High school restructuring and improvement plan for the Boston public schools.
Published: 1991
Language: eng
Subjects: Discipline -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- High Schools -- Statistics.; Dropouts -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- High Schools -- Statistics.; Education -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- High Schools.; High schools -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Hispanics -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- High Schools -- Statistics.; Public schools -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; School attendance -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- High Schools -- Statistics.; School enrollment -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- High Schools -- Statistics.; Students -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- High Schools -- Statistics.; Teachers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- High Schools -- Statistics.; Test Scores- MA -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- High Schools -- Statistics.
Genres: Statistics.
Description: ...addresses key elements of a plan to restructure and improve Boston public high schools, including curriculum and instruction, improved assessment of student achievement, increased staff accountability, etc.; also discusses alternative and bilingual education programs, career and community service education, magnet programs, examination schools, special needs and occupational education; appendices describe the efforts of six high schools that are restructuring; the second volume includes detailed data on average daily attendance of staff and students, 1986 to 1990, monthly suspensions by school and race, potential number of non-promoted students by school and race, and annual dropout rates by school and race; gives data on Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT) scores, by test, school, race and grade (1986-1990); racial and ethnic composition of students and staff by school; most statistics that are given by race also gives data for persons of Hispanic origin...