Kern County Juvenile Court: 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 11.

8th The average 8th grader scores 45 points under the grade 3 bar. 2387 vs. 2432. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.
11th The average 11th grader scores 23 points under the grade 3 bar. 2409 vs. 2432. The 11th-grade bar is 2583.

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
8	15,717	2413.9	− 2567	−153.1	× 16 / 80	−30.6
11	15,718	2415.0	− 2583	−168	× 64 / 80	−134.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−165

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	14,734	2407.0	− 2567	−160	× 13 / 103	−20.2
11	14,736	2440.9	− 2583	−142.1	× 90 / 103	−124.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−144

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	15,051	2415.3	− 2567	−151.7	× 22 / 131	−25.5
11	15,053	2439.2	− 2583	−143.8	× 109 / 131	−119.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−145

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	15,076	2374.3	− 2567	−192.7	× 20 / 97	−39.7
11	15,078	2413.5	− 2583	−169.5	× 77 / 97	−134.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−174

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	15,176	2411.1	− 2583	−171.9	× 68 / 68	−171.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−172

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	14,805	2434.8	− 2583	−148.2	× 44 / 44	−148.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−148

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	15,184	2404.7	− 2583	−178.3	× 41 / 41	−178.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−178

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	15,132	2372.9	− 2567	−194.1	× 13 / 48	−52.6
11	15,133	2409.0	− 2583	−174	× 35 / 48	−126.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−179

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	15,083	2381.0	− 2567	−186	× 15 / 70	−39.9
11	15,084	2398.3	− 2583	−184.7	× 55 / 70	−145.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−185

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	15,074	2399.1	− 2583	−183.9	× 61 / 61	−183.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−184

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	15,095	2386.6	− 2567	−180.4	× 14 / 58	−43.5
11	15,096	2408.7	− 2583	−174.3	× 44 / 58	−132.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−176

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −165, −144, −145, −174, −172, −148, −178, −179, −185, −184, −176 → −168.2
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 21 · 2016→2017: 1 · 2017→2018: 29 · 2018→2019: 2 · 2019→2021: 24 · 2021→2022: 30 · 2022→2023: 1 · 2023→2024: 6 · 2024→2025: 1 · 2025→2026: 8 → average 12.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 12.3 × 2.66 = 32.7. Upper limit −135.5, lower limit −200.9.

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.