The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education releases a number of research, evaluation, and data products each year. DESE reports are organized as shown below.
Genocide Education in MA Middle & High Schools (October 2024)
The Arts Matter in Massachusetts - 2019 MA Arts Curriculum Framework Implementation Research Study (June 2024)
Massachusetts Early Literacy Tutoring Study (November 2023)
STEM AP Access Expansion Opportunity Initiative Year End Report – Year 3 (September 2023)
AP STEM and English Program Evaluation—Year 11 (August 2023)
STEM AP Access Expansion Opportunity Initiative (September 2022)
AP STEM and English Program Evaluation—Year 10 (September 2022)
Massachusetts Early Literacy Tutoring Study (June 2022)
AP STEM and English Participating Schools Only Course taking and Passing - Year 9 (October 2021)
The State of Civic Education in Massachusetts (December 2020)
AP STEM and English Participating Schools Only Exam Taking and Passing Rates - Year 8 (August 2020)
AP Stem and English Quasi Experimental Comparison Participating and Non Participating School Course Taking and Passing - Year 8 (August 2020)
Advancing STEM and English AP Program Evaluation — Year 8 (August 2020)
AP STEM and English Participating Schools Only Descriptive Course Taking and Passing Rates - Year 8 (June 2020)
AP STEM and English Participating Schools Only Course Availability - Year 8 (May 2020)
Advancing STEM and English AP Program Evaluation — Year 7 (December 2019)
Gifted Education in Massachusetts: A Policy and Practice Review (June 2019)
Research to Inform the Massachusetts World Language Standard (June 2019)
Adoption, Implementation, and Effects of Curriculum Materials (October 2018)
Replacing Medians with Means When Summarizing MCAS Student Growth Percentiles (June 2018)
Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Comparison of Participating Schools and Non-Participating Schools AP Course Taking and Passing Rates (August 2017)
Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Comparison of Participating Schools and Non-Participating Schools AP Exam Taking and Passing Rates - Year 5 (June 2017)
Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Participating Schools Only AP Course Taking and Passing Rates - Year 5 (May 2017)
Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Participating Schools Only AP Exam Taking and Passing Rates - Year 5 (March 2017)
Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Teacher Survey Results 2016 - Year 4 (February 2017)
District Assessment Practices (August 2015)
Massachusetts Study on Assessment Practices in Districts (August 2015)
Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Year 2 Final Report (April 2015)
Testing the Test: A Study of PARCC Field Trials in Two School Districts — Policy Brief (March 2015)
Testing the Test: A Study of PARCC Field Trials in Two School Districts — Executive Summary (March 2015)
Massachusetts Study on Assessment Practices in Districts: Phase 1 Summary (March 2015)
Financial Literacy Pilot Program (December 2014)
Superintendent Survey on District Assessment Practices (October 2014)
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Implementation Study: Final Report (October 2014)
Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Year 2 Interim Report (September 2014)
Literacy and Early Literacy Programs — 2014 (July 2014)
Flaking Out: Student Absences and Snow Days as Disruptions of Instructional Time (June 2014)
Advancing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) through a Mathematics and Science Advanced Placement (AP) Program — FY2013, Introduction (April 2014)
Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Year 1 Final Report (April 2014)
Cognitive Skills, Student Achievement Tests, and Schools (January 2014)
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Implementation Study: Phase 1 Findings (September 2013)
Evaluation of the Statewide STEM Advanced Placement Program: Year 1 Interim Report (August 2013)
Literacy and Early Literacy Programs — 2013 (May 2013)
Early and Adolescent Literacy — 2012 (January 2013)
The Consequences of MCAS Exit Examinations for Struggling Low-Income Urban Students (July 2008)
Last Updated: February 21, 2025