Tom Bradley Global Awareness Magnet: 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 5.

3rd The average 3rd grader meets the grade 3 bar. 2435 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 28 points under the grade 4 bar. 2445 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 13 points under the grade 5 bar. 2490 vs. 2502.

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	30,120	2347.5	− 2432	−84.5	× 65 / 182	−30.2
4	30,122	2386.0	− 2473	−87	× 53 / 182	−25.3
5	30,124	2417.2	− 2502	−84.8	× 64 / 182	−29.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−85

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,339	2322.7	− 2432	−109.3	× 77 / 191	−44.1
4	28,341	2364.1	− 2473	−108.9	× 61 / 191	−34.8
5	28,344	2397.6	− 2502	−104.4	× 53 / 191	−29
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−108

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,906	2342.2	− 2432	−89.8	× 54 / 175	−27.7
4	28,908	2365.9	− 2473	−107.1	× 62 / 175	−37.9
5	28,911	2400.6	− 2502	−101.4	× 59 / 175	−34.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−100

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,955	2345.7	− 2432	−86.3	× 55 / 156	−30.4
4	28,957	2386.1	− 2473	−86.9	× 46 / 156	−25.6
5	28,959	2432.7	− 2502	−69.3	× 55 / 156	−24.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−80

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,131	2338.7	− 2432	−93.3	× 50 / 144	−32.4
4	29,132	2363.6	− 2473	−109.4	× 49 / 144	−37.2
5	29,133	2434.0	− 2502	−68	× 45 / 144	−21.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−91

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,166	2345.9	− 2432	−86.1	× 28 / 102	−23.6
4	29,167	2384.1	− 2473	−88.9	× 34 / 102	−29.6
5	29,168	2484.6	− 2502	−17.4	× 40 / 102	−6.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−60

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,225	2394.7	− 2432	−37.3	× 27 / 91	−11.1
4	29,226	2411.4	− 2473	−61.6	× 30 / 91	−20.3
5	29,227	2471.0	− 2502	−31	× 34 / 91	−11.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−43

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,091	2386.6	− 2432	−45.4	× 20 / 77	−11.8
4	29,092	2443.0	− 2473	−30	× 28 / 77	−10.9
5	29,093	2523.2	− 2502	21.2	× 29 / 77	8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,954	2449.2	− 2432	17.2	× 23 / 69	5.7
4	28,955	2423.4	− 2473	−49.6	× 19 / 69	−13.7
5	28,956	2488.2	− 2502	−13.8	× 27 / 69	−5.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,948	2435.4	− 2432	3.4	× 25 / 70	1.2
4	28,949	2444.6	− 2473	−28.4	× 24 / 70	−9.7
5	28,950	2489.5	− 2502	−12.5	× 21 / 70	−3.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−12

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −85, −108, −100, −80, −91, −60, −43, −15, −13, −12 → −60.7
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 23 · 2016→2017: 8 · 2017→2018: 20 · 2018→2019: 11 · 2019→2022: 31 · 2022→2023: 17 · 2023→2024: 28 · 2024→2025: 2 · 2025→2026: 1 → average 15.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 15.7 × 2.66 = 41.8. Upper limit −18.9, lower limit −102.5.

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.