Kern County Special Education: 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.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 153 points under the grade 3 bar. 2279 vs. 2432.
7th The average 7th grader scores 71 points under the grade 3 bar. 2361 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
3	15,754	2312.3	− 2432	−119.7	× 19 / 125	−18.2
4	15,757	2325.1	− 2473	−147.9	× 22 / 125	−26
5	15,758	2358.0	− 2502	−144	× 16 / 125	−18.4
6	15,761	2384.2	− 2531	−146.8	× 21 / 125	−24.7
7	15,762	2392.7	− 2552	−159.3	× 23 / 125	−29.3
8	15,765	2416.3	− 2567	−150.7	× 24 / 125	−28.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−146

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	14,773	2301.4	− 2432	−130.6	× 20 / 114	−22.9
4	14,775	2346.9	− 2473	−126.1	× 17 / 114	−18.8
5	14,776	2341.0	− 2502	−161	× 21 / 114	−29.7
6	14,779	2351.0	− 2531	−180	× 17 / 114	−26.8
7	14,781	2361.7	− 2552	−190.3	× 15 / 114	−25
8	14,783	2419.3	− 2567	−147.7	× 24 / 114	−31.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−154

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,089	2302.3	− 2432	−129.7	× 20 / 114	−22.8
4	15,091	2339.4	− 2473	−133.6	× 17 / 114	−19.9
5	15,094	2336.3	− 2502	−165.7	× 20 / 114	−29.1
6	15,096	2353.3	− 2531	−177.7	× 23 / 114	−35.9
7	15,097	2373.9	− 2552	−178.1	× 19 / 114	−29.7
8	15,100	2396.8	− 2567	−170.2	× 15 / 114	−22.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−160

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,112	2340.8	− 2432	−91.2	× 20 / 90	−20.3
4	15,115	2312.8	− 2473	−160.2	× 17 / 90	−30.3
6	15,119	2373.6	− 2531	−157.4	× 16 / 90	−28
7	15,120	2376.3	− 2552	−175.7	× 23 / 90	−44.9
8	15,123	2387.4	− 2567	−179.6	× 14 / 90	−27.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−151

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	15,217	2362.4	− 2473	−110.6	× 16 / 67	−26.4
5	15,218	2355.1	− 2502	−146.9	× 14 / 67	−30.7
7	15,220	2398.1	− 2552	−153.9	× 14 / 67	−32.2
8	15,221	2389.4	− 2567	−177.6	× 23 / 67	−61
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−150

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	15,234	2385.4	− 2502	−116.6	× 12 / 45	−31.1
7	15,236	2430.9	− 2552	−121.1	× 15 / 45	−40.4
8	15,237	2410.9	− 2567	−156.1	× 18 / 45	−62.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−134

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	15,181	2319.5	− 2473	−153.5	× 11 / 40	−42.2
6	15,183	2358.1	− 2531	−172.9	× 15 / 40	−64.8
7	15,184	2405.6	− 2552	−146.4	× 14 / 40	−51.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−158

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	15,134	2409.6	− 2567	−157.4	× 11 / 11	−157.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−157

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	15,125	2338.1	− 2531	−192.9	× 12 / 12	−192.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−193

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,139	2279.3	− 2432	−152.7	× 13 / 26	−76.4
7	15,143	2360.6	− 2552	−191.4	× 13 / 26	−95.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−172

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −146, −154, −160, −151, −150, −134, −158, −157, −193, −172 → −157.5
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 8 · 2016→2017: 6 · 2017→2018: 9 · 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2022: 16 · 2022→2023: 24 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 36 · 2025→2026: 21 → average 13.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 13.6 × 2.66 = 36.2. Upper limit −121.3, lower limit −193.7.

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.