Strategic Planning

According to Bryson (1995), strategic planning is:
"a disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization is, what it does and why it does it. To deliver the best results, strategic planning requires broad yet effective information gathering, development and exploration of strategic alternative, and an emphasis on future implications of present decisions."

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District Improvement Reports

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requires all schools with improvement status to complete a Perfromance Improvement Map (PIM) for the area(s) identified for improvement.  To view the District's PIM  (full report) for the 2008-2009 school year, please click the box below and to view the accompanying Powerpoint presentation click here.

NCLB Report Card

This report card contains information required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) for our district and its schools including: teacher qualifications; student achievement on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS); and school/district accountability.

Adequate Yearly Progress Report

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is a measure of the extent to which a student group demonstrates proficiency in English language arts and mathematics. AYP Reports are issued each year and show the progress schools and districts are making toward the goal of having all students reach proficiency by the year 2014.

Click here for the Powerpoint summary of Plymouth's 2008 AYP status.

Educational Quality and Accountability (EQA) Report

The EQA Office was created by the Massachusetts Legislature in July of 2000, to provide independent and objective programmatic and financial audits of school districts which serve the cities and towns of Massachusetts. The agency is the accountability component of the Education Reform Act of 1993, and was envisioned in that legislation.

EQA Examination Process 
EQA examines and makes determinations of a district’s success at improving student performance based on the standards of effective management and efficient financial control. The six accountability standards are:

• Leadership, Governance and Communication;
• Curriculum and Instruction;
• Assessment and Program Evaluation;
• Human Resource Management and Professional Development;
• Access, Participation, and Student Academic Support;
• Financial Asset Management Effectiveness and Efficiency.

To view the 2007 District report EQA  for the 2004-2006 school years, please click the box below