District/School Resources Administration
Office of Strategic Planning, Research, and Evaluation

ESE Reports by Topic

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education releases a number of research, evaluation, and data products each year. This page lists all such products alphabetically by topic. If you are unable to find the report you are looking for by way of these topics, please browse reports by category.

Alternative Programs

  

After-School and Out-of-School Time Quality Grant: Legislative Report (May 2009)

  

Connecting Activities: Making the Workplace a Learning Place (March 2008)

  

After-School and Out-of-School Time Quality Grant Report (February 2008)

Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Annual Reports

Commonwealth Pilot Schools

  

Commonwealth Pilot School Initiative: Briefing of Baseline Characteristics and Change at Homer Street Elementary School

  

Commonwealth Pilot Schools Year One Evaluation Report

  

Commonwealth Pilot School Initiative: Interim Report (March 2008)

Early Childhood

  

Kindergarten Development Grants: Legislative Report (January 2009)

  

Kindergarten Development Grant Program (January 2008)

Educators

Educator Data

English Learner Education (English Language Acquisition)

  

English Language Acquisition Professional Development - FY09: Legislative Report (May 2009)

  

English Language Acquisition Professional Development (February 2008)

Enrollment/Demographics

Statewide Data

School and District Data

Enrollment Data

Graduation, Dropout, and Grade Retention

Graduation Rates

Dropout Rates

Grade Retention

Health and Nutrition

  

School Breakfast and Summer Food Service Outreach: Legislative Report (January 2009)

  

Health and Risk Behaviors of Massachusetts Youth: 2007 Report

  

School Breakfast and Summer Food Service Programs (May 2008)

  

Health Education in Massachusetts Secondary Schools, 2006 (January 2008)

Homelessness

  

A Snapshot of Homelessness in Massachusetts Public Schools (July 2007)

Literacy

Evaluation of the Reading First program: Years 1-5 (April 2008)

Low Income Students

  

Evaluation of Massachusetts Title I SES Program, 2005-06 Program Year (December 2007)

MCAS/Assessment

  

Analysis of Student MCAS Outcomes (October 2009)

  

MCAS Academic Support Programs - FY07: Addendum to 2007 Legislative Report (May 2009)

  

MCAS Academic Support Programs - FY09: Legislative Report (May 2009)

  

Galileo Instructional Data System Pilot Project Evaluation

  

Galileo and Interim Assessment (March 2009)

  

High School Science Performance Assessments: An Examination of Instruments for Massachusetts (January 2009)

  

Audio-Digital MCAS Pilot Program: Legislative Report (November 2008)

  

MCAS Academic Support Programs (February 2008)

  

Addendum to MCAS Academic Support Program, FY 2006 (January 2008)

Post-Secondary Education

  

Massachusetts School-to-College Report: High School Class of 2005 (April 2008)

Massachusetts School-to-College Individual High School Reports: High School Class of 2005 (April 2008)

Plans of High School Graduates

Professional Development

  

Statewide Assistance for Professional Development Plans - FY09: Legislative Report (June 2009)

  

Professional Development Expenditures - FY08: Legislative Report (June 2009)

  

Professional Development Expenditures (November 2008)

  

Partnership for Online Professional Development (POPD) Summary of Findings – Summer 2008

  

Professional Development Expenditures (December 2007)

School Finance

  

Equity Effects of Regional Allocation Methodology on Regional Vocational Technical Schools: Legislative Report (December 2008)

  

Preliminary Report on Current Fiscal Conditions in Massachusetts School Districts (January 2008)

Supplementary Data on Fiscal Conditions by District (January 2008)

  

Current Trends in School Finance (September 2007)

School Leadership

  

School Leadership Academies Training Initiative: Legislative Report (April 2009)

  

School Leadership Academies Training Initiative (February 2008)

School Redesign

Informing the Debate: Comparing Boston's Charter, Pilot, and Traditional Schools (January 2009)

Special Education

  

Implementation of the Special Education Reimbursement ("Circuit Breaker") Program: Legislative Report (April 2009)

  

Intervention and Targeted Assistance Efforts: Legislative Report (April 2009)

  

Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Partnership Programs for Students with Disabilities: Legislative Report (April 2009)

  

Special Education Placement and Costs (March 2009)

  

Students with Disabilities Annual Report 2007-2008: Legislative Report (December 2008)

  

Disproportionality: A Look at Special Education and Race in the Commonwealth

Special Education Transportation Pilot Program: A Review of Outcomes

  

Implementation of the Special Education Reimbursement ("Circuit Breaker") Program (February 2008)

  

Students With Disabilities Annual Report 2006-2007 (November 2007)

State Leadership and Intervention

  

Strategic Plan: Legislative Report (November 2008)

  

Intervention and Targeted Assistance Efforts (February 2008)

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

  

Technology in Massachusetts Schools 2008 (April 2009)

  

Mathematics and Science Teacher Content-Based Professional Development: Legislative Report (February 2009)

  

Technology in Massachusetts Schools (October 2008)

  

Mathematics and Science Teacher Content-Based Professional Development (February 2008)

  

Massachusetts Technology Enhancement: 2005-2007 Summary Report

  

Supply and Demand of STEM Workers (October 2007)

  

Evaluation of the Partnership for Technology Professional Development (September 2007)

Educational Technology

Student Discipline

Student Disciplinary Data

Time on Learning

  

Expanded Learning Time, Year Two: Legislative Report (March 2009)

  

Expanded Learning Time Evaluation: Year Two Executive Summary (March 2009)

Full report from Abt Associates Inc.

Executive Summary of the Evaluation of the Expanded Learning Time Initiative: Year One.

Full report from Abt Associates Inc. (February 2008)

  

Expanded Learning Time: Year One: Legislative Report (January 2008)