The Boston Opportunity Agenda: Sixth Annual Report Card

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School Readiness; Kindergarten; Reading Skills; Grade 3; High School Graduates; College Graduates; Program Effectiveness; Elementary Education; Primary Education; Government Role; Partnerships in Education; Agency Cooperation; Educational Objectives; Public Schools; Adult Learning; Postsecondary Education; Educational Attainment; Educational Quality; Accountability; Performance; Educational Change; Community Involvement; Grade 8; Algebra; Grade 10; Gender Differences; Grade 9; Outcomes of Education; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Low Income Students; English Language Learners; Students with Disabilities; Graduation Rate; Family Involvement; Summer Programs; Elementary Secondary Education; College Readiness; Career Readiness; Dropout Rate; Catholic Schools

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS); Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System

This "Sixth Annual Report Card" reflects the progress that is being made throughout Boston's entire education pipeline. More than 77,000 school-age children live in the City of Boston. The vast majority, 93%, attend a school in the Boston Public Schools system, a Boston Charter public school, or a Boston Catholic school. The goal with this report card is to identify points where obligations to Boston's students are being met as well as areas where they are falling short. This report card contains the most up-to-date information available on Boston's education pipeline, from kindergarten through college graduation, including measures on: (1) school readiness; (2) 3rd-grade reading proficiency; (3) 10th-grade proficiency; (4) high school completion; (5) dropout rates; (6) postsecondary enrollment and completion statistics; and (7) adult postsecondary attainment. The public systems--the Boston Public Schools and Boston's Charter public schools--use the same assessments. The data for both are gathered from the Boston Public Schools and from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The resource for data for the Catholic schools reflected in this report is the Archdiocese of Boston. [The Boston Indicators Project and the Boston Public Schools Office of Data and Accountability assisted in analyzing and reporting on the metrics in this report. For the fifth Annual Report, see ED581771.]

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2017

ED596514