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Hopkinton administration reports DESE disproportionality findings; root‑cause work and state consultant planned
Summary
District officials reported to the Hopkinton School Committee that DESE has flagged two disproportionality concerns in special education and that the district is conducting root‑cause analysis with state support.
Hopkinton Public Schools administrators briefed the School Committee on Feb. 13 about two findings of disproportionality identified by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the district's remedial steps.
Background and prior action: At the end of the previous school year DESE notified the district it had become disproportionate for white students identified in the special‑education category "specific learning disability" (SLD). District staff said they completed a root‑cause analysis over the summer and implemented a set of corrective actions during the fall:…
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