Taking Stock: Five Years of Structural Change in Boston’s Public Schools

March 2014

Taking Stock: Five Years of Structural Change in Boston’s Public Schools, takes a broad look at the overall makeup of public schools in Boston, combining results from the Boston Public Schools and the city’s Commonwealth Charter schools to provide a snapshot of how school structures and student performance have been affected by reforms that have expanded autonomy to larger numbers of schools.

The report was shaped by Jessica Martin, Director of the Boston Indicators Project and Elizabeth Pauley, Education to Career Program Director at the Boston Foundation. It was written by the Boston Foundation’s Director of Public Relations, Ted McEnroe, and was initially presented to Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh earlier this year. Using publicly available state data, the report combines information and results from 20 Boston charter schools and the more than 120 schools in the Boston Public Schools, and takes a focus on student growth on the MCAS, as well as proficiency, to examine student performance.

Taking Stock: Fiver Years of Structural Change in Boston's Public Schools