Clovis Community Day Secondary: english

The shaded band is this school's normal range. If nothing about how it works changes, nearly every future year should land inside it. Zero means the typical student just meets the state standard. The small numbers under the years are how many students were tested.

Measured against the grade 3 bar

The state's English test uses one scale for every grade, so a score means the same thing in grade 3 as in grade 7.

7th The average 7th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2425 vs. 2432. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.

2026 results. The English test covers reading, writing, listening and research together. "Meets standard" is the state's mark for being on track for that grade.

Step 1 · Each year's result

For each grade tested, take the average (mean) scale score from the California Department of Education's results file, and subtract the lowest score that counts as "Standard Met" for that grade. That is the grade's distance from standard. Weight each grade by its share of the students tested, then add the grades up. Grades where the state hides the average because ten or fewer students tested are left out entirely.

2015 from sb_ca2015_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	9,779	2439.9	− 2552	−112.1	× 9 / 29	−34.8
8	9,780	2397.5	− 2567	−169.5	× 13 / 29	−76
11	9,783	2447.3	− 2583	−135.7	× 7 / 29	−32.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−144

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	8,830	2434.4	− 2552	−117.6	× 11 / 35	−37
8	8,832	2435.1	− 2567	−131.9	× 13 / 35	−49
11	8,834	2519.1	− 2583	−63.9	× 11 / 35	−20.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−106

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	9,118	2466.7	− 2552	−85.3	× 13 / 24	−46.2
8	9,120	2464.4	− 2567	−102.6	× 11 / 24	−47
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−93

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	9,142	2434.0	− 2567	−133	× 16 / 27	−78.8
11	9,145	2401.8	− 2583	−181.2	× 11 / 27	−73.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−153

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	9,211	2461.7	− 2567	−105.3	× 19 / 19	−105.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−105

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	9,159	2432.5	− 2552	−119.5	× 13 / 13	−119.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−120

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	9,142	2386.9	− 2567	−180.1	× 11 / 11	−180.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−180

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	9,074	2425.1	− 2552	−126.9	× 14 / 14	−126.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−127

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −144, −106, −93, −153, −105, −120, −180, −127 → −128.5
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 38 · 2016→2017: 13 · 2017→2018: 60 · 2018→2019: 48 · 2019→2022: 15 · 2022→2023: 60 · 2023→2026: 53 → average 41
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 41 × 2.66 = 109.1. Upper limit −19.4, lower limit −237.6.

Why 2.66? It is the standard factor from quality control, the work of Walter Shewhart and W. Edwards Deming. It turns "how much the result typically changes in a year" into "how far it can wander by chance alone".

Years with no result (no state tests were given in spring 2020) are skipped: the year-to-year change runs from the last year with a result to the next one.

Step 3 · Free or reduced-price meals

The share of enrolled students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. From 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.