Use RADAR Change Over 5 Years with Guiding Questions
For a district team working on planning and budgeting:
- Download the Excel file
- Select your district
- Go chart by chart and use the guiding questions as a starting point
- Summarize the group's insights about trends and projections
Use District Comparison Indicators (All districts' data for about 25 indicators)
Choose comparison districts for RADAR, budgeting, or planning:
- Download the Excel file
- Read the Instructions and examples
- Use filtering and sorting to find districts that are similar to yours in relevant indicators
Help and Information
RADAR Introduction Slides
RADAR in One Page
RADAR Reports Tutorial
Overview of RADAR
Quick Views of Reports
RADAR in Practice: Exploring a Resources Question
Selecting Comparison Districts
Recent Updates
11/01/19
RADAR Special Education now available online
RADAR Benchmarking:
- District Class Size added
- Special Education Enrollment and Staff reports moved to RADAR Special Education
- 2019 performance data; final 2018 finance data
03/22/2019
Updated data: 2019 enrollment and staff, 2018 finance
10/01/2018
Home has 2018 state assessment results for both Next Generation and Legacy MCAS.
Report displays have been edited for easier reading.
07/23/2018
FY2017 finance data reflect final amendments from districts.
Updates Calendar
| October 2019 | 2019 MCAS results |
| February 2020 | 2020 enrollment, staff, class size
2019 preliminary finance data |
Related Tools and Data
DARTs
School Finance Reports
Profiles
Planning for Success
'How Do We Know' Initiative
Contact the RADAR team with comments or requests: radar@doe.mass.edu