Family Learning Model

Selection Form:
Initial Results
Boston Public Schools
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The family learning-model selection form was launched on

About the Wednesday, August 19, and administered online in 10 languages.

Form Each student had an individual link to respond to indicate their preferred
learning model for fall 2020 -- remote only or hybrid. Each link could be
used once, and families could request the link to be reopened if needed.

Form results are available disaggregated by:

○ Race / Ethnicity
○ Neighborhood
○ Grade Level
○ Disability Status
○ English Learner Status
○ Economic Status
○ Housing Status
○ Parent Language Preference
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Wednesday, 8/19: Form sent via email in the preferred home language

Form Thursday, 8/20 - Friday, 8/28:

Outreach ● Families who had not yet responded received a mix of emails,
robocalls, and text messages to remind them to submit their selection
in their preferred language
● Families could also call the Transportation hotline to submit responses
over the phone or email reopening@bostonpublicschools.org for
assistance
● Central office staff began calling families without email addresses on
file on 8/24.
● School staff began calling families who had not yet responded on 8/25.

While August 28 was the initial deadline, the form remains open
through September 4 to allow additional families to express their fall
learning preference. Families who do not respond will be put into a
hybrid learning model and can always opt for remote learning later.
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Response Rates
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Response Number of Students Response Rate Number of Responses

53,892 71% 38,247
Rates
As of Friday, August 28, over 60% of BPS students and families had
chosen a learning model for the fall. However, response rates vary
by student groups, as displayed on the following slides. BPS staff
continue to do targeted outreach to increase response rates and
hear from 100% of families by Friday, September 4.

Data updated as of 9/3/20

 Response Rates
Disability Status Economic Status
Number of Response Number of Number of Response Number of
Group Students Rate Responses Group Students Rate Responses
Students without Disabilities 42,964 72% 30,887 Non-Economically Disadvantaged 19,685 79% 15,606
Students with Disabilities 10,928 67% 7,360 Economically Disadvantaged 34,207 66% 22,641

English Learner Status Sex

Number of Response Number of Number of Response Number of
Group Students Rate Responses Group Students Rate Responses
Former English Learner 7,856 70% 5,538 Female 25,991 71% 18,572
English Learner 15,654 66% 10,360 Male 27,885 71% 19,663
Never English Learner 30,319 74% 22,304 Non-binary 16 75% 12

Race/Ethnicity Housing Status

Number of Response Number of Number of Response Number of
Group Students Rate Responses Group Students Rate Responses
Asian 4,667 84% 3,905 Housed Students 50,451 72% 36,289
Black 16,436 63% 10,281 Homeless Students 3,441 57% 1,958
Latinx 22,855 69% 15,690
Native American 159 57% 90
Multi-Race/Other 1,804 78% 1,415
White 7,970 86% 6,866

Data updated as of 9/3/20

 Response Rates

Grade Level Parent Language Preference

Number of Number of Number of Number of
Grade Students Response Rate Responses Language Students Response Rate Responses
K0 303 84% 256 Arabic 191 62% 118
K1 2,757 81% 2,225 Cape Verdean 779 49% 380
K2 3,685 78% 2,862 Chinese 1,272 90% 1,143
1 3,829 77% 2,959 English 36,220 73% 26,565
2 3,937 77% 3,035 French 132 60% 79
3 3,927 75% 2,952 Haitian Creole 992 52% 518
4 3,865 75% 2,892 Other 324 75% 244
5 3,741 72% 2,701 Portuguese 863 55% 474
6 3,632 72% 2,632 Somali 221 54% 119
7 3,826 71% 2,728 Spanish 11,780 66% 7,728
8 3,782 73% 2,744 Vietnamese 1,118 79% 879
9 3,889 65% 2,521
10 4,268 64% 2,730
11 3,989 63% 2,514
12 4,455 56% 2,492
SP 7 57% 4

Data updated as of 9/3/20

 Response Rates

Neighborhood

Number of Response Number of Number of Response Number of

Zip Code Neighborhood Students Rate Responses Zip Code Neighborhood Students Rate Responses
02108 Beacon Hill 75 80% 60 02125 Dorchester 3,679 64% 2,353
02109 North End 113 96% 108 02126 Mattapan 2,876 63% 1,816
02110 Downtown 58 86% 50 02127 South Boston 1,709 73% 1,241
02111 Chinatown 572 91% 520 02128 East Boston 5,906 77% 4,552
02113 North End 126 90% 113 02129 Charlestown 1,870 85% 1,592
02114 West End 239 87% 208 02130 Jamaica Plain 2,466 77% 1,888
02115 Longwood 580 74% 429 02131 Roslindale 3,103 78% 2,430
02116 Back Bay 389 83% 324 02132 West Roxbury 2,124 88% 1,866
02118 South End 1,890 73% 1,378 02134 Allston 901 67% 601
02119 Roxbury 3,566 64% 2,283 02135 Brighton 1,682 77% 1,301
02120 Roxbury 1,028 69% 713 02136 Hyde Park 3,700 71% 2,634
02121 Roxbury 4,661 58% 2,724 02210 Seaport 63 79% 50
02122 Dorchester 3,341 67% 2,249 02215 Fenway 146 69% 101
02124 Dorchester 6,600 67% 4,431 Outside Boston 426 54% 231

Data updated as of 9/3/20

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Learning Model
Preferences
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Overall
Learning
Model As of Friday, August 28, more than 60% of BPS students and
families had chosen a learning model for the fall. While the overall
Preferences response is almost evenly split, differences in preference are seen
across different groups: race/ethnicity, economic status,
neighborhood, and parent language preference.

If the current response distribution by group stays constant and

100% of students respond, the largest projected fluctuation would
shift overall responses to 49% hybrid, 51% remote. Over the two
weeks that the form has been open, projected preferences have
moved from 45% hybrid, 55% remote to the current projection of
50% hybrid, 50% remote.
Data updated as of 9/3/20
 Change in Responses Over Time:
Weighted by Race
Overall, responses have been very consistently 50% Hybrid, 50% Remote. Given that response rates are not even
across demographic groups, this analysis applies the responses by race at each point in time to the entire district
population. It predicts what overall responses would be if we had a 100% response rate. This analysis is based on the
assumption that the families who have not yet responded would respond in similar ways to those who have responded.

Press conference Deadline in email to

announcing phases families

Data updated as of 9/3/20

Learning Model Preference: Disability Status

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Learning Model Preference: English Learner Status

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Learning Model Preference: Housing Status

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Learning Model Preference: Sex

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Learning Model Preference: Economic Status

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Learning Model Preference: Race/Ethnicity

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Learning Model Preference: Grade Level

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Learning Model Preference: Neighborhood

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Learning Model Preference: Parent Language Preference

Data updated as of 9/3/20