This page contains reports produced by various offices in the Boston Public Schools, as well as studies conducted by external partners. Many of the documents are in PDF format, which requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to be installed on your computer.
Graduation / Dropout Rate
Four-Year High School Graduation Rate: 2006 and 2007 Cohorts
Dropout Rate: 2006-2007 School Year
Getting to the Finish Line: College Outcomes for the BPS Class of 2000
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
School and district AYP 1999-2007 and NCLB status 2007
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)
MCAS individual school results, 1998-2007
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA)
NAEP / TUDA 2007 results: Grades 4 & 8, Reading/Mathematics
NAEP / TUDA 2007 results: Grade 8, Writing
SAT Reasoning Test
Boston Public Schools 2008 SAT results
Aspen Institute Case Study on BPS: "Strong Foundation, Evolving Challenges", 2006
Broad Prize for Urban Education: Winner, Boston Public Schools, 2006
The Citizen Commission on the Academic Success of Boston Children, 2006
Sarah Greenwood "School on the Move" Best Practice Case Study, 2006
"Strategic Planning to Serve Off-Track Youth" - The Parthenon Group, 2007
Student Assignment Task Force Report, 2004
Many of our partner organizations produce additional research and reports about the Boston Public Schools. Please contact these organizations directly for more information:
Boston After School and Beyond
Boston Municipal Research Bureau
Center for Collaborative Education
Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University
Council of the Great City Schools
Mass Insight Education & Research Institute