Office of Planning and Research

Resource Allocation and District Action Reports (RADAR)

Spend smarter and meet your district goals

Download RADAR Benchmarking — Version 12/6/2018

Join the growing number of districts using RADAR—a suite of innovative Excel-based reports for a new approach to resource decisions. Access RADAR materials here and get started.

	Compare your spending and staffing to other districts Select your own list of districts for comparisons Consider other districts' student outcomes in your resources analysis Include comparative community wealth and per pupil spending as comparison factors
	Visualize district trends over 5 years Help your staff and community understand how the district has been changing See enrollment and demographics, performance, staffing and spending side-by-side View staffing trends for teachers, paraprofessionals, and district and school leaders
	Investigate staffing levels, per pupil spending, special education, and more Visualize your staffing levels benchmarked against similar districts Assess your per pupil expenditures and see how other districts compare Understand key patterns in your special education enrollment

Getting Started in Four Easy Steps

1. Download the RADAR Benchmarking Excel file
2. Select your district
3. Select up to 10 comparison districts
4. Look at each report:
   Home
   State Context
   Change Over 5 Years
   Per Pupil Expenditures
   Staffing per 100 Students
   SPED Enrollment
   SPED Staff
   
   

Help and Information

Introduction to RADAR

RADAR in One Page

RADAR Benchmarking: Change Over Five Years with Guiding Questions

RADAR Reports Tutorial

Overview of RADAR
Quick Views of Reports
RADAR in Practice: Exploring a Resources Question
Selecting Comparison Districts

Recent Updates

12/06/2018    Change Over Five Years: One change amount was wrong and has been fixed.

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.

Related Tools and Data

DARTs

School Finance Reports

Profiles

Planning for Success

Additional RADAR Tools

District personnel can access RADAR Special Education and RADAR Class Size in the Department's Security Portal, and also Edwin Analytics reports on finance and staffing.

Contact the RADAR team with comments or requests: radar@doe.mass.edu