Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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CALDER Recruitment & Retention (CALDER-R&R)
CALDER-R&R examines policies addressing teacher shortages and their impact on teachers, student learning, and equity. Two important perspectives undergird the Center's work. First is the understanding that teacher shortages are not a single phenomenon. Instead, they exist in specific subject areas (for example, science and mathematics), among teachers from specific backgrounds (for example, teachers from historically marginalized racial and ethnic backgrounds), in specific schools (for e...
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Award number:
R305C240007
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Does Expansion of Bilingual Programming Support Equitable Access for Multilingual Learners? An Examination of LOOK Act Implementation in Massachusetts
The research team will examine implementation of the Language Opportunity for Our Kids (LOOK) Act in Massachusetts, focusing on the extent to which the expansion of bilingual programming through the LOOK Act supports equitable access to and participation in dual language education (DLE) and State Seal of Biliteracy (SSoB) programs for multilingual learners (MLs). They will also look at the extent to which access to and participation in these bilingual programs is associated with differential...
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R305S230006
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Shaping Teacher Quality and Student of Color Experience in Massachusetts: Alignment of Preparation and Licensure Systems with Teacher Effects on Student non-Test Outcomes
The purpose of this project is to examine the extent to which Massachusetts' preparation and licensing systems prepare teachers to be effective in improving outcomes for students of color.
Federal funding program:
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R305S210012
Cooperative agreement
Massachusetts Partnership for Equity Through Evidence-Based Policy
With this grant, we are seeking to move from a solid foundation of data access to a strong focus on data action. To accomplish this, we will create clearer alignment around equity-informed research priorities, increase access to relevant data and research, and support educators and other practitioners to change their practices to effectively promote equity.
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R372A200016
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The Consequences of High School Exit Examinations for Student Life Outcomes: Evidence from a Research-Practice Partnership in Massachusetts
The partnership team will evaluate Massachusetts' long-standing policy of requiring students to pass high school exit examinations (HSEE) in core subjects to earn a high school diploma. The team will generate robust causal evidence of the impact of Massachusetts exit examinations administered between 2002 and 2019 on long-term student outcomes including educational attainment, labor market earnings, and criminal justice involvement. During the state's transition to a new assessment (2020-202...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305H190035
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The Teacher Pipeline in Massachusetts: Connecting Pre-service Performance Measures to In-service Teacher Outcomes
As part of its efforts to develop its teaching workforce, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) has teacher evaluation systems that span the entire teacher pipeline. These include surveys of supervising practitioners and teacher candidates during the preservice clinical internship; a new practice-based preparation program completion assessment (the Candidate Assessment of Practice, or CAP); surveys of first-year teachers and their principals; and the state'...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305H170025
Cooperative agreement
2015 Massachusetts SLDS Grant Application
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has a simple, yet ambitious goal: to prepare all of our state’s schoolchildren for success in the world that awaits them after high school. Reaching this goal requires us to use data and technology effectively, so that we can provide relevant information to help educators improve student outcomes.
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R372A150030
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Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction and Learning (C-SAIL)
The Research and Development Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction, and Learning (C-SAIL) will examine the implementation of college- and career-ready standards in 5 states, assess how they are related to student outcomes in 50 states, and test an intervention that supports standards-aligned instruction in 5 states. C-SAIL's launch occurs at a time when states and districts across the country are engaged in a variety of initiatives aimed at implementing college- and career-ready standa...
Federal funding program:
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R305C150007
Cooperative agreement
Massachusetts Information Providing Accelerated Student Success from Preschool to Occupations in Real Time (i-PASSPORT)
Fifteen years of rigorous standards and assessments, has enabled the majority of our very diverse students to achieve at consistently high levels nationally and internationally. Too many students, however, are not performing at these levels. They are caught in an achievement gap that has proven very difficult to close.
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R384A100044
Cooperative agreement
Massachusetts Student Connect
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education began the process of establishing the cornerstone of our data system in 1998 with the implementation of the Student Information Management System (SIMS). At that time the architecture of the system was an adequate first step for the initial implementation of a student level data collection system.
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Award number:
R372A090038
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Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time: Implementation and Outcomes
The Massachusetts Legislature funded the Expanded Learning Time (ELT) initiative, which provides successful district applicants with grants to plan for and implement expanded schedules (providing additional instruction time in the school day and school year) in selected schools. Over the past year, the Massachusetts Department of Education and Abt Associates have collaborated to evaluate this new state initiative. The purpose of this project is to expand the current evaluation effort by exte...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A080372
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