2019 MCAS reports and school/district accountability reports are here! If you require assistance in understanding, we have the focused/targeted support for you. The school and district accountability reports were published by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on September
Surprise! Latest data shows even more Massachusetts teachers are rated Proficient and Exemplary. The 2017-18 educator evaluation data continue to show that almost all Massachusetts teachers are rated either Proficient or Exemplary. The current teacher evaluation system, in place since
Just how many signatures are required to get a licensed renewed? And how many PDPs again? Let’s take a quick look at the required signatures on the IPDP. Educators who hold a professional license are required to apply to renew
Teacher turnover is the percent of teachers who leave a school and who are replaced by a different teacher by the next school year. Underperforming (UP or Level 4) and Chronically Underperforming (CUP or Level 5) are schools and districts
Source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The DESE reports student and staffing data in seven racial-ethnic categories: African American, Asian, Hispanic, Native American, White, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Multi-race/Non-Hispanic. The gap between the diversity of the student enrollment
Over ten years, the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) Librarian/Media Services directors (as reported to DESE by districts) has fallen from 833 in 2007/08 to just over 628 in 2017/18. The numbers represent the number of staff (FTE) who are
Back in September, we here at The Policy Minute shared with you the 2016 median household incomes of schools in the highest and lowest percentile rankings in the old (pre-2017) Massachusetts school and district Accountability system. Districts with the
In Fall 2018, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced the first accountability designations based on the new system required under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. The new system has different indicators, measures and calculations,
Since 2010, 65 schools have been designated as “underperforming.” After at least three years of implementing a “turnaround plan”, a school is eligible to exit “underperforming” status and the final decision is determined by the Commissioner of Elementary and
