Systems for Student Success Office

Partnerships

DESE is committed to supporting sustainable efforts that improve educational outcomes for all students, with a specific focus on advancing racial equity and enhancing the quality of instruction and student experience across Massachusetts schools and districts. Partner organizations play an essential role in supporting schools, districts, and DESE in this work. Districts engaging partners are required to follow written procurement procedures as well as all applicable state and federal procurement requirements when procuring services under this MSA.

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 .

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

Below is the list of organizations currently pre-approved through this Master Service Agreement, which will remain active until June 30, 2030.

  • Academic Discoveries Inc.
  • ADAC
  • AdaptiveX - Test4Me
  • American Institutes for Research
  • Anlar
  • BlackPrint Education Consulting
  • Boys Town New England Inc.
  • BSCS Science Learning
  • Carnegie Learning
  • Catapult Learning, LLC
  • Center for Leadership (CLEE)
  • Cognia Inc.
  • Collaborative for Educational Services
  • Commonwealth Consulting Agency
  • Cor Creative
  • Crafting Minds
  • CSforMA
  • Dana Gastich - Up River Education
  • Dina Mendola Consulting
  • EDC (Education Development Center)
  • Edlighten Solutions
  • Education First Consulting
  • Education NorthWest
  • ERS (Education Resource Strategies, Inc)
  • FACTS Education Solutions, LLC
  • Focused Schools
  • Focused Schools
  • Hill for Literacy Inc
  • Institute for Multi-Sensory Edu (IMDE)
  • INSTLL
  • Keys to Literacy
  • M.A.S.S. (MA Association of School Superintendents)
  • Mass Insight Education & Research Institute
  • MATSOL
  • MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • Mid-Atlantic Consortium
  • MindMoxie / Nora Priest
  • Mt Holyoke
  • Multistate Associatiot for Bilingual Education-Northeast (MABE)
  • National Center on Ed and Economy
  • OAKLAND NATIVES GIVES BACK FUND INC
  • Open Architects Inc
  • Public Consulting Group
  • Rennie Center for Educatioj Research & Policy
  • RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNV OFNY_Bridges to Academic Success/CUNY
  • Research Triangle Institute
  • School Empowerment Network
  • SchoolWorks LLC
  • STEM Learning Design
  • Student Achievement Partners
  • Support Ed LLC
  • Susan Looney Math
  • The New Teacher Project (TNTP)
  • The Reading Circuit Inc
  • Trustees of Boston College-City Connects (commodity line 2)
  • Trustees of Boston College-Lynch Leadership Academy (comm line 1)
  • Unbound Learning Inc.
  • Up Education Network
  • UpRiver Education
  • Walker Inc.
  • William James College

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

Last Updated: June 30, 2026

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