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Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley Centers for Women

Schools Leverage Social and Emotional Learning in Turnaround Efforts

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Research & Action Report, Spring/Summer 2011

Last year, Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson identified 14 “Turnaround Schools,” described as significantly underperforming and in need of monitoring, support, and reform. Twelve of these schools were also designated by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as “Level 4” schools: those with consistently low scores and no substantial improvement over a four-year period in both English/ Language Arts and Mathematics on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS).