District/School Resources Administration
Office of Planning and Research to Close Proficiency Gaps

Research and Evaluation

ESE Research Agenda for 2012-14

• Achievement gap measurement
• Growth model development and deployment
• Student mobility and district/school comparison methodologies
• District Analysis and Review Tool (DART)
• Program Evaluations (e.g. Expanded Learning Time (ELT), Commonwealth Pilot Schools, charter and pilot schools)
• Annual analysis of special education disproportionality
• State data research requests; data-sharing agreements
• Review of special analyses, surveys, legislative reports, and evaluation designs; ESE's online survey tool
• Application of ESE data in decision-making (e.g., Measurable Annual Goals, performance agreements for ELT schools)
• State Fiscal Stabilization Fund grantapplications and disbursements
• Teacher collective bargaining contract database