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Brookline committee briefed on upcoming DESE district review and March site visit
Summary
Deputy Superintendent Robin Benoit told the school committee the Massachusetts DESE district review will include document collection, classroom observations and focus groups during a site visit the last week in March; a public report is expected 3–6 months after the visit.
Deputy Superintendent Robin Benoit told the Brookline School Committee on Jan. 8 that the district has been selected for a DESE district review, a state-directed examination of district systems, curriculum, instruction and supports.
The review, Benoit said, is conducted under state review processes and includes an outside research partner. Brookline must upload requested documents by mid-February to support the review team’s work. The on-site phase is scheduled for the last week in March and will include a sampling of classroom observations and separate interview and focus-group days; DESE’s research partner will aggregate observations by grade band rather…
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