Browse DESE Reports by Topic

After School and Out-of-School Programming

• Report to the Legislature on After-School and Out-of-School Time Grants: FY2021 (January 2021)

• Report to the Legislature on After-School and Out-of-School Time Grants: FY2020 (January 2020)

• Report to the Legislature on After-School and Out-of-School Time Quality Enhancement Grants (January 2018)

• After-School and Out-of-School Time Quality Enhancement Grants — FY2013 (May 2013)

Charter Schools and School Redesign

• Charter School Data Annual Report (July 2022)

• Report to the Legislature: Implementation and Fiscal Impact of Innovation Schools — FY2017 to FY2022 (July 2022)

• Charter School Data Annual Report (February 2020)

• Charter School Data Annual Report (April 2019)

• Can Successful Schools Replicate? Scaling Up Boston's Charter Sector (March 2018)

• Charter School Data Annual Report (February 2018)

• Report to the Legislature: Implementation and Fiscal Impact of Innovation Schools — FY2016 (April 2017)

• Charter School Data Annual Report — FY2016 (February 2017)

• Charter School Enrollment Data Annual Report (February 2016)

• Report on the Expanded Learning Time Grant: Costs and Expenditures (February 2016)

• Implementation and Fiscal Impact of Innovation Schools (February 2016)

• Expanded Learning Time Grant: Costs, Expenses and Recommendations for Sustainability (March 2015)

• Charter School Data Annual Report — FY2014 (December 2014)

• Charters Without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston (December 2014)

• Teaching to the Student: Charter School Effectiveness in Spite of Perverse Incentives (May 2014)

• Charter School Data Annual Report — FY2013 (December 2013)

• Charter School Demand and Effectiveness: A Boston Update (November 2013)

• Expanded Learning Time Schools Collaborative Planning: Issue Brief (June 2013)

• Expanded Learning Time Implementation Paper (May 2013)

• Expanded Learning Time Schools Enrichment: Issue Brief (April 2013)

• Expanded Learning Time Schools Time Use: Issue Brief (April 2013)

• Expanded Learning Time: Cost Analysis (October 2012)

• Expanded Learning Time Evaluation: Year Five (February 2012)
  
  • Executive Summary/Full Report from Abt Associates Inc. (February 2012)
  
  

• Expanded Learning Time Expenditures (December 2011)

•  Expanded Learning Time Evaluation: Year Four (February 2011)
  
  • Executive Summary/Full Report from Abt Associates Inc. (February 2011)
  
  

• Student Achievement in Massachusetts' Charter Schools (January 2011)

• Expanded Learning Time Outcomes Evaluation: Year Three (December 2009)

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

College, Career, and Technical Education

• STEM AP Access Expansion Opportunity Initiative Year End Report – Year 3 (September 2023)

• AP STEM and English Program Evaluation—Year 10 (September 2022)

• STEM AP Access Expansion Opportunity Initiative (September 2022)

• AP STEM and English Participating Schools Only Course taking and Passing - Year 9 (October 2021)

• Career and Technical Education and Postsecondary Student Outcomes in Massachusetts: Career Clusters and Student Groups, Teacher Licensure, and Student Entry (October 2020)

• Massachusetts Pathway Sustainability and Scalability Evaluation Report (August 2020)

• Advancing STEM and English AP Program Evaluation — Year 8 (August 2020)

• AP Stem and English Quasi Experimental Comparison Participating and Non Participating School Course Taking and Passing - Year 8 (August 2020)

• AP STEM and English Participating Schools Only Exam Taking and Passing Rates - Year 8 (August 2020)

• AP STEM and English Participating Schools Only Descriptive Course Taking and Passing Rates - Year 8 (June 2020)

• Massachusetts Innovation Pathway & Early College Pathway Program Evaluation Impact Report (June 2020)

• High Quality College and Career Pathways Program Evaluation Report: Sustaining and Scaling Early College and Innovation Pathway Programs (May 2020)

• AP STEM and English Participating Schools Only Course Availability - Year 8 (May 2020)

• Advancing STEM and English AP Program Evaluation — Year 7 (December 2019)

• What is the profile of an English learner dropout in Massachusetts? (October 2018)

• Dual Enrollment in Massachusetts 2008-2015 (December 2017)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Comparison of Participating Schools and Non-Participating Schools AP Course Taking and Passing Rates (August 2017)

• MCAS Academic Support Programs: Final Evaluation Report (June 2017)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Comparison of Participating Schools and Non-Participating Schools AP Exam Taking and Passing Rates - Year 5 (June 2017)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Participating Schools Only AP Course Taking and Passing Rates - Year 5 (May 2017)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Participating Schools Only AP Exam Taking and Passing Rates - Year 5 (March 2017)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Teacher Survey Results 2016 - Year 4 (February 2017)

• Expansion of the School Year and Summer Transition Programs: MassGrad Summary Brief (December 2015)

• Race to the Top College and Career Readiness Initiatives, Evaluation Final Report (September 2015)

• MCAS Academic Support Programs — FY2014: Addendum (September 2015)

• Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School Governance and Financial Structures (June 2015)

• Best of Both Worlds: How Massachusetts Vocational Schools Are Preparing Students for College and Careers (June 2015)

• MassGrad Case Study: North Adams (May 2015)

• MassGrad Case Study: Lowell (May 2015)

• MassGrad Case Study: Attleboro (May 2015)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Year 2 Final Report (April 2015)

• MCAS Academic Support Programs — FY2013: Addendum (March 2015)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Year 2 Interim Report (September 2014)

• Race to the Top College and Career Readiness Initiatives, Evaluation Report 2014 (September 2014)

• Intensive College Counseling and the College Enrollment Choices of Low Income Students (August 2014)

• Race to the Top College and Career Readiness Evaluation Brief — Pre-AP (June 2014)

• MCAS Academic Support Programs — FY2012: Addendum (April 2014)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Year 1 Final Report (April 2014)

• MCAS Academic Support Programs — FY2014 (April 2014)

• The Academic Impact of Career and Technical Education in Massachusetts (March 2014)

• Income-Based Inequality in Educational Outcomes: Learning from State Longitudinal Data Systems (November 2013)

• Merit Aid, College Quality and College Completion: Massachusetts' Adams Scholarship as an In-Kind Subsidy (November 2013)

• Race to the Top College and Career Readiness Initiatives, Evaluation Report 2013 (September 2013)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Year 1 Interim Report (August 2013)

• MCAS Academic Support Programs — FY2011: Addendum (May 2013)

• MCAS Academic Support Programs — FY2013 (May 2013)

Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

• STEM AP Access Expansion Opportunity Initiative Year End Report – Year 3 (September 2023)

• AP STEM and English Program Evaluation—Year 10 (September 2022)

• STEM AP Access Expansion Opportunity Initiative (September 2022)

• Massachusetts Early Literacy Tutoring Study (June 2022)

• AP STEM and English Participating Schools Only Course taking and Passing - Year 9 (October 2021)

• The State of Civic Education in Massachusetts (December 2020)

• AP STEM and English Participating Schools Only Exam Taking and Passing Rates - Year 8 (August 2020)

• AP Stem and English Quasi Experimental Comparison Participating and Non Participating School Course Taking and Passing - Year 8 (August 2020)

• Advancing STEM and English AP Program Evaluation — Year 8 (August 2020)

• AP STEM and English Participating Schools Only Descriptive Course Taking and Passing Rates - Year 8 (June 2020)

• AP STEM and English Participating Schools Only Course Availability - Year 8 (May 2020)

• Advancing STEM and English AP Program Evaluation — Year 7 (December 2019)

• Gifted Education in Massachusetts: A Policy and Practice Review (June 2019)

• Research to Inform the Massachusetts World Language Standard (June 2019)

• Adoption, Implementation, and Effects of Curriculum Materials (October 2018)

• Replacing Medians with Means When Summarizing MCAS Student Growth Percentiles (June 2018)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Comparison of Participating Schools and Non-Participating Schools AP Course Taking and Passing Rates (August 2017)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Comparison of Participating Schools and Non-Participating Schools AP Exam Taking and Passing Rates - Year 5 (June 2017)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Participating Schools Only AP Course Taking and Passing Rates - Year 5 (May 2017)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Participating Schools Only AP Exam Taking and Passing Rates - Year 5 (March 2017)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Teacher Survey Results 2016 - Year 4 (February 2017)

• District Assessment Practices (August 2015)

• Massachusetts Study on Assessment Practices in Districts (August 2015)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Year 2 Final Report (April 2015)

• Testing the Test: A Study of PARCC Field Trials in Two School Districts — Policy Brief (March 2015)

• Testing the Test: A Study of PARCC Field Trials in Two School Districts — Executive Summary (March 2015)

• Massachusetts Study on Assessment Practices in Districts: Phase 1 Summary (March 2015)

• Financial Literacy Pilot Program (December 2014)

• Superintendent Survey on District Assessment Practices (October 2014)

• Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Implementation Study: Final Report (October 2014)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Year 2 Interim Report (September 2014)

• Literacy and Early Literacy Programs — 2014 (July 2014)

• Flaking Out: Student Absences and Snow Days as Disruptions of Instructional Time (June 2014)

• Advancing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) through a Mathematics and Science Advanced Placement (AP) Program — FY2013, Introduction (April 2014)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Year 1 Final Report (April 2014)

• Cognitive Skills, Student Achievement Tests, and Schools (January 2014)

• Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Implementation Study: Phase 1 Findings (September 2013)

• Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Year 1 Interim Report (August 2013)

• Literacy and Early Literacy Programs — 2013 (May 2013)

• Early and Adolescent Literacy — 2012 (January 2013)

• The Consequences of MCAS Exit Examinations for Struggling Low-Income Urban Students (July 2008)

District and School Turnaround

• Report to the Legislature: Intervention and Targeted Assistance (2019-2020) (January 2021)

• Report to the Legislature: Intervention and Targeted Assistance (2016-2017) (April 2018)

• Intervention and Targeted Assistance Efforts — 2016 (March 2017)

• 2016 Massachusetts Turnaround Practices Field Guide (November 2016)

• How to Succeed in School Turnaround: Strategies That Characterize Successful Turnaround Schools in Massachusetts (September 2016)

• Overview of 2016 Turnaround Practices Evaluation and Resources (September 2016)

• Evaluation of Level 4 School Turnaround Efforts in Massachusetts: Part 1. Implementation Study (September 2016)

• Evaluation of Level 4 School Turnaround Efforts in Massachusetts: Part 2. Impact of School Redesign Grants (September 2016)

• Intervention and Targeted Assistance Efforts — 2015 (June 2016)

• Turning the Tide: Evidence on State Takeover and District Turnaround from Lawrence, Massachusetts (April 2016)

• Intervention and Targeted Assistance Efforts — 2014 (July 2015)

• School Redesign Grant Initiative Final Evaluation Report Appendices (June 2015)

• School Redesign Grant Initiative Final Evaluation Report (June 2015)

• Accelerated Improvement Plan (AIP) Process Evaluation Brief (May 2015)

• Accelerated Improvement Evaluation Protocols (February 2015)

• Accelerated Improvement Plan (AIP) Process Evaluation (February 2015)

• Lawrence Public Schools Receivership Baseline Analysis of Instructional Support (September 2014)

• District and School Assistance Centers Evaluation Report 2014 (September 2014)

• Intervention and Targeted Assistance Efforts — 2013 (June 2014)

• Intervention and Targeted Assistance Efforts — 2012 (October 2013)

• District and School Assistance Centers Evaluation Report 2013 (September 2013)

• Lawrence Public Schools Receivership Baseline Data Analysis (March 2013)

• School Redesign Grant; Management Briefing Memo (February 2013)

• Reflecting on Success: Commendation Schools Report (January 2013)

Early Education

• Literacy and Early Literacy Programs — 2016  (July 2016)

• Early Literacy Expert Panel: Year Three Annual Report (July 2016)

• Kindergarten Expansion Grants — 2014 (March 2014)

• Kindergarten Expansion Grants — 2013 (May 2013)

Educators

• Influence 100 Year-end Field Guide Report 2022 (September 2022)

• Appendices - Influence 100 Year-End Field Guide Report (September 2022)

• Influence 100 2021 Appendix Year-end Report (August 2021)

• Influence 100 2021 Year-end Report (August 2021)

• CAP Executive Summary (October 2019)

• Education Evaluation Grant Program (June 2018)

• Massachusetts Teacher Preparation and Licensure: Performance Review Program for Initial Licensure Study (January 2018)

• CAP survey brief (December 2017)

• Perspectives from Year 1 of Cap Implementation (December 2017)

• Teacher Equity Gaps in Massachusetts (October 2017)

• Massachusetts Educator Preparation and Licensure: Year 1 Report (May 2017)

• Massachusetts Educator Preparation and Licensure Study: First Year Results (April 2017)

• Report to the Legislature: Education Evaluation Grant Program (April 2016)

• Massachusetts Study of Teacher Supply and Demand (December 2015)

• Springfield Public Schools' Effective Educator Coach Program (October 2015)

• Promising Approaches to the Development and Implementation of District-Determined Measures (July 2015)

• Shrewsbury Public Schools' Approach to Using Evaluation Data in Human Resources Decision-Making (July 2015)

• Lawrence Public Schools: Guidance for Developing and Supporting Educator Plans (July 2015)

• Brockton Public Schools' Use of Professional Development to Support Evidence Collection (July 2015)

• Promising Practices to Build Evaluator Capacity (July 2015)

• Educator Evaluation Summative Performance Ratings by SGP, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Professional Teaching Status, 2013-14 (June 2015)

• Educator Evaluation Data: Student Growth Percentiles, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Professional Teaching Status (June 2015)

• Evaluation of the Human Resources Pilot Final Report (September 2014)

• Research Brief: Implementation of the New Educator Evaluation System in Massachusetts (August 2014)

• Report to the Legislature: Educator Evaluation Training Funding Report (July 2014)

• Preparation and Implementation of Professional Development (PD) Plans — FY2013 (June 2014)

• Mathematics and Science Teacher Content-Based Professional Development — 2014 (June 2014)

• Preparation and Implementation of Professional Development (PD) Plans — FY2012 (June 2014)

• Educator Evaluation Summative Performance Ratings by SGP, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Professional Teaching Status, 2012-13 (April 2014)

• Educator Evaluation Data: Student Growth Percentiles, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Professional Teaching Status (April 2014)

• Research Brief: Early Implementation of the Massachusetts Educator Evaluation Framework  (January 2014)

• Educator Evaluation Training Funding and Data Advisory Report (October 2013)

• Educator Evaluation Data Advisory Committee: Report to the Massachusetts General Court (June 2013)

• Status of the Massachusetts Educator Workforce (December 2011)

English Learner Education

• Massachusetts Heritage Languages Framework Study Summary (April 2023)

• Massachusetts Heritage Languages Framework Study Final Report (April 2023)

• Understanding and Supporting Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) in Massachusetts: A Review of Literature (November 2022)

• Understanding and Supporting Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) in Massachusetts: Literature Review Summary (October 2022)

• Promising Practices and Programs to Prevent EL Dropout in Massachusetts (July 2021)

• Targeted Linguistic Simplification of Science Test Items for English Learners (June 2020)

• Massachusetts ESL Programming Services Study Final Report (May 2020)

• Research to Inform the Massachusetts World Language Standard (June 2019)

• English Language Acquisition Professional Development (December 2018)

• What is the profile of an English learner dropout in Massachusetts? (October 2018)

• English Language Acquisition Professional Development — FY2016 (March 2017)

• Massachusetts English Language Learners' Profiles and Progress (October 2015)

• SEI Endorsement Courses Evaluation (July 2013)

• In the Aftermath of Question 2: Students with Limited English Proficiency in Massachusetts (June 2010)

Finance and Resource Use

• METCO Program Report — 2021 (April 2022)

• METCO Program Report — 2019 and 2020 (March 2021)

• Local Contribution Study (December 2020)

• A First Look at School-Level Expenditures (December 2019)

• METCO Program Report — 2018 (September 2019)

• Impact of the Massachusetts School Choice Program (December 2018)

• Evidence Use in Massachusetts School Districts (August 2018)

• 2017 METCO Program Report (May 2018)

• Fiscal Conditions in Rural School Districts (January 2018)

• Class Size and Resource Allocation Policy Brief (December 2017)

• Class Size and Resource Allocation Policy Brief — Online Appendix (December 2017)

• Teacher Equity Gaps in Massachusetts (October 2017)

• METCO Program Report — 2016 (March 2017)

• Report to the Legislature: Low-Income Student Calculation Study (February 2017)

• METCO Program Report — 2015 (February 2016)

• Impact of Municipal Health Care Reform on School District Health Insurance Spending (September 2015)

• Impact of Municipal Health Care Reform on School District Health Insurance Spending Appendix Data (September 2015)

• Report on the Status of the Public Education Financing System in Massachusetts (July 2013)

• Regional Planning Study Results (December 2009)

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

Leadership and Governance

• Appendices - Influence 100 Year-End Field Guide Report (September 2022)

• Influence 100 Year-end Field Guide Report 2022 (September 2022)

• Impact of the Massachusetts School Choice Program (December 2018)

• Evidence Use in Massachusetts School Districts (August 2018)

• District Capacity Project Evaluation Report (December 2014)

• New Superintendents Induction Program Evaluation Report (July 2014)

• District Governance Support Project Evaluation Report (August 2013)

Social-Emotional Learning, Health, and Safety

• Safe and Supportive Schools Commission – Eighth Annual Report (April 2023)

• Supporting Healthy Alliances Reinforcing Education (SHARE) (December 2022)

• Social Emotional Learning Grants (August 2022)

• Bullying Data Collection — Annual Report (June 2022)

• Recovery High Schools Legislative Report - 2022 (April 2022)

• Safe and Supportive Schools Commission – Seventh Annual Report (February 2022)

• Supporting Healthy Alliances Reinforcing Education (SHARE) (February 2022)

• Recovery High Schools Legislative Report - 2021 (May 2021)

• Safe and Supportive Schools Commission – Sixth Annual Report (December 2020)

• The Average Cost Per Pupil at Recovery High Schools (May 2020)

• Increasing Student Access to Behavioral and Mental Health Services (March 2020)

• Safe and Supportive Schools Commission — Fifth Annual Report (February 2020)

• Supporting Healthy Alliances Reinforcing Education (SHARE) (January 2020)

• Teacher Perspectives on Social and Emotional Learning in Massachusetts: Findings from the American Teacher Panel (October 2019)

• Bullying Data Collection — Annual Report (June 2019)

• Increasing Student Access to Behavioral and Mental Health Services Legislative Report (June 2019)

• Recovery High Schools Legislative Report (May 2019)

• Integrating Student Supports (May 2019)

• Safe and Supportive Schools Commission — Fourth Annual Report (April 2019)

• Safe and Supportive Schools Commission — Third Annual Report (January 2018)

• Safe and Supportive Schools Commission — Second Annual Report (December 2016)

• Wraparound Zones Initiative Evaluation Report Four (March 2016)

• Safe and Supportive Schools Commission — First Annual Report (December 2015)

• Evaluation of the Wraparound Zones Initiative: Analysis of Progress and Sustainability Plans During Year 3 (October 2014)

• Promise and Paradox: Measuring Students' Non-Cognitive Skills and the Impact of Schooling (July 2014)

• School Breakfast and Summer Food Service Outreach — FY2014 (June 2014)

• Wraparound Zones Initiative Evaluation Report Three (January 2014)

• Study of the Cost of Implementing the Student Discipline Law (November 2013)

• Wraparound Zones Initiative Evaluation Report Two (October 2013)

• School Breakfast and Summer Food Service Outreach — FY2013 (August 2013)

• An Act Relative to Medical Emergency Response Plans for Schools (August 2013)

• Wraparound Zones Initiative Evaluation Report One (March 2013)

• Behavioral Health and Public Schools Task Force: Final Report (August 2011)

• Behavioral Health and Public Schools Task Force: Final Report/Executive Summary (August 2011)

Special Education

• Annual Report on Students with Disabilities 2021-2022 (September 2023)

• Annual Report on Students with Disabilities 2020-2021 (September 2022)

• Annual Report on Students with Disabilities 2019-2020 (September 2021)

• Annual Report on Students with Disabilities 2018-2019 (September 2020)

• Exploring MA Special Education Data (February 2020)

• Annual Report on Students with Disabilities 2017-2018 (September 2019)

• Annual Report on Students with Disabilities 2016-2017 (September 2018)

• Annual Report on Students with Disabilities 2015-2016 (September 2017)

• Students with Disabilities Annual Report 2014-2015 (March 2016)

• Students with Disabilities Annual Report 2013-2014 (December 2014)

• Review of Special Education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: A Synthesis Report (September 2014)

• Using Survival Analysis to Understand Graduation of Students with Disabilities (June 2014)

• Students with Disabilities Annual Report 2012-2013 (April 2014)

• Use of Out-of-District Programs by Massachusetts Students with Disabilities (October 2013)
  
  • Amendment to Report: Appendix C (January 2014)
  
  

• Students with Disabilities in Massachusetts Career and Technical Education Programs (July 2013)

• Students with Disabilities Annual Report 2011-2012 (May 2013)

• Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Partnership Programs for Students with Disabilities (May 2013)

• Review of Special Education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (April 2012)

Technology

• Report to the Legislature: Commonwealth Virtual Schools — Fiscal Year 2018 (December 2019)

• 2019 Digital Literacy Now 3 Year Plan (December 2019)

• Commonwealth Virtual Schools — FY2017 (September 2018)

• Commonwealth Virtual Schools — FY2016 (January 2017)

• Commonwealth Virtual Schools — FY2015 (February 2016)

• Digital Connections Partnership Schools Grant: Strategic Plan (June 2015)

• Edwin Final Evaluation Report (March 2015)

• Commonwealth Virtual Schools — FY2014 (December 2014)

Workforce Development and Adult Learners

• Adult Education Evaluation Phase III Final Report – Appendices (June 2023)

• Adult Education Evaluation Phase III Final Report (June 2023)

• Adult Education System Evaluation Final Report 2020 (December 2020)

• Access to Postsecondary Schooling and the GED: New Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Massachusetts (November 2017)