In the spring of 1998, the Delaware Department of Education,
along with Harcourt Brace Educational Measurement, began administering
the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). This assessment
tool provides educators with an accurate measure of student
achievement relative to Delaware’s rigorous content
standards. The tests are tied to the Delaware
content standards.
The Delaware Student Testing Program is designed to do the
following:
- serve as a measure of progress toward the Delaware
standards;
- ensure that students can apply their academic skills to
realistic, everyday problems;
- promote better instruction and curriculum by providing
timely reports of students’ strengths and weaknesses;
- serve as a primary indicator in the statewide accountability
system;
- help districts deal with the issue of who should and
should not be promoted from grade to grade.
Merit’s language arts and math software programs correlate
to the Delaware Content Standards and can help students prepare
for the DSTP. The content and format of Merit’s programs
can help students develop and strengthen their test-taking
skills as well as their reading, writing and math skills.
Merit reading software has been proven -- through rigorous,
scientifically based research -- to increase both student
reading comprehension and standardized test scores. Merit
research study findings reveal that education software is
an effective tool to improve test scores and academic performance.
Published: March 2005
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