The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is dedicated to providing equitable access to advanced learning opportunities for students with exceptional academic and creative potential. While Massachusetts does not mandate statewide gifted programs, DESE emphasizes the importance of challenging, differentiated instruction and uses a Continuum of Services framework within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) to meet advanced learners’ needs.

The Gifted and Talented Advisory Council further supports this work by recommending best practices to ensure academically advanced students across the Commonwealth are engaged, inspired, and prepared for future success.

Renzulli Learning provides an easy-to-implement, research-based solution that empowers Massachusetts educators to support advanced learners with tools that both align with DESE guidance and nurture authentic talent development.

Cultivating Talent Across the Commonwealth

Massachusetts encourages schools to identify and nurture students whose talents and abilities extend beyond the standard curriculum. Local districts design programming that promotes creativity, leadership, and problem-solving, ensuring equitable access for all learners.

Renzulli Learning helps bring this vision to life by:

• Building holistic learner profiles with the Renzulli Profiler, Learning Styles Inventory, Executive Function Assessment, Leadership Assessment, and the Cebeci Test of Creativity.

• Delivering personalized enrichment opportunities that match student strengths, interests, and passions.

• Ensuring equity and access with a flexible online platform available to schools across the Commonwealth, from Boston to the Berkshires.

Turning Massachusetts’ Vision into Practice

Renzulli Learning aligns seamlessly with Massachusetts’ Continuum of Services for Advanced Learning by:

• Multiple-Criteria Identification – Supporting districts in building comprehensive learner profiles to inform advanced programming.

• Differentiated Instruction & Enrichment – Providing thousands of enrichment resources and SEM-based projects.

• Talent Development – Cultivating creativity, executive function, leadership, and innovation.

• Program Accountability – Offering reporting and documentation tools that simplify monitoring and communication with families.