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.

  • AdaptiveX
  • American Institutes for Research (AIR)
  • AnLar, LLC
  • Bridges to Academic Success
  • BSCS Science Learning
  • Carnegie Learning
  • Catapult Learning, Inc.
  • CLEE
  • Cor Creative Partners
  • CS for MA, Inc.
  • EDC
  • Edlighten Solutions
  • Education First Consulting
  • Education Northwest
  • Education Resource Strategies (ERS)
  • Focused Schools
  • Hill for Literacy
  • Institute for Multi-Sensory Education (IMSE)
  • Keys for Literacy
  • Looney Math Consulting
  • Multistate Association for Bilingual Education-Northeast Inc. (MABE)
  • Massachusetts Association of School Superintendent (M.A.S.S.)
  • Mass Insight
  • Massachusetts Association of Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages (MATSOL)
  • Mid Atlantic Equity Consortium
  • Mind Moxie
  • Mount Holyoke College
  • National Center on Education and Economy (NCEE)
  • Oakland Natives Gives Back
  • Open Architects
  • Reading Circuit
  • Rennie Center
  • Salem State University
  • School Empowerment Network
  • SchoolWorks
  • STEM Learning Design, LLC
  • TNTP
  • Trustees of Boston College (City Connects)
  • Trustees of Boston College (Lynch Leadership Academy)
  • UpRiver Education
  • US Math Recovery Council
  • Walker, Inc

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

Last Updated: October 9, 2025

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