College & career readiness in Massachusetts
Massachusetts' MyCAP is the state's college and career planning framework — DESE is scaling it district by district with grade 6–12 expectations across academic, personal/social, and career domains.
MyCAP — My Career and Academic Plan
Work-based learning & financial aid in Massachusetts
Work-based learning
Connecting Activities funds employer-school partnerships and internships statewide with a formal work-based learning plan instrument.
FAFSA & financial aid
No FAFSA graduation mandate; MASSGrant Plus expansion raises the stakes of filing.
Atlara ↔ MyCAP
Plans that track themselves
Readiness Plans auto-complete requirements from real activity — course plans, assessments, applications, FAFSA — so compliance reporting is a byproduct, not a project.
Career + college exploration built in
Interest inventories, a 900+ career library with real O*NET and BLS wage/outlook data, 3,200+ colleges with U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard data, and majors exploration cover the exploration expectations most state frameworks start with.
Work-based learning tracking
Employer partners, placements, hour logs, and competencies — with student portfolios and resumes that assemble themselves.
Counselor + family visibility
Caseload dashboards with early-warning flags, printable conference one-pagers, and a family portal with its own logins and approvals.
Policy details above are a planning summary, not legal guidance — confirm current requirements with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education.