How Dorchester School District 02 Built a District-Wide Common Assessment Strategy To Increase Student Achievement
Resource: Success Story
Build a district-wide common assessment strategy
See how Dorchester School District 02 used Formative to support common assessment across subjects, strengthen teacher collaboration, and use real-time data to increase student achievement.
Outcome summary
Challenge
Find one assessment platform
Dorchester needed a single platform for assessment across grade levels and subject areas that could support collaboration, provide instant results, and help teams analyze data district wide.
Shift
Use formative data at every level
Curriculum leaders rolled out common assessments, while PLCs used Formative data by standard, question type, classroom, school, and district to guide instructional next steps.
Impact
Achievement increased
✓Elementary schools using Formative consistently saw significant achievement gains
✓Schools using Formative outperformed the state in end-of-course scores by over four points
✓Dorchester ranked in the top 8% of schools
Who it’s for
1District administratorsBuild a shared assessment strategy that supports collaboration and student achievement.
2Curriculum leadersUse common assessment data across grade levels, subjects, and schools.
3Assessment teamsGive educators timely insights by standard, question type, and classroom.
4Instructional leadership teamsSupport PLC collaboration with shared assessments, flexible tools, and real-time data.
How Dorchester School District 02 Built a District-Wide Common Assessment Strategy To Increase Student Achievement
Resource: Success Story
Build a district-wide common assessment strategy
See how Dorchester School District 02 used Formative to support common assessment across subjects, strengthen teacher collaboration, and use real-time data to increase student achievement.
Outcome summary
Challenge
Find one assessment platform
Dorchester needed a single platform for assessment across grade levels and subject areas that could support collaboration, provide instant results, and help teams analyze data district wide.
Shift
Use formative data at every level
Curriculum leaders rolled out common assessments, while PLCs used Formative data by standard, question type, classroom, school, and district to guide instructional next steps.
Impact
Achievement increased
✓Elementary schools using Formative consistently saw significant achievement gains
✓Schools using Formative outperformed the state in end-of-course scores by over four points
✓Dorchester ranked in the top 8% of schools
Who it’s for
1District administratorsBuild a shared assessment strategy that supports collaboration and student achievement.
2Curriculum leadersUse common assessment data across grade levels, subjects, and schools.
3Assessment teamsGive educators timely insights by standard, question type, and classroom.
4Instructional leadership teamsSupport PLC collaboration with shared assessments, flexible tools, and real-time data.
