Using This Website

What are the technical requirements for using this site? Do I need special software?

This website has been designed to be compatible with common web browsers on both Macintosh OSX and PC computers.

Browser Recommendations:

For optimal use we recommend the following browser unless otherwise noted:

• Google Chrome 59
• Firefox 54
• Internet Explorer 11
• Safari 10

Cookies and JavaScript should be enabled with a screen resolution of 1024 pixels x 768 pixels or higher.

The following applications may have specific browser requirements. We recommend that users consult the following links for more information:

• Edwin Analytics
• PearsonAccess Next and TestNav by Pearson

Some portions of this website employ pop-up windows. Pop-up blocker software, may interfere with your navigation of this website and cause unexpected results. We recommend you disable your pop-up stopper software when using the DESE website. Alternately, if your pop-up blocker software allows you to list exceptions by domain, we strongly suggest that you put http://www.doe.mass.edu and http://gateway.edu.state.ma.us in your exceptions list.

We post documents in formats other than HTML. PDF documents require Acrobat Reader.

We also post the following Microsoft Office formats. If you do not have this software on your computer, you can download FREE viewers from Microsoft.

PowerPoint 2003	PowerPoint 2007
Word 2003	Word 2007
Excel 2003	Excel 2007

Other symbology we use:

	directions and/or map
	e-mail address
	external link to a page outside DESE's domain
	html page
	plain text file, (txt)
	Microsoft Access database file, (mdb)
	gif image
	jpeg image
	mp3 audio file
	mp4 video
	Quicktime movie, (mov)
	Windows Media Video, (wmv)
	flash video
	zip archive file
	executable file, (exe)

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