Programs

  • Program 1 [2018]

    AP STEM & ENGLISH. IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017 - 2018, MASS INSIGHT OPERATED IT ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) STEM & ENGLISH IN 78 HIGH SCHOOLS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND 7 HIGH SCHOOLS IN LOUISIANA AND ONE SCHOOL IN RHODE ISLAND. PROGRAM PARTICIPATION INCLUDES THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THEIR FIRST 3 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP WITH MASS INSIGHT AND PARTICIPATING IN THE CORE PROGRAM AND THOSE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED FOR AS MANY AS 9 YEARS AND ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE SUSTAINING PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM SERVED OVER 10,000 STUDENTS DURING THE 2017 - 2018 ACADEMIC YEAR. PROGRAM COMPONENTS, INCLUDING RECRUITING OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS, TEACHER COACHING AND TRAINING, AND DIRECT STUDENT SUPPORTS SUCH AS SATURDAY STUDY SESSIONS, MOCK EXAMS AND EXAM FEE SUBSIDIES FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS CONTRIBUTE TO REMARKABLE PROGRAM RESULTS. THE AP STEM & ENGLISH PROGRAM HAS DRIVEN AN INCREASE OF 136% IN AP EXAMS TAKEN BY AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC STUDENTS IN MASS INSIGHT PARTNER HIGH SCHOOLS OVER THE PRE-PARTNERSHIP BASE YEAR AND AN EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE 168% INCREASE IN EXAMS TAKEN BY LOW INCOME STUDENTS. QUALIFYING SCORES REFLECT CORRESPONDING INCREASES OF 172% AND 224%, RESPECTIVELY. IN FEBRUARY 2018, MASSACHUSETTS WAS NAMED FIRST IN THE NATION FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING QUALIFYING SCORES IN AP FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. IN THE INDEPENDENT RELEASE OF THAT INFORMATION, MASS INSIGHT WAS NOTED AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT AND CITED SPECIFICALLY FOR ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON BEHALF OF MINORITY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $3.4M

  • Program 2 [2018]

    SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT. OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAM WORKS WITH SCHOOLS, DISTRICTS, AND STATE EDUCATION AGENCIES NATIONWIDE UTILIZING A WIDE RANGE OF IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING ASSESSING READINESS AND CAPACITY TO ENGAGE IN IMPROVEMENT WORK, SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIONABLE IMPROVEMENT PLANS, ENSURING HIGH-QUALITY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, AND SUPPORTING SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENT WORK. IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-2018, MASS INSIGHT DELIVERED SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM RESULTS IN FOUR STATES. OVER THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF OUR ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH ONE STATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT ROSE ONE FULL POINT ON THE STATE'S FOUR-POINT ACCOUNTABILITY SCALE-THE LARGEST GAIN OF ANY URBAN DISTRICT IN THAT STATE. IN ANOTHER STATE WITH WHICH MASS INSIGHT HAS PARTNERED SINCE 2015, PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGH THE 2017 - 2018 ACADEMIC YEAR INCLUDE DECREASES IN STUDENT BEHAVIORAL REFERRALS BY AS MUCH AS 39% AND IN OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS BY AS MUCH AS 49%. ALL SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED ATTENDANCE RATES, WITH MOST SCHOOLS ACHIEVING ATTENDANCE RATES OVER 92%. BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT SUCCESSFULLY DECREASED DROP-OUT RATES, WITH ONE HIGH SCHOOL REDUCING THE RATE BY HALF. BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS ALSO INCREASED GRADUATION RATES BY MULTIPLE PERCENTAGE POINTS. ONE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS THE LOWEST PERFORMING HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE AT THE START OF OUR PARTNERSHIP AND IN ITS FINAL YEAR ON THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY CLOCK, IMPROVED BY A FULL LEVEL IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND AVOIDED STATE TAKEOVER.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $1.2M

  • Program 3 [2018]

    GATEWAY TO COLLEGE SUCCESS NETWORK. MASS INSIGHT IS HELPING NETWORK MEMBER SCHOOLS IN GATEWAY CITIES (MID-SIZED URBAN DISTRICTS IN MASSACHUSETTS) CREATE SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENTS USING IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE TOOLS AND NETWORKED LEARNING PRINCIPLES TO DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE THE RIGOR AND ALIGNMENT OF INSTRUCTION IN GRADES 6 THROUGH 12, ENSURING THAT STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY MANAGE KEY TRANSITION POINTS AND ARE PREPARED FOR POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS. THE NETWORK'S ONGOING WORK SERVES TEAMS FROM 11 SCHOOLS IN 4 GATEWAY CITIES FOCUSING ON STUDENT GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT IN MATH. WHILE STILL EARLY IN THE WORK, PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGH THE 2017 - 2018 ACADEMIC YEAR INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT GAINS ON THE STATE ASSESSMENT (MCAS) BY ONE LARGE HIGH SCHOOL AND GROWTH IN STUDENTS' SCORES ON OPEN RESPONSE MCAS PROBLEMS BY MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $636.2K