Browse DESE Reports by Topic

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education releases a number of research, evaluation, and data products each year. DESE reports are organized as shown below.

• After School and Out-of-School Programming
• Charter Schools and School Redesign
• College, Career, and Technical Education
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
• District and School Turnaround
• Early Education
• Educators
• English Learner Education
• Finance and Resource Use
• Leadership and Governance
• Social-Emotional Learning, Health, and Safety
• Special Education
• Technology
• Workforce Development and Adult Learners
• All

Finance and Resource Use

• FY25 Green School Works legislative report with letter (July 2025)

• Green School Works FY24 Legislative Report (November 2024)

• Rural School Aid: Report to the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means (December 2023)

• 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)

Last Updated: September 2, 2025