Recent reports from CHEP
(all in PDF format)

Improving Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Delaware – Phase One by Dennis Loftus and Audrey Bare, Institute for Public Administration; April 2006.  Published on behalf of the Delaware Academy for School Leadership and in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Education and the Rodel Foundation. 

What Are K-3 Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Regarding Scientifically Based Reading Research? by Linda Grusenmeyer; Delaware Education R&D Center; April 2006.  Part of the evaluation of Delaware’s Reading First program, which proposes to effect widespread change through teacher training in Scientifically Based Reading Research (SBRR) practices; based on the 2005 Delaware Educator Poll. 

“Childhood Obesity and School Intervention” by Kelly Scollon and Audrey Noble (April 2006) and “Youth Violence” by Dariel Janerette and Audrey Noble (March 2006).  Both issued by the Delaware Education R&D Center in its series, CHEP Education Policy Brief, which highlights current research findings on issues of critical importance to the state.  These two topics as well as earlier issues in the CHEP Education Policy Brief series are available online at http://www.rdc.udel.edu/policy_briefs.asp.

Evaluation of Delaware’s Reading First Initiative: Teachers’ Use of SBRR Practices by Linda Grusenmeyer and Heidi Sweetman with Megan Runk, Delaware Education R&D Center; March 2006.  Results of classroom observations of the second of three randomly selected sample groups of Reading First classrooms across the state; ultimately will be compared with the results from 2004 and 2008; part of a larger, more comprehensive evaluation.

2006 Kids Count/Families Count, Kids Count in Delaware, Center for Community Research and Service; March 2006.  Annual compendium of data regarding the health and well-being of children and families in Delaware. 

2005 Wilmington Kids Count, Kids Count in Delaware, Center for Community Research and Service; March 2006.  Biennial compendium of data regarding the health and well-being of children in Wilmington.

Water-Friendly Landscape Design: A Prescription for Healthy Watersheds, Institute for Public Administration; March 2006.  Proceedings of Water Policy Forum #5, October 2005. 

Integrating Photovoltaic Systems into Public Sector Performance in Delaware by John Bryne, Wilson Rickerson, Jun Tian and Allison Borchers, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy; February 2006.  A Renewable Energy Applications for Delaware Yearly (READY) project. 

Preliminary Report on the Delaware New Teacher Mentoring/Induction Program by Jeffrey Raffel and Rachael Holbert, Institute for Public Administration; January 2006.  First phase of an evaluation of the mandatory three-year induction program for new teachers and other public school professionals. 

Delawareans without Health Insurance by Edward Ratledge, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research; December 2005.  Results presented by age, county, industry, size of firm, race, ethnic origin, household size, education, marital status, home ownership, poverty level, and income. 

Infrastructure Security in Delaware: Organization and Assessment by Lisa Brennan with Lisa Moreland, Institute for Public Administration; December 2005.  Evaluates the risks, threats and vulnerabilities of infrastructure and organization of resources to support infrastructure; considers intentional, accidental and natural hazards. 

Evaluation Results of the CLIMB to Employment Grant -- Year 3 by Heidi Sweetman and Cheryl Ackerman, Delaware Education R&D Center, and Michael Gamel-McCormick and Rebecca Dougherty, Center for Disabilities Studies; October 2005.  Program provides benefits counseling and household budgeting to Delaware youths and adults with disabilities by so that they may better understand how employment impacts state and federal benefits.

The Historic Christina Basin: Delaware’s First Watershed, Institute for Public Administration; October 2005.  Proceedings of Water Policy Forum #4, October 2005.