N ATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS BPS 2015 NAEP RESULTS Office of Data and Accountability OCTOBER 26, 2015

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS For the first time since 2003, 4 th graders in BPS performed on par with students across all other school districts throughout the nation in reading. BPS has successfully closed the 14 point gap between the district and the national average in 8 th grade mathematics that existed in 2003, sustaining performance on par with the nation since BPS’ achievement in both reading and math are now on par with the national average, as measured by NAEP - also known as the “nation’s report card”.

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 3 4 th grade demographic comparisons Note: Demographics for Boston Public Schools, across the nation, and across all large cities in the U.S. is almost identical for 4 th grade Math as it is for Reading. * In Cleveland, all students were categorized as eligible for the National School Lunch Program ** In 2015, all Boston students were categorized as eligible for the National School Lunch Program as part of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program. Black Students Hispanic Students English Language Learners Students with Disabilities Students from Low-Income Families

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 4 8 th grade demographic comparisons Black Students Hispanic Students English Language Learners Students with Disabilities Students from Low-Income Families Note: Demographics for Boston Public Schools, across the nation, and across all large cities in the U.S. is almost identical for 4 th grade Math as it is for Reading. * In Cleveland, all students were categorized as eligible for the National School Lunch Program ** In 2015, all Boston students were categorized as eligible for the National School Lunch Program as part of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program.

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Boston Public Schools was one of only 4 urban districts* to demonstrate significant gains in 4 th grade reading between 2013 and For the first time since 2003, the performance of 4 th graders in BPS is comparable to the national average in reading. In 4 th and 8 th grade reading, BPS exceeded or performed on par with 16 of the other 20 urban districts participating in NAEP TUDA in African-American, Latino, students with disabilities, and English Language Learners in BPS outperformed both the national average and that across large cities in the U.S. in 4 th reading. BPS achieved significant gains with 4 th graders in the lower percentile bands (10 th and 25 th ) between 2013 and TH AND 8 TH GRADE READING RESULTS * Note: In 2015, Boston was one of 21 urban school districts to participate in the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA). In 2003, Boston was one of only ten districts that volunteered by participate in TUDA, which now includes these cities: Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore City, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Duval County (FL), Washington D.C., Fresno, Hillsborough County (FL), Houston, Jefferson County (KY), Los Angeles, Miami-Dada, New York, Philadelphia, and San Diego.

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 6 4 TH GRADE READING

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 7 8 th grade Reading: National and large city comparisons

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 8 4 th grade Reading: long-term gains

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 9 8 th grade Reading: long-term gains

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 10 4 TH & 8 th GRADE READING TUDA DISTRICTS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 11 4 TH GRADE READING 2003 – 2015, SUBGROUPS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 12 8 th grade Reading: Subgroups over time

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 13 4 th grade Reading: African-American student performance

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 14 8 th grade Reading: African-American student performance

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 15 4 th grade Reading: Latino student performance

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 16 8 th grade Reading: Latino students performance

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 17 4 th grade Reading: Student with Disabilities

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 18 8 th grade Reading: Students with disabilities

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 19 4 TH grade Reading: English Language Learners

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 20 8 th grade Reading: English Language Learners

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 21 4 TH GRADE READING 2003 – 2015, PERCENTILE BANDS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 22 4 th grade Reading: At or Above Basic

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 23 8 th grade Reading: At or above Basic

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 24 4 th and 8 th grade Reading: Percentage of students scoring at or above proficient

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 25 8 th grade Reading: General Ed population comparisons

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 26 8 th grade Reading: General Ed Performance

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Since 2009, 8 th graders in Boston have sustained strong performance on par with the national average. In 2015, though, Boston successfully closed the gap between the district and the national average, being the only urban district to have done so. Boston has made some of the greatest long term gains in both 4 th and 8 th grade mathematics of any urban district since African-American students in both 4 th and 8 th grade in BPS are outperforming the national average and that of large cities in mathematics. Students with disabilities are outperforming the large cities average in 8 th grade math. English Language Learners are outperforming the national average in 4 th grade math. While Boston has a higher than average proportion of English Language Learners and students with disabilities and, therefore, a lower than average proportion of general education students – BPS’s leads the nation in terms of its performance with this population th AND 8 TH GRADE MATHEMATICS RESULTS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 28 4 th grade Math: National and Large City comparisons

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 29 8 TH GRADE MATHEMATICS RESULTS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 30 4 TH GRADE MATHEMATICS 2015 RESULTS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 31 8 TH GRADE MATHEMATICS 2015 RESULTS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 32 4 th & 8 TH GRADE MATHEMATICS 2015 RESULTS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 33 4 th grade Math: Subgroups over time

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 34 8 th grade Math: Subgroups over time

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 35 4 th grade Math: African-American student performance

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 36 8 TH grade Mathematics: African-American student performance

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 37 4 th grade Math: Latino student performance

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 38 8 th grade Math: Latino student performance

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 39 4 th grade Math: Students with Disabilities

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 40 8 th grade Math: Students with disabilities

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 41 4 th grade Math: English Language Learners

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 42 8 th grade Math: English Language Learners

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 43 4 th grade Math: At or above Basic

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 44 8 th grade Math: At or Above Basic

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 45 4 th and 8 th Math: Percentage of students at or above proficient

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 46 8 TH GRADE 2015 MATHEMATICS RESULTS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 47 8 TH GRADE 2015 MATHEMATICS RESULTS