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The Boston Plan for Excellence works to inform the Boston community by providing quality data and information about the city’s schools and its students. We strive to create resources that are clear, usable, and unbiased. We seek to improve the school community's understanding of the challenges faced by students, teachers, and administrators, while also illuminating promising solutions.
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Recent Publications and Resources
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Dec 23, 2011
Recently, BTR has been initiated several studies to gain more information about the effectiveness of our graduates, using emerging methodologies to identify what we are doing well and where we can improve. This memo summarizes the results to...
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Apr 4, 2011
Boston Public Schools, in partnership with the Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE), has unveiled a new tool aimed at giving Boston high school students a real-time look at their academic progress that shows if they are on track to graduate.
The colorful, two-page tool is tailored for...
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Mar 28, 2011
This week, the Board of Trustees of the Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE) voted that Boston Teacher Residency (BTR) head Jesse Solomon will lead BPE in a convergence of the two organizations that promises to break new ground in improving schools in Boston...
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Feb 25, 2011
BPE helps school teams make data public with eye-catching bulletin boards, progress letters to parents, and other communication tools. The ideas grew out of each school’s data-driven inquiry, as teachers and leaders became aware that they could get more dramatic results by engaging the...
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Oct 29, 2010
This colorful data tool goes beyond the typical report card, helping students understand exactly where they stand relative to high school graduation and college admissions requirements. It was developed by the Boston Public Schools' Graduation Task Force, in partnership with BPE.
