Individual Districts

The School District Effectiveness project measures the effectiveness of school districts in Massachusetts. Put another way, the project measures the value that school districts add to their students' learning experience.

The method was developed by Robert Gaudet, a senior policy consultant at the University of Massachusetts' Donahue Institute, a public service think tank. Dr. Gaudet earned is doctorate in education at the University's Amherst campus and has been a longtime and respected education innovator and consultant. His children attended Boston public schools for their entire K-12 careers. He is one of the founders of the Renaissance Charter School in Boston.