Educator Preparation Stakeholders Survey
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In an effort to strengthen teaching and bolster student achievement in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) annually administers surveys to:
1. Supervising practitioners who worked with a teacher candidate enrolled in a Massachusetts teacher preparation program,
2. Hiring principals who hire teachers that have recently completed a teacher preparation program for Initial licensure,
3. Individuals who completed a Massachusetts teacher preparation program, and
4. Individuals who completed a Massachusetts teacher preparation program and completed their first year of teaching in a Massachusetts public school.
These surveys are intended to grant access to perceptions of teacher readiness in the Commonwealth to both preparation providers and the general public. Because data from these surveys is used for public transparency, as one source of evidence in DESE's educator preparation program reviews, and for the preparation providers themselves to inform their continuous improvement efforts, DESE is invested in the long-term development of statistically valid and reliable instruments.
Data last updated on May 28, 2026.
| Organization Name | Organization Code | Group | Respondents | Fully ready [immediately impactful with students] % | Mostly ready [able to successfully meet the needs of most students] % | Moderately ready [needed additional support, training and coaching to be successful] % | Minimally ready [limited success meeting the needs of students and improving outcomes] % | Not ready [unable to meet the needs of students] % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American International College | 30000001 | Supervising Practitioners | 31 | 84 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| American International College | 30000001 | Hiring Principals | 23 | 48 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Anna Maria College | 30000002 | Supervising Practitioners | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anna Maria College | 30000002 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Assumption University | 30000003 | Supervising Practitioners | 17 | 53 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Assumption University | 30000003 | Hiring Principals | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bay Path University | 30000005 | Supervising Practitioners | 14 | 64 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bay Path University | 30000005 | Hiring Principals | 8 | 75 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Becker College | 30000006 | Supervising Practitioners | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Becker College | 30000006 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Berklee College of Music | 30000007 | Supervising Practitioners | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Berklee College of Music | 30000007 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boston | 00350000 | Supervising Practitioners | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boston | 00350000 | Hiring Principals | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boston College | 30000008 | Supervising Practitioners | 15 | 87 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston College | 30000008 | Hiring Principals | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boston Conservatory | 30000009 | Supervising Practitioners | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boston Conservatory | 30000009 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boston Teacher Residency | 20200013 | Supervising Practitioners | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boston Teacher Residency | 20200013 | Hiring Principals | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boston University | 30000010 | Supervising Practitioners | 16 | 63 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Boston University | 30000010 | Hiring Principals | 8 | 25 | 38 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Brandeis University | 30000011 | Supervising Practitioners | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brandeis University | 30000011 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bridgewater State University | 30000012 | Supervising Practitioners | 143 | 73 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Bridgewater State University | 30000012 | Hiring Principals | 38 | 37 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 0 |
| Cambridge College | 30000013 | Supervising Practitioners | 10 | 90 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambridge College | 30000013 | Hiring Principals | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Catherine Leahy Brine Educational Consultants, Inc. | 20200001 | Supervising Practitioners | 7 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Catherine Leahy Brine Educational Consultants, Inc. | 20200001 | Hiring Principals | 18 | 72 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Clark University | 30000014 | Supervising Practitioners | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clark University | 30000014 | Hiring Principals | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Collaborative for Educational Services | 05320000 | Supervising Practitioners | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Collaborative for Educational Services | 05320000 | Hiring Principals | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| College of the Holy Cross | 30000015 | Supervising Practitioners | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| College of the Holy Cross | 30000015 | Hiring Principals | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Curry College | 30000016 | Supervising Practitioners | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Curry College | 30000016 | Hiring Principals | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eastern Nazarene | 30000017 | Supervising Practitioners | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eastern Nazarene | 30000017 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Elms College | 30000018 | Supervising Practitioners | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Elms College | 30000018 | Hiring Principals | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Emerson College | 30000019 | Supervising Practitioners | 7 | 86 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emerson College | 30000019 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Emmanuel College | 30000020 | Supervising Practitioners | 13 | 23 | 62 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Emmanuel College | 30000020 | Hiring Principals | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Endicott College | 30000021 | Supervising Practitioners | 40 | 65 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Endicott College | 30000021 | Hiring Principals | 10 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| Fitchburg State University | 30000022 | Supervising Practitioners | 26 | 65 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Fitchburg State University | 30000022 | Hiring Principals | 15 | 40 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Framingham State University | 30000023 | Supervising Practitioners | 30 | 57 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| Framingham State University | 30000023 | Hiring Principals | 12 | 50 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 |
| Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District) | 04780000 | Supervising Practitioners | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District) | 04780000 | Hiring Principals | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| French River Education Center | 20200005 | Supervising Practitioners | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| French River Education Center | 20200005 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gordon College | 30000024 | Supervising Practitioners | 9 | 56 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon College | 30000024 | Hiring Principals | 8 | 25 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harvard Graduate School of Education | 30000026 | Supervising Practitioners | 8 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harvard Graduate School of Education | 30000026 | Hiring Principals | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| High Meadows Graduate School of Teaching and Learning, Inc. | 20200025 | Supervising Practitioners | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| High Meadows Graduate School of Teaching and Learning, Inc. | 20200025 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lasell University | 30000028 | Supervising Practitioners | 25 | 60 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| Lasell University | 30000028 | Hiring Principals | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lesley University | 30000029 | Supervising Practitioners | 42 | 69 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lesley University | 30000029 | Hiring Principals | 13 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | 30000066 | Supervising Practitioners | 8 | 75 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | 30000066 | Hiring Principals | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Massachusetts College of Art | 30000030 | Supervising Practitioners | 6 | 33 | 50 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Massachusetts College of Art | 30000030 | Hiring Principals | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) | 30000031 | Supervising Practitioners | 6 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) | 30000031 | Hiring Principals | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Merrimack College | 30000036 | Supervising Practitioners | 64 | 61 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| Merrimack College | 30000036 | Hiring Principals | 11 | 45 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| MGH Institute of Health Professions | 30000033 | Supervising Practitioners | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| MGH Institute of Health Professions | 30000033 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Montserrat College of Art | 30000037 | Supervising Practitioners | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Montserrat College of Art | 30000037 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mount Holyoke College | 30000038 | Supervising Practitioners | 17 | 71 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Holyoke College | 30000038 | Hiring Principals | 9 | 11 | 56 | 11 | 22 | 0 |
| Northeast Consortium for Staff Development (NCSD) | 20200008 | Supervising Practitioners | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Northeast Consortium for Staff Development (NCSD) | 20200008 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Northeastern University | 30000042 | Supervising Practitioners | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Northeastern University | 30000042 | Hiring Principals | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Regis College | 30000044 | Supervising Practitioners | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Regis College | 30000044 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Salem State University | 30000045 | Supervising Practitioners | 46 | 54 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Salem State University | 30000045 | Hiring Principals | 15 | 33 | 40 | 20 | 7 | 0 |
| Shady Hill | 00490925 | Supervising Practitioners | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shady Hill | 00490925 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Simmons University | 30000046 | Supervising Practitioners | 7 | 86 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Simmons University | 30000046 | Hiring Principals | 6 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Smith College | 30000047 | Supervising Practitioners | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smith College | 30000047 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Springfield College | 30000048 | Supervising Practitioners | 26 | 69 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Springfield College | 30000048 | Hiring Principals | 8 | 38 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| Stonehill College | 30000049 | Supervising Practitioners | 32 | 63 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| Stonehill College | 30000049 | Hiring Principals | 6 | 50 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Teach for America | 20200015 | Supervising Practitioners | 17 | 41 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 0 |
| Teach for America | 20200015 | Hiring Principals | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Teach Western Mass | 20200026 | Supervising Practitioners | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Teach Western Mass | 20200026 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| The Charles Sposato Graduate School of Education, Inc. | 20200027 | Supervising Practitioners | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| The Charles Sposato Graduate School of Education, Inc. | 20200027 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| The Reading Institute | 20200011 | Supervising Practitioners | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| The Reading Institute | 20200011 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tufts University | 30000051 | Supervising Practitioners | 7 | 86 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tufts University | 30000051 | Hiring Principals | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| UMass/Amherst | 30000052 | Supervising Practitioners | 31 | 68 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| UMass/Amherst | 30000052 | Hiring Principals | 15 | 53 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| UMass/Boston | 30000053 | Supervising Practitioners | 41 | 59 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| UMass/Boston | 30000053 | Hiring Principals | 11 | 36 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 9 |
| UMass/Dartmouth | 30000054 | Supervising Practitioners | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| UMass/Dartmouth | 30000054 | Hiring Principals | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| UMass/Lowell | 30000055 | Supervising Practitioners | 29 | 55 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| UMass/Lowell | 30000055 | Hiring Principals | 8 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 25 |
| Wellesley College | 30000056 | Supervising Practitioners | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wellesley College | 30000056 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Western New England University | 30000057 | Supervising Practitioners | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Western New England University | 30000057 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Westfield State University | 30000058 | Supervising Practitioners | 60 | 52 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Westfield State University | 30000058 | Hiring Principals | 25 | 44 | 36 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Wheaton College | 30000059 | Supervising Practitioners | 10 | 40 | 50 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Wheaton College | 30000059 | Hiring Principals | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 30000062 | Supervising Practitioners | 6 | 50 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 30000062 | Hiring Principals | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Worcester State University | 30000063 | Supervising Practitioners | 22 | 68 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Worcester State University | 30000063 | Hiring Principals | 13 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
| State Total | 00000000 | Supervising Practitioners | 937 | 64 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| State Total | 00000000 | Hiring Principals | 332 | 42 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 3 |