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Item Beating the Odds -- Analyses of 2007 DSTP(2008-05-15T18:43:53Z) Buttram, Joan L.This study was designed to identify K-12 schools in Delaware that are beating the odds, that is, outperforming expectations given the composition of their student body, and to learn what actions they are taking to achieve their success. This third stage repeats the identification process used with the 2007 Delaware State Testing Program (DSTP) data, relying on cluster analyses of Delaware public and charter schools’ percentages of white students and students from low-income families.Item Beating the Odds: A Study of Delaware Schools(Delaware Education Research & Development Center, 2007-05) Buttram, Joan L.This study was designed to identify K-12 schools in Delaware that are beating the odds, that is, outperforming expectations given the composition of their student body, and to learn what actions they are taking to achieve their success. This first stage documents the identification process and the schools that were identified. It relied on cluster analyses of Delaware public and charter schools’ percentages of white students and students from low-income families.Item Strategies Used by Four Delaware Elementary Schools to Beat the Odds(2008-05-15T18:44:22Z) Buttram, Joan L.This study is the second report on the Beating the Odds Study funded by the Delaware State Board of Education. The study was designed to address two questions: What Delaware schools are performing at a higher level on the Delaware State Testing Program (DSTP) than would be expected given their student demographic characteristics? What actions do these schools take that contribute to their higher level of student performance?