To welcome the children of this city into the Boston Public Schools, where effective teaching and learning prepare all of our students to achieve at high levels, and where the entire community works together to focus on children.

• FY09 Annual Performance Report 
• Detailed FY09 Budget Information 

• The Mayor's and Superintendent's agenda for schools is called the Acceleration Agenda. A core component of that agenda is ensuring graduation for all, which entails encouraging all students to stay in school and providing every student with the support he or she needs to succeed. Consequently, BPS closely follows trends in high school dropout rates and school attendance - a frequent early indicator of dropouts. Across all school levels, school attendance is stable or rising.
• BPS has achieved year over year increases in student achievement across the board. While some of this progress is evidenced in the climbing MCAS test scores, a full list of points of progress can be viewed here.

Boston Public Schools strives to promote ongoing improvement in teaching and learning at each and every Boston Public School and in each and every classroom within these schools. The City's public schools serve to educate and prepare Boston's youth, families and communities for the challenges of today and the future.

• To improve teaching and learning to enable all students to achieve high levels of performance
• To increase the number of schools making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
• To increase the percentage of students scoring at Levels 3 (Proficient) & 4 (Advanced) on the MCAS Mathematics Exam systemwide
• To increase the percentage of students scoring at Levels 3 & 4 on the MCAS English Language Arts Exam systemwide
• To improve student promotion rates
• To improve student attendance
• To decrease the student dropout rate