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ACE Results

Participation in the ACE program has created measurable results for students. In only one year, new students who joined ACE demonstrate a reduced number of unexcused absences in all subject areas and a dramatic increase in the number of A's and B's earned in their first year of ACE compared to the year previous year in mainstream.  See below.  

Beyond ACE:
Post Graduate Planning and Results

Post Graduate Planning

ACE Juniors and Seniors meet with the ACE Guidance Counselor for postgraduate planning seminars during the second half of their Junior year and the first half of their Senior year.  During these seminars, they learn how to use Naviance to arrive at a list of colleges and/or post-grad programs to apply to.  The ACE guidance counselor is also available to meet with parents and students to better understand the post grade process and all the options available.  Every fall, ACE helps to sponsor a night for parents to get assistance in filling out the FAFSA forms.  

 

Although students are assessed by earning levels of competencies in their ACE classes, these are converted to letter grades on a student's transcript for college.  For example, a "Highly Competent" translates into an A, a "Competent" translates into a B, and a "Basic Competent" translates into a C.  If a student does not earn a "Basic Competent" in a course, they must retake the course.  The course will not show up on their transcript until they earn at least a "Basic Competent" or higher. 

CLASS OF 2026 POSTSECONDARY PLANS

100% Four-year college acceptance
89% Four-year college attendance
2% Gap Year

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College Acceptances in Recent Years have included:

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  • American University

  • Bard College

  • Bennington College

  • Berklee College of Music

  • Boston College

  • Boston University

  • Brandeis University

  • Bridgewater State University

  • Bryn Mawr College

  • Connecticut College

  • Drake University

  • Drexel University

  • Emerson College

  • Framingham State University

  • Franklin Pierce University

  • Georgia State University

  • Howard University

  • Luther College

  • Mass College of Liberal Arts

  • Massachusetts College of Pharmacy

  • McGill University

  • Michigan State University

  • New York University

  • Northeastern University

  • Pace University

  • Pomona College

  • Penn State University

  • Roger Williams University

  • Rutgers University

  • Salem State

  • Salve Regina University

  • Springfield College

  • Suffolk University

  • Syracuse University

  • Temple Universtiy

  • University of Arizona

  • UMass Amherst

  • UMass Boston

  • UMass Dartmouth

  • UMass Lowell

  • U of Ill at Urbana-Champaign

  • University of Maine

  • University of Vermont (Honors College)

  • University of Washington

  • Wentworth Polytechnic Institute

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

85 New England Institutions of Higher Education State that Proficiency-Based Diplomas Do Not Disadvantage Applicants

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​The ACE program would not be possible without the generous support of the the Brookline Education Foundation.  The BEF has supported ACE through an IDEA Lab grant that allowed for the creation of ACE, as well as a collaboration grant that allowed staff to receive critical professional development in implementing a competency-based program and blended learning techniques.

For more information about the ACE program Please contact Amy Bayer at: 

T: 617-713-5256

E: amy_bayer@psbma.org

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