Assessment/Accountability
School and District Accountability and Assistance

SDA News Archives

2009
10/29/09	Notification of Changes to Certain Commissioner's Districts School Support Grants (Fund Code 323A)
10/13/09	2009-10 Supplemental Educational Service Provision
10/07/09	School and District Accountability and Assistance System: October Update
08/13/09	Reminder: FY09 Title I Data Reports Due August 31, 2009
08/13/09	2009 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Information Sessions
08/10/09	Lists of Schools that May or Will be Required to Offer School Choice or Supplemental Educational Services in SY 2009-10
08/10/09	Important Information Regarding the Implementation of Supplemental Educational Services (SES) for the 2009-10 School Year
08/06/09	Updated Dates for FY10 Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Bidders' Conferences
08/06/09	Parent/Guardian Notification of NCLB School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services (SES) for the 2009-10 School Year
07/28/09	Notice of Intent to Apply for a Waiver of Certain Title I, Part A Requirements for the 2009-10 School Year and Opportunity for Comment
06/16/09	Title I and Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Data Collections
05/26/09	Spring 2009 Title I Technical Assistance Session
05/18/09	Instructions for Renewing Supplemental Educational Service (SES) Provider Contracts for the 2009-2010 School Year
05/14/09	Notice Regarding Availability of Supplemental Grant Funding to Commissioner's Districts
05/11/09	School / District Review Reports
04/15/09	Schools and Districts with an NCLB Accountability Status Eligible to Apply to Become SES Providers for the 2009-2010 School Year
03/19/09	Winter 2009 Quarterly Title I Update
03/18/09	Fall River District Leadership and Resource Management Evaluation Report
03/18/09	Distribution of 2008-09 NCLB Report Cards
03/18/09	School and District Accountability and Assistance System: Current Updates
03/09/09	Final FY09 Title I, Part A Allocations
02/23/09	FY09 Title I School Improvement Regional Grants Award Recommendations
2008
11/10/08	Student Performance Goal Spreadsheet Updated for 2009
11/10/08	Preliminary 2009 AYP Baseline and Improvement Target Data
09/19/08	Rising NCLB Targets Lead to More Schools Identified For Improvement
08/25/08	District Preview of Preliminary 2008 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Data
08/07/08	Reminder: FY08 Title I Data Reports Due August 31, 2008
07/18/08	FY09 Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Bidders' Conferences
07/02/08	FY 2009 Per Pupil Amounts for Supplemental Educational Services (SES)
05/12/08	NCLB Parent/Guardian Communications - Areas for Improvement
04/11/08	Preliminary 2008 AYP Baseline and Improvement Target Data
2007
09/13/07	Public Release of Lists of Schools Expected to be Identified for Improvement, Corrective Action, or Restructuring Based on Preliminary 2007 AYP Data Changed from Thursday, 9/13 to Friday, 9/14
08/27/07	FY08 Grant - Massachusetts Cohesive Leadership System: Leadership Development in Boston Public Schools and Springfield Public Schools
08/21/07	FY2008 School Redesign: Expanding Learning Time Planning Grants
04/20/07	The Pilot Schools Conference
02/05/07	Progress Touted At 2007 Commonwealth Compass Schools
2006
12/28/06	Request for Proposal: Gifted and Talented Services - Fund Code 584 for FY07 Javits Gifted and Talented Education
11/17/06	Organizational Changes at the Department of Education
10/20/06	2006 AYP Report Shows Only Nine Districts Identified for Aggregate Performance
09/12/06	45 Schools Removed From List of Schools In Need of Improvement Total Number of Schools Identified Rises to 617
07/25/06	Accountability System Update – 2006 End-of-Cycle IV
2005
10/31/05	2005 Commonwealth Compass Schools to Host On-site Events
09/27/05	State Makes AYP in the Aggregate, 10 Districts Identified for Improvement
08/18/05	Department of Education Seeks Practitioners for School Panel Review
06/27/05	12 Commonwealth Compass Schools Named
04/01/05	Department Seeks Practitioners for Spring Panel Reviews
2004
12/06/04	2004 Commonwealth Compass Schools To Host On-site Information-Sharing Events
11/05/04	Pathways to Improved Student Performance Conference Program
10/14/04	2004 AYP Results: Massachusetts and Most Schools and Districts Meet Targets
09/24/04	Pathways to Improved Student Performance Conference on Nov 8
09/22/04	Evaluators Needed for School Panel Reviews
09/21/04	Department Seeks Practitioners for Fall/Winter School Panel Reviews
09/15/04	Education Officials Release 2004 Lists of Schools Identified for Improvement
09/03/04	Reports Issued on Diagnostic Fact-Finding Reviews at Eight Under-Performing Schools
08/25/04	Preparing for Cycle III School and District Accountability Ratings and AYP Determinations
08/25/04	Draft School Leaders' Guide to the 2004 Cycle III Accountability and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Reports
08/12/04	2004 Commonwealth Compass Schools Announced
05/13/04	Reports Issued on 2004 School Panel Reviews to Identify Underperforming Schools
04/29/04	Massachusetts Public Schools Make AYP in 2003
04/21/04	Updated 2003 AYP Reports and Timeline for 2004 AYP Reporting
2003
12/09/03	Understanding the School and District 2003 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Determinations
12/03/03	2003 Commonwealth Compass Schools to Host On-site Information-Sharing Events
11/19/03	2003 Pathways to Improved Student Performance Report
08/19/03	District and School Planning and the Municipal Relief Act

The Massachusetts School and District Accountability and Assistance System is designed to gauge the progress of schools and districts toward helping all students in the Commonwealth achieve grade level proficiency in English language arts and mathematics by 2014, the principal goal of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The system enables policymakers, parents, and the public to assess the effectiveness and monitor the improvement of all public schools and districts, hold school leaders accountable for that performance and improvement, and identify where State intervention is needed.

State assistance is delivered through a cohort approach based on the size and type of school districts. The assistance is tailored to meet district needs and is designed to use research based approaches to enhance districts' capacity to improve school performance.

School Improvement Grants provide federal school improvement funds to districts to address areas of common need among Title I schools in accountability status.