East Whittier City Elementary District Level Progr: 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 bars

The state's English test uses one scale for every grade, so a score means the same thing in grade 3 as in grade 8.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 7 of the 27 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

7th The average 7th grader scores 18 points under the grade 5 bar. 2484 vs. 2502. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores 21 points under the grade 4 bar. 2452 vs. 2473. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.

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.

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	22,212	2497.5	− 2567	−69.5	× 12 / 12	−69.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−70

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	22,178	2445.2	− 2432	13.2	× 23 / 97	3.1
4	22,179	2487.8	− 2473	14.8	× 17 / 97	2.6
5	22,180	2480.4	− 2502	−21.6	× 23 / 97	−5.1
6	22,181	2496.0	− 2531	−35	× 19 / 97	−6.9
7	22,182	2538.3	− 2552	−13.7	× 15 / 97	−2.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	22,151	2446.4	− 2502	−55.6	× 11 / 53	−11.5
6	22,152	2456.5	− 2531	−74.5	× 11 / 53	−15.5
7	22,153	2475.5	− 2552	−76.5	× 15 / 53	−21.7
8	22,154	2485.8	− 2567	−81.2	× 16 / 53	−24.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−73

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	22,005	2431.5	− 2502	−70.5	× 11 / 28	−27.7
8	22,008	2482.8	− 2567	−84.2	× 17 / 28	−51.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−79

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	21,913	2462.5	− 2531	−68.5	× 13 / 13	−68.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	21,972	2483.8	− 2552	−68.2	× 15 / 27	−37.9
8	21,973	2451.6	− 2567	−115.4	× 12 / 27	−51.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−89

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −70, −8, −73, −79, −69, −89 → −64.7
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2019→2022: 62 · 2022→2023: 65 · 2023→2024: 6 · 2024→2025: 10 · 2025→2026: 20 → average 32.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 32.6 × 2.66 = 86.7. Upper limit 22, lower limit −151.4.

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.