Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Delivery Goals, Projects, and Targets
December 2012
ESE’s mission is to prepare all students to succeed in the world that awaits them after high
school. To help us reach this mission, ESE has established strategic plans for the overall mission
and four supporting goals:
 Strengthen curriculum, instruction, and assessment
 Improve educator effectiveness
 Turn around the lowest performing districts and schools
 Use technology and data effectively to support student achievement
The agency uses a systematic process to drive progress toward these goals and deliver results,
called Delivery. Our partnership with the US Education Delivery Institute helped the agency
establish its own delivery unit, whose sole purpose is to ensure the agency is delivering on its
goals, and thus promote transformational change in student achievement.
The following is a brief description of each goal, the projects the agency is working on to help
realize each goal, and the specific targets to which we’re holding ourselves accountable.
Goal: Success after high school
Prepare students to succeed in entry level college credit-bearing courses and for entry level jobs
with career opportunities.
Priority projects addressing the goal
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Academic Support
Early Warning Indicator System
High School Graduation Initiative
High School Turnaround
MassCore Policy and Implementation
Mass Model for School Counseling
School to Career Connecting Activities
College and career readiness targets
Current
2014 goal
5-year high school graduation rate
84.7%
88.3%
MassCore completion
68.9%
82.5%
Goal: Strengthen curriculum, instruction, and assessment
Improve curriculum and instruction, and thus student achievement, across the grade levels, but
especially in literacy in the early grades and numeracy in the middle grades. These
improvements will better prepare students for further academic study and ultimately to
improve students’ readiness for college and careers.
Priority projects addressing the goal
1. Implementing the 2011 Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for English Language Arts &
Literacy and Mathematics
2. Create and implement model curricula and curriculum-embedded performance assessments
3. Establish a tiered system of support
4. Enhance the state-supported literacy professional development system
5. Expand literacy networks
6. Integrate and target grants for the improvement of curriculum and instruction
7. Implement World-class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA)
8. Strengthen professional development for teachers of English language learners through
Rethinking Equity and Teaching for English Language Learners (RETELL) training
Curriculum & Instruction early grades literacy targets (G3 ELA)
Current
2014 goal
Overall CPI
84.1
88.8
High needs CPI
73.6
80.1
15.5%
18.0%
Current
2014 goal
Overall CPI
75.5
90.5
High needs CPI
59.9
74.9
22.3%
35.9%
Percent advanced
Curriculum & Instruction middle grades mathematics targets (G8 math)
Percent advanced
Goal: Improve educator effectiveness
Improve the effectiveness of administrators and teachers across the state by supporting
continuous improvement along all stages of the career continuum.
Priority projects addressing the goal
1. Career Ladders for Teachers
2. Diversity Initiative
3. Educator Evaluation
4. Enhancing Recruitment
5. Human Resource Pilot
6. Monitor Teacher Supply and Demand
7. Performance Assessments for Leaders
8. Preparation Program Approval
9. Professional Development Delivery System
10. Professional Development Quality Assurance
Educator effectiveness targets
Current
2017 goal
English language learner proficiency: ELA
23%
48%
English language learner proficiency: mathematics
24%
43%
Minority teacher recruitment: percent minority in MA
7.2%
10.2%
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Number of teachers on waivers in high need areas*
351
175
Student growth percentile in L4 schools: ELA
44
50
Student growth percentile in L4 schools: mathematics
46
50
40%
46%
Percent of teachers that agree/strongly agree that PD is
differentiated to meet the needs of individual teachers
*Waivers in high need areas include moderate disabilities, severe disabilities, and English as a second language.
Goal: Turn around the lowest performing districts and schools
Turn around underperforming districts and schools so that all students have access to highquality learning opportunities that prepare them for college and careers.
Priority projects addressing the goal
Establish and sustain district and school capacity for strategic planning and implementation
support through the following projects:
1. School Redesign Grants
2. School Turnaround Plans
3. Grants Integration
4. Level 4 District Plans
5. Priority Partners
6. Implement Wraparound Zone Grant
7. Provide tiered instruction support for English language learners and students with disabilities
8. Educator Evaluation and Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF)
9. Level 5 school operators and lead partners
School and district turnaround targets
Turn around the lowest performing schools

% of L4 schools meeting exit criteria by 2014
Narrow proficiency gaps in L4 schools
Current
2014 goal
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n/a
75%
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
L4 Special ed SGP relative to state (ELA)
37
41

L4 Special ed SGP relative to state (mathematics)
41
44

L4 ELL SGP relative to state (ELA)
46
50

L4 ELL SGP relative to state (mathematics)
46.5
55
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Make progress in schools on the cusp of Level 4 status

SGP in schools on the cusp (ELA)
42
64

SGP in schools on the cusp (mathematics)
41
65
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Goal: Use technology and data effectively to support student
achievement
Provide tools along with a technical and cultural environment that supports effective and
efficient data use to improve policy decisions and ultimately student achievement.
Priority projects addressing the goal
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Edwin Analytics: Expand educator report delivery and access; integrate agency data
Early Warning Indicator System
Edwin Teaching and Learning (includes vocational competency tracking)
Educator training on data use
Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF)
Create a data team leader endorsement for licensure in ELAR (RTTT)
Educator evaluation (collect 7 data points)
Professional learning community expansion
Data use targets
Current
On-budget, on-time roll-out of projects, within scope
Teaching and Learning System (Edwin)
2014 goal
All
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
Teachers with access to Edwin (in 75% of LEAs)
0
50,000
(by 2013)

Teachers who use Edwin (in 90% of LEAs)
0
8,000
(in 2013–14)
100+
2,000
Educators trained on Edwin
0
25,000
Data leader licensure endorsement available
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Done
(by 2012-13)
Educators trained in EWIS
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