New Designs Charter School-Watts: 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 11.

8th The average 8th grader scores 11 points under the grade 5 bar. 2491 vs. 2502. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.
11th The average 11th grader meets the grade 11 bar. 2584 vs. 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
6	27,609	2437.5	− 2531	−93.5	× 26 / 222	−11
7	27,611	2437.1	− 2552	−114.9	× 77 / 222	−39.9
8	27,613	2459.6	− 2567	−107.4	× 101 / 222	−48.9
11	27,615	2534.4	− 2583	−48.6	× 18 / 222	−3.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−104

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	25,673	2472.4	− 2531	−58.6	× 61 / 233	−15.3
7	25,675	2459.3	− 2552	−92.7	× 64 / 233	−25.5
8	25,677	2489.6	− 2567	−77.4	× 77 / 233	−25.6
11	25,679	2564.1	− 2583	−18.9	× 31 / 233	−2.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	26,152	2468.0	− 2531	−63	× 85 / 251	−21.3
7	26,155	2484.0	− 2552	−68	× 74 / 251	−20
8	26,157	2492.0	− 2567	−75	× 47 / 251	−14
11	26,159	2541.8	− 2583	−41.2	× 45 / 251	−7.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−63

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	26,133	2491.4	− 2531	−39.6	× 39 / 244	−6.3
7	26,136	2498.1	− 2552	−53.9	× 94 / 244	−20.8
8	26,137	2502.1	− 2567	−64.9	× 66 / 244	−17.6
11	26,140	2513.7	− 2583	−69.3	× 45 / 244	−12.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	26,263	2482.7	− 2531	−48.3	× 25 / 191	−6.3
7	26,264	2473.6	− 2552	−78.4	× 42 / 191	−17.2
8	26,265	2502.6	− 2567	−64.4	× 82 / 191	−27.6
11	26,266	2562.9	− 2583	−20.1	× 42 / 191	−4.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−56

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	25,471	2549.8	− 2583	−33.2	× 41 / 41	−33.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−33

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	26,200	2432.1	− 2531	−98.9	× 14 / 126	−11
7	26,201	2473.1	− 2552	−78.9	× 23 / 126	−14.4
8	26,202	2469.0	− 2567	−98	× 26 / 126	−20.2
11	26,203	2493.9	− 2583	−89.1	× 63 / 126	−44.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−90

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	26,160	2435.1	− 2552	−116.9	× 26 / 93	−32.7
8	26,161	2471.0	− 2567	−96	× 30 / 93	−31
11	26,162	2549.5	− 2583	−33.5	× 37 / 93	−13.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−77

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	26,009	2434.3	− 2531	−96.7	× 24 / 116	−20
7	26,010	2455.0	− 2552	−97	× 27 / 116	−22.6
8	26,011	2480.8	− 2567	−86.2	× 29 / 116	−21.6
11	26,012	2545.4	− 2583	−37.6	× 36 / 116	−11.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−76

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	25,898	2417.5	− 2531	−113.5	× 11 / 90	−13.9
7	25,899	2446.9	− 2552	−105.1	× 22 / 90	−25.7
8	25,900	2488.3	− 2567	−78.7	× 27 / 90	−23.6
11	25,901	2564.7	− 2583	−18.3	× 30 / 90	−6.1
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
8	25,916	2490.6	− 2567	−76.4	× 28 / 43	−49.7
11	25,917	2583.7	− 2583	0.7	× 15 / 43	0.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −104, −69, −63, −57, −56, −33, −90, −77, −76, −69, −50 → −67.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 35 · 2016→2017: 6 · 2017→2018: 6 · 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2021: 23 · 2021→2022: 57 · 2022→2023: 13 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 7 · 2025→2026: 19 → average 16.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 16.8 × 2.66 = 44.7. Upper limit −22.9, lower limit −112.3.

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, 2024–25, 2025–26.