The report, set to be released during an event at City Year Boston, is believed to be the most comprehensive analysis in recent memory of the performance of black and Latino males in Boston schools on an array of academic measures.
Typically, achievement by the two groups is highlighted within isolated performance measures, such as the annual release of MCAS results in the fall or in high-school graduation rates released each winter.
The report, which examined data between 2009 and 2012, was prepared by the Center for Collaborative Education, a nonprofit in Boston, and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University.
Former Boston school superintendent Carol R. Johnson ordered the report.
Among some of the findings:
? Just 22.1 percent of black males and 24.9 percent of Latino males scored proficient or higher on the English MCAS exams in elementary school, compared with 56.9 percent for white males and 48.5 percent for Asian males.
? 66.9 percent of black males and 60.4 percent of Latino males graduated within four years, compared with 81.5 percent of white males and 90.5 percent of Asian males.
The data reflect a national trend of low achievement among black and Latino males, prompting President Obama earlier this year to launch an educational initiative, “My Brother’s Keeper,” which aims to develop strategies to help the two groups do better in school and throughout their lives.
But the problem is particularly critical in Boston because Massachusetts’ economy relies more on highly skilled workers than most other states, according to the report.
The School Department’s failure to help many black and Latino males acquire the necessary job training could make it more difficult for them to gain long-term employment and lead to unhealthy decisions that could be a drain on the city’s vitality, it states.