how this data can inform policy. That ranges from improving the recruitment of our teachers and placing them where their impact will be greatest to strengthening development opportunities for veteran teachers and understanding how to reduce turnover," Secretary of Education Mark Murphy said.
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