Partnerships

DESE is committed to supporting sustainable efforts to improve educational outcomes for all students, with a specific focus on increasing racial equity, and improving the quality of instruction and student experience in Massachusetts schools and districts. Partner organizations often play a role in supporting schools, districts, and DESE in these efforts. Please be advised that districts are required to follow written procurement procedures as well as state and federal procurement requirements when procuring services under this MSA.

Update February 2025:

We are now accepting applications for pre-qualified status on the new Master Service Agreement. Vendors who wish to be included on a pre-approved partner list focused on Supporting School, District, and DESE Sustainable Improvement should apply for pre-qualified status by following this link: COMMBUYS - Bid Solicitation: BD-25-1026-DOE02-DOE01-112189. Priority will be given to vendors who apply by March 18, 2025.

For more information about this list, please contact DESEpartnerships@mass.gov .

Below is a list of partners on the old pre-approved partner list. This list will expire on June 30, 2025. A new list of approved partners will be added in early spring and updated regularly.

• Abt Associates
• ACT, Inc
• Academy for Urban School Leadership (LiberatED Way)
• Always Be Learning (ABL)
• American Institutes for Research
• Arts | Learning
• BlackPrint Education Consulting
• BUZZ Education Group, LLC
• Cast Inc
• Catapult Learning, Inc.
• CES (The Collaborative for Educational Services )
• City Year, Inc.
• Class Measurers
• CsforMA, Inc.
• Demonstrated Success
• District Management Group, LLC
• EDC
• EdQuity, LLC/Kelly Cooney
• EL Success Forum, Inc
• Education Resource Strategies, Inc
• Federation for Children w/Special Needs
• Focused Schools
• Hale Reservation, Inc dba Hale Education, Inc
• The Hanover Research Council, LLC
• Hill for Literacy
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
• Inlier Learning
• Institute for Excellence in Ed/Natl Charter Schools Institute
• INSTLL
• Instruction Partners
• Keys to Literacy
• Koru Strategy Group LLC's
• Leadership Lab International
• LearnLaunch
• Looney Math Consulting
• Lower Pioneer Valley Education Collaborative
• MABE (Multistate Association for Bilingual Education-Northeast Inc.
• MAFLA (MA FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION INC)
• M.A.S.S. (Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents)
• MATSOL (Massachusetts Association of Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages)
• MSAA (Massachusetts School Administrators Association)
• MassInsight
• NCEE
• New Teacher Center
• Nora Priest/MindMoxie LLC
• Novak Educational Consulting
• The Leadership Academy/NYC Leadership Academy
• Open Architects
• PCG (Public Consulting Group)
• PFM Group Consulting LLC)
• Perennial Education Consulting, LLC
• Reading Ways
• Rennie Center
• Bridges to Academic Success (Research Foundation-CUNY)
• Resolute Educational Solutions
• School and Main Institute
• School Empowerment Network
• SchoolWorks
• STEM Learning Design, LLC
• William James College
• Teach Western Mass
• Test4Me LLC, dba AdaptiveX
• TNTP
• Transformative Learning Collaborative
• Trustees of Boston College (City Connects)
• Trustees of Boston College (Lynch Leadership Academy)
• Trustees of Boston College (OpenSciEd )
• uAspire
• UnboundEd Learning, Inc
• University of Connecticut, Neag School of Education
• UP Education Network
• US Math Recovery Council
• UVA Partnership for Leaders in Education
• Walker Inc

For more specific information on these partners' approved areas of expertise, service categories, and contact information, please reference this spreadsheet:

• Pre-Qualified Vendor List

For more information and resources on DESE-sponsored research on the habits and conditions of successful partnerships and resources to support strong partnership management, please visit the Massachusetts Tools for Schools website.

Last Updated: February 18, 2025