Del Valle Elementary: 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 6.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 103 points under the grade 3 bar. 2329 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 33 points under the grade 4 bar. 2440 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 15 points under the grade 4 bar. 2458 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader meets the grade 6 bar. 2559 vs. 2531.

2024 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	39,430	2366.1	− 2432	−65.9	× 63 / 253	−16.4
4	39,432	2428.5	− 2473	−44.5	× 50 / 253	−8.8
5	39,434	2458.7	− 2502	−43.3	× 69 / 253	−11.8
6	39,436	2505.9	− 2531	−25.1	× 71 / 253	−7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−44

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	36,537	2378.3	− 2432	−53.7	× 53 / 247	−11.5
4	36,538	2386.5	− 2473	−86.5	× 62 / 247	−21.7
5	36,541	2490.7	− 2502	−11.3	× 51 / 247	−2.3
6	36,542	2536.2	− 2531	5.2	× 81 / 247	1.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−34

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	37,302	2396.2	− 2432	−35.8	× 48 / 231	−7.4
4	37,305	2429.2	− 2473	−43.8	× 59 / 231	−11.2
5	37,306	2444.0	− 2502	−58	× 69 / 231	−17.3
6	37,309	2512.7	− 2531	−18.3	× 55 / 231	−4.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−40

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	37,256	2393.6	− 2432	−38.4	× 40 / 223	−6.9
4	37,258	2447.3	− 2473	−25.7	× 50 / 223	−5.8
5	37,260	2494.6	− 2502	−7.4	× 51 / 223	−1.7
6	37,262	2496.1	− 2531	−34.9	× 82 / 223	−12.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	37,455	2427.9	− 2432	−4.1	× 52 / 208	−1
4	37,456	2480.1	− 2473	7.1	× 42 / 208	1.4
5	37,457	2497.9	− 2502	−4.1	× 51 / 208	−1
6	37,458	2505.0	− 2531	−26	× 63 / 208	−7.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	37,362	2332.8	− 2432	−99.2	× 38 / 157	−24
4	37,363	2460.8	− 2473	−12.2	× 31 / 157	−2.4
5	37,364	2481.8	− 2502	−20.2	× 38 / 157	−4.9
6	37,365	2484.5	− 2531	−46.5	× 50 / 157	−14.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	37,393	2393.3	− 2432	−38.7	× 31 / 135	−8.9
4	37,394	2399.8	− 2473	−73.2	× 33 / 135	−17.9
5	37,395	2489.4	− 2502	−12.6	× 31 / 135	−2.9
6	37,396	2510.8	− 2531	−20.2	× 40 / 135	−6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−36

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	37,245	2329.3	− 2432	−102.7	× 29 / 122	−24.4
4	37,246	2439.9	− 2473	−33.1	× 28 / 122	−7.6
5	37,247	2458.4	− 2502	−43.6	× 33 / 122	−11.8
6	37,248	2559.0	− 2531	28	× 32 / 122	7.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−36

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −44, −34, −40, −27, −8, −46, −36, −36 → −33.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 10 · 2016→2017: 6 · 2017→2018: 13 · 2018→2019: 19 · 2019→2022: 38 · 2022→2023: 10 · 2023→2024: 0 → average 13.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 13.7 × 2.66 = 36.4. Upper limit 2.5, lower limit −70.3.

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.