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603 CMR 2.00

Accountability and Assistance for School Districts and Schools

Section:

  • 2.01: Scope, and Purpose
  • 2.02: Definitions
  • 2.03: Accountability and Assistance for All Districts and Schools
  • 2.04: Self-Assessments for Districts and Schools Requiring Assistance or Intervention
  • 2.05: Accountability and Assistance for Underperforming Districts and Schools
  • 2.06: Accountability and Assistance for Chronically Underperforming Districts and Schools
  • 2.07: Mathematics Content Assessments at Underperforming and Chronically Underperforming Schools
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Most Recently Amended by the Board of Education: June 28, 2022


2.01: Scope and Purpose

(1) 603 CMR 2.00 governs the review of the educational programs and services provided by the Commonwealth's public schools and the assistance to be provided by districts and the Department to improve them; it identifies the circumstances under which a school may be declared underperforming and those under which a school or school district may be declared chronically underperforming, resulting in accountability and assistance in accordance with M.G.L. c. 15, § 55A and c. 69, §§ 1J and 1K.

(2) The purpose of 603 CMR 2.00 is to hold districts and schools accountable for educating their students well and to assist them in improving the education they provide.


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Last Updated: July 1, 2022

 
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