Nearly one year after Mayor Adrian Fenty created the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, it released on Monday a first-of-its-kind, five-year plan for improving city schools and bolstering adult education.

The plan, which received public feedback Monday night at a forum moderated by State Education Superintendent Deborah Gist, lays out familiar aims: bring up test scores, improve teacher quality, widen access to quality prekindergarten and better serve students with special needs. Experts say the proof will be in the pudding.