Announcements

September 29, 2022

NEW! DESE has released an Introductory Training Video for OPTIC accompanied by a time stamped guide.

April 19, 2022

May 6, 2021

Educators can now use the OPTIC Culturally Responsive Teaching Collection to build their understanding of culturally responsive teaching

May 7, 2020

Educators can now use OPTIC to study authentic student work tagged to specific content standards, and to assess grade-level performance and

May 7, 2020

Districts and educator preparation programs can now upload their own video and non-video content to OPTIC for even more

August 29, 2019

DESE is taking the OPTIC Platform on the road! Join us at one of four opportunities to experience OPTIC and learn how to bring educators

March 5, 2019

MA DESE is excited to announce the statewide release of the new, enhanced Online Calibration Training Platform.

October 24, 2018

We are pleased to announce the release of the new new Online Platform for Teaching and Informed Calibration (OPTIC)! This web site provides