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Browse DESE Reports by Category: Education Policy Briefs


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2020

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Targeted Linguistic Simplification of Science Test Items for English Learners (June 2020)
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Exploring MA Special Education Data (February 2020)

2019

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A First Look at School-Level Expenditures (December 2019)
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CAP Executive Summary (October 2019)

2018

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Impact of the Massachusetts School Choice Program (December 2018)
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Adoption, Implementation, and Effects of Curriculum Materials (October 2018)
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What is the profile of an English learner dropout in Massachusetts? (October 2018)
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Can Successful Schools Replicate? Scaling Up Boston's Charter Sector (March 2018)

2017

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CAP survey brief (December 2017)
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Perspectives from Year 1 of Cap Implementation (December 2017)
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Class Size and Resource Allocation Policy Brief — Online Appendix (December 2017)
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Class Size and Resource Allocation Policy Brief (December 2017)
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Access to Postsecondary Schooling and the GED: New Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Massachusetts (November 2017)
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Teacher Equity Gaps in Massachusetts (October 2017)

2015

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Springfield Public Schools' Effective Educator Coach Program (October 2015)
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District Assessment Practices (August 2015)
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Promising Practices to Build Evaluator Capacity (July 2015)
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Promising Approaches to the Development and Implementation of District-Determined Measures (July 2015)
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Shrewsbury Public Schools' Approach to Using Evaluation Data in Human Resources Decision-Making (July 2015)
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Lawrence Public Schools: Guidance for Developing and Supporting Educator Plans (July 2015)
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Brockton Public Schools' Use of Professional Development to Support Evidence Collection (July 2015)

2014

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Charters Without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston (December 2014)
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Research Brief: Implementation of the New Educator Evaluation System in Massachusetts (August 2014)
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Intensive College Counseling and the College Enrollment Choices of Low Income Students (August 2014)
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Promise and Paradox: Measuring Students' Non-Cognitive Skills and the Impact of Schooling (July 2014)
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Race to the Top College and Career Readiness Evaluation Brief — Pre-AP (June 2014)
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Flaking Out: Student Absences and Snow Days as Disruptions of Instructional Time (June 2014)
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Using Survival Analysis to Understand Graduation of Students with Disabilities (June 2014)
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Teaching to the Student: Charter School Effectiveness in Spite of Perverse Incentives (May 2014)
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The Academic Impact of Career and Technical Education in Massachusetts (March 2014)
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Research Brief: Early Implementation of the Massachusetts Educator Evaluation Framework  (January 2014)
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Cognitive Skills, Student Achievement Tests, and Schools (January 2014)

2013

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Income-Based Inequality in Educational Outcomes: Learning from State Longitudinal Data Systems (November 2013)
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Charter School Demand and Effectiveness: A Boston Update (November 2013)
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Merit Aid, College Quality and College Completion: Massachusetts' Adams Scholarship as an In-Kind Subsidy (November 2013)
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Expanded Learning Time Schools Collaborative Planning: Issue Brief (June 2013)
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Expanded Learning Time Schools Time Use: Issue Brief (April 2013)
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Expanded Learning Time Schools Enrichment: Issue Brief (April 2013)
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School Redesign Grant; Management Briefing Memo (February 2013)

2009

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School District Consolidation in Massachusetts, by Sarah Carleton, Christine Lynch, and Robert O'Donnell (November 2009)

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