Sentences with phrase «api scores»

Further, API scores for African American students increased by 92 points from 2007 to 2010; KIPP Bridge students outscored African American middle school students in the district by 197 points in 2010.

LA charter schools are making a difference for kids, as can be seen on multiple measures including average API scores, proficiency rates for African American and Latino students and the district's own measures.

Actual API scores would be set the following year, in 2015 - 16, based on the growth from the base scores.

API scores are used to determine which schools are succeeding and which require interventions or even potential closure over time.

Parents often consider API scores in choosing a school in Oakland's open enrollment and charter school systems.

Compared with other charters statewide, these schools had far lower performance in API scores, English and Math proficiency, and lost ground over time in student proficiency rates.

On average, San Jose charter schools have higher API scores for African American students, Latino students and socioeconomically disadvantaged students than traditional public schools.

Although the state intends to release scores to parents and districts in the next few months, it does not plan to use them to create the familiar Academic Performance Index, or API scores, which the public has relied on in the past to compare schools.

One public charter school, Oxford Prep Academy, has exceptional API scores, the statewide school rating standard used until last year.

(API scores for individual campuses are available on the Internet at the California Department of Education's Web site at api.cde.ca.gov.)

«We worked with what we had and graduation went up, the API scores went up from 677 to 709, suspensions declined and attendance went up.

On April 8, 2014, ACLU SoCal, co-counsel, UTLA, LAUSD and the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools reached a historic agreement to support 37 schools struggling with high teacher turnover and student drop - out rates and low API scores.

Teachers will also be judged on students» California High School Exit Exam scores, API scores, graduation and dropout rates as well as classroom observation.

Overusing Test for Special Ed Students Inflates API Scores A deeper look at the results shows not only inflation contributing to the gains but also a substantial policy shift toward lower expectations for special education students in California.

The Smarter Balanced test is aligned with the new Common Core standards and its scores are not comparable to the old API scores, officials have stressed, but Cynthia Lim, LA Unified's executive director of the office of Data and Accountability, conceded that the gaps remain regardless of what test is being administered.

All we have now are API scores (which I understand are more a reflection of socioeconomics).

Litt said even though schools» API scores haven't been updated for two years, parents are still relying on them to evaluate a school because it's something they can understand.

But as KIPP elementary schools matriculate 4th graders, whose average API scores is a 983, and funnel them into network middle schools, Aaron says she expects to see more gains.

If a school does not meet or exceed its growth targets and is ranked in the lower tiers of the state's base API scores, it may be identified for participation in state intervention programs, and also risk losing federal funds.

Chaffey Joint and Anaheim Union High both received below - target API scores of 777 in 2013, despite leading the state in average teacher compensation of $ 119,942 and $ 115,437, respectively.

On the other hand, the LAUSD Alliance schools display a distinct edge in their average API scores, 762 vs. 701, and in their graduation rates, 91.5 % vs. 84.1 %.

Academically, comparing LAUSD Alliance charter high schools to LAUSD traditional high schools located in the same communities, we found the Alliance schools to have decisively higher API scores, 762 vs. 701, and measurably higher graduation rates, 91.5 % vs. 84.1 %.

We will look at SAT scores, API scores, dropout rates, and rates of college admission.

The Alliance schools, which include 17 high schools and 9 middle schools, are all located in low - income neighborhoods but have an overall high school graduation rate of 94 percent and combined 2012 - 2013 API scores of 760, which exceeds state (735) and LA Unified (693) averages.

This bill moves the API scores towards broader and more holistic measures than just test scores.

Read CCSA's response to Southern California Public Radio's article, API scores: Only about half of LA Unified charters meeting state performance goals.

By and large, L.A. Unified charters also outperform the district average in API scores and graduation rates for Latino and African American students, and students from low - income families; in other words, they are succeeding at closing the socioeconomic achievement gap that plagues U.S. education.

Aspire operates six schools in Stockton, including three - University Public School, Benjamin Holt College Preparatory Academy and River Oaks Charter Academy - that recorded higher API scores than Port City this year.

But improvement has been marked: Along with increased attendance and declines in suspensions, API scores in four years rose significantly — 180 points in one case — in six of the seven schools.

According to the latest data, which looked at API growth gains from 2003 to 2004, 64.4 percent of charter schools increased their API scores, compared to 61.1 percent of non-charter schools.

Charter schools increased their API scores by an average of 12.9 points, compared to 7.3 points for non-charter schools.

Its API score and proficiency rates are among the lowest for all schools in California.

It has a low API score of 654 for the 2012 - 13 school year, and it has lost ground — by 13 points — on API over the last three years.

Of more than 3,000 public schools statewide that fit that description, the highest API score — 967 — was earned by American Indian Public Charter, a middle school in Oakland whose students are primarily Asian, black and Latino, and have a poverty rate of 98 %.

One of the critiques of the API score used for over 10 years was that it only focused on test scores to rank schools.

The average full - time teacher compensation was $ 94,796 and the average API score was 795.

«The lack of meaningful correlation between average teacher compensation and school performance, as measured by the district's 2013 API score, is stunning» said Mark Bucher, president of the California Policy Center.

Statewide, the Chaffey Joint Union High School's average compensation package for full - time teachers topped the list at $ 119,942, while receiving only a 777 API score in 2013.

Lucia Mar Unified's average teacher compensation was just over $ 81,000, but their 816 API score was considerably higher than Hueneme Elementary's 734 score, despite Hueneme spending over 30 % more on teacher compensation.

San Ramon Valley Unified earned a 923 API score in 2013, the highest of all schools surveyed, with average teacher compensation and total employee cost per student both below average at $ 88,638 and $ 6,763, respectively.

In the 2009 - 2010 school year, the KIPP Bridge earned an API score of 864, a jump of 75 points over the previous year, making it the second most improved middle school in the Oakland Unified School District.

In San Diego Unified, if two teachers were hired on the exact same day and the district only needs to lay off one, the teacher working at a school with a higher API score would be let go.

Leadership High School in San Francisco (with a 2013 API score is 646) failed to meet school - wide or subgroup API growth targets and earned statewide and similar school rankings in the lowest two deciles in each of the last three years.

The Times also reports that two L.A. schools this year were stripped of an API score because of mistakes or misconduct by a teacher.

West Sacramento Early College Prep Charter has had a decline in academic performance since 2011, dropping 35 API points last year to a 2013 API score of 611.

As you can see, LAUSD's API score showed...

The average API score for district schools in 2013 was 742, compared with 809 for charter schools.

The California Department of Education now provides a non-weighted average and a weighted average API score for all schools.

Equitas Academy's 2012 - 2013 API score: 894 The Academic Performance Index (API) is a single number assigned to each school by the California Department of Education to measure overall school performance and improvement over time on statewide testing.

Its first school had an API score of 925 after its third year, which represents a ranking of 1st in Santa Clara County and 5th in California when compared to similar schools with at least 70 percent low - income students.