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We offer a range of information through our reports and white papers.
Building for Equity Guide
Provides a framework for inclusive school redesign, emphasizing culturally responsive design principles, community-driven processes, and equity-focused innovations to ensure equitable outcomes for all students, particularly those from historically marginalized backgrounds.
First in the Nation
Explores the 25-year history of autonomous schools in Boston Public Schools, analyzing their impact on student outcomes, district policy, and educational innovation while highlighting lessons learned and recommendations for sustaining and strengthening autonomy within the district.
Improving Educational Outcomes of ELLs in BPS
Examines the enrollment, characteristics, and academic performance of English Language Learners (ELLs) in Boston Public Schools (BPS), highlighting trends, disparities, and program effectiveness while providing recommendations for enhancing ELL services and student achievement.
Innovation Pathways Evaluation (Jan. 2023)
Assesses the impact of CCE’s technical assistance in supporting Massachusetts high schools with Innovation Pathways program development, highlighting the effectiveness of professional learning, stakeholder collaboration, and adaptive support in improving pathway implementation and student career readiness.
Learning from High Performing Schools for ELLs in BPS
Examines the practices and strategies of consistently high-performing and improving schools, identifying key themes such as strong leadership, culturally responsive teaching, and effective bilingual instruction that contribute to the academic success of English Language Learners (ELLs) in Boston Public Schools.
Opportunity and Equity
Examines disparities in enrollment, access to educational opportunities, and academic outcomes for Black and Latino male students in Boston Public Schools, identifying systemic barriers and recommending strategies to promote equitable educational success.
An Exploration of Micro-credential Programs
Summarizes how six districts and states implemented educator micro-credentials to support personalized, competency-based professional development, highlighting diverse strategies, challenges, and successes in shifting from traditional “sit-and-get” models to more individualized, actionable, and incentivized learning experiences for teachers.
A Vision for Personalized Learning in Massachusetts
Advocates for transforming Massachusetts’ education system through equity-driven, student-centered personalized learning that emphasizes competency-based progress, real-world engagement, and systemic reforms to close persistent achievement gaps.
At the Turning Point: The Young Adolescent Learner
Explores the unique developmental needs of middle school students aged 10–14 and outlines how schools and educators can respond effectively through the Turning Points model. It identifies five key developmental areas—intellectual, social, physical, emotional/psychological, and moral—and emphasizes the importance of creating personalized, equitable, and supportive learning environments.
Benchmarks to Becoming a Turning Points School
Provides benchmark guidelines for evaluating teacher performance across various criteria, including instructional practices, classroom management, and professional responsibilities.
A New Vision for Assessing Student Learning and School Quality
Outlines the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment’s (MCIEA) initiative to replace high-stakes standardized testing with a more equitable, multidimensional accountability system that includes teacher-created performance assessments and holistic school quality measures, empowering educators and communities to better support student learning and school improvement.
Boston Community Leadership Academy Case Study
Tells the story of how Boston Community Leadership Academy transformed from a poorly performing school to a successful Pilot School through autonomy and accountability.
Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School Analysis
Highlights how Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School implemented a rigorous, collaborative assessment validation process—guided by the Quality Performance Assessment (QPA) framework—to improve the technical quality, alignment, and fairness of performance assessments, ultimately fostering more equitable and meaningful measures of student learning.
Creating Partnerships
Outlines a comprehensive framework within the Turning Points middle school reform model for building equitable, respectful, and effective partnerships between schools, families, and communities to support young adolescent development, highlighting strategies across six key areas—parenting, communication, volunteering, student learning, decision-making, and community collaboration—to ensure inclusive engagement and improve educational outcomes.
Creating Urban High Schools
Presents research findings and policy recommendations based on nine high-performing urban high schools in Massachusetts, highlighting key success factors—such as small school size, autonomy, inclusion, strong accountability, and community partnerships—and advocating for state and district-level reforms to replicate these conditions and close achievement gaps for low-income students and students of color.
Turning Points Design Overview
Outlines a comprehensive, research-based model for middle school reform that promotes academic excellence, developmental responsiveness, and social equity by guiding schools through systemic change rooted in seven core principles—ranging from rigorous, standards-based curriculum to democratic governance and community engagement—and operationalized through six interrelated practices that include improving instruction, building leadership capacity, using data-driven decision making, and fostering collaborative, student-centered school cultures.
ELLs in Boston Public Schools 2003-2006
A comprehensive report detailing the demographic data, academic performance, program participation, and support services for English Language Learner (ELL) students in Boston Public Schools during the 2003-2006 academic year.
Pre-Service Education and Experience Development (PSEED) Program Report
The 2008 PSEED Report outlines the implementation, challenges, and impacts of the Pre-Service Education and Experience Development (PSEED) program, emphasizing its role in strengthening teacher preparation, mentoring, and instructional quality across participating institutions.