The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) compiles data from each school district across the state. The District Analysis and Review Tools (DARTs) turn the Department's vast amount of data into valuable, easily consumable information. The DARTs offer snapshots of district and school performance, allowing users to easily track select data elements over time, and make sound, meaningful comparisons to the state or to "comparable" organizations. The data elements in each DART tool are linked to a broader strategic framework defining the characteristics of effective educational organizations and cover a broad range of district and school interests including demographic, assessment, student support, educator, financial, and achievement gap data. When the user selects a district, DART tools generate a list of ten comparable districts based on enrollment characteristics. Districts are compared within their grade-span group (K-12, elementary, secondary, vocational-technical/agricultural.)