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

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
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
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
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
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,
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
Back in September, we here at The Policy Minute shared with you the 2016 median household incomes of schools in the highest and lowest
In Fall 2018, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced the first accountability designations based on the new system required under
Since 2010, 65 schools have been designated as “underperforming.” After at least three years of implementing a “turnaround plan”, a school is eligible to
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has been identifying “underperforming” (formerly Level Four) and “chronically underperforming” (formerly Level Five) schools since 2010. Sixty-five
The schools may need help, but what happens to the teachers? The teacher turnover rate represents the percentage of teachers who were working at the
How can five students sink the ranking for an entire school? Our Real School is in the 59th percentile of all schools, met 75 percent
The 2018 district accountability system identified 233 Massachusetts public schools as falling into the category of “Requiring Focused/Targeted Support.” Schools may be labeled as “Requiring
Requiring Assistance or Intervention Designations The 2018 school accountability designations are based on the new system created to meet requirements of both ESSA and Massachusetts
The Policy Minute is beyond excited to announce the launch of our own #DataVizDay! Every Tuesday we will share an education data visualization from our