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.
Green School Works FY24 Legislative Report (November 2024)
Rural School Aid: Report to the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means (December 2023)
METCO Program Report — 2021 (April 2022)
METCO Program Report — 2019 and 2020 (March 2021)
Local Contribution Study (December 2020)
A First Look at School-Level Expenditures (December 2019)
METCO Program Report — 2018 (September 2019)
Impact of the Massachusetts School Choice Program (December 2018)
Evidence Use in Massachusetts School Districts (August 2018)
2017 METCO Program Report (May 2018)
Fiscal Conditions in Rural School Districts (January 2018)
Class Size and Resource Allocation Policy Brief (December 2017)
Class Size and Resource Allocation Policy Brief — Online Appendix (December 2017)
Teacher Equity Gaps in Massachusetts (October 2017)
METCO Program Report — 2016 (March 2017)
Report to the Legislature: Low-Income Student Calculation Study (February 2017)
METCO Program Report — 2015 (February 2016)
Impact of Municipal Health Care Reform on School District Health Insurance Spending (September 2015)
Impact of Municipal Health Care Reform on School District Health Insurance Spending Appendix Data (September 2015)
Report on the Status of the Public Education Financing System in Massachusetts (July 2013)
Regional Planning Study Results (December 2009)
School District Consolidation in Massachusetts, by Sarah Carleton, Christine Lynch, and Robert O'Donnell (November 2009)
Last Updated: February 21, 2025