Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy: 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, 174 of the 430 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

7th The average 7th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2423 vs. 2432. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores 15 points under the grade 4 bar. 2458 vs. 2473. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.

Students fluent in English

The closest these results come to reading alone: English is not in the way. Includes students who have only ever spoken English.

Grade bars 7th 114 students 33 points under the grade 4 bar. 8th 142 students 12 points under the grade 5 bar.

English learners

Students leave this group as they become fluent, so its average stays low even where they learn well.

Grade bars 7th 87 students 31 points under the grade 3 bar. 8th 87 students 25 points under the grade 3 bar.

the group's average that grade's own bar the distance between

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. The state leaves out any group of ten students or fewer, so a grade may be missing from the charts.

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
7	63,558	2451.0	− 2552	−101	× 203 / 395	−51.9
8	63,560	2465.2	− 2567	−101.8	× 192 / 395	−49.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−101

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	58,976	2454.4	− 2552	−97.6	× 215 / 403	−52.1
8	58,977	2476.8	− 2567	−90.2	× 188 / 403	−42.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−94

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	60,688	2446.3	− 2552	−105.7	× 191 / 392	−51.5
8	60,691	2473.7	− 2567	−93.3	× 201 / 392	−47.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−99

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	60,814	2443.0	− 2552	−109	× 234 / 432	−59
8	60,815	2472.3	− 2567	−94.7	× 198 / 432	−43.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−102

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	61,060	2486.4	− 2552	−65.6	× 279 / 498	−36.8
8	61,061	2485.2	− 2567	−81.8	× 219 / 498	−36
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−73

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	61,154	2441.2	− 2552	−110.8	× 178 / 373	−52.9
8	61,155	2443.6	− 2567	−123.4	× 195 / 373	−64.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−117

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	61,101	2420.1	− 2552	−131.9	× 222 / 424	−69.1
8	61,102	2442.6	− 2567	−124.4	× 202 / 424	−59.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−128

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	61,046	2410.1	− 2552	−141.9	× 219 / 438	−71
8	61,047	2439.3	− 2567	−127.7	× 219 / 438	−63.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−135

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	60,815	2429.3	− 2552	−122.7	× 226 / 456	−60.8
8	60,816	2442.0	− 2567	−125	× 230 / 456	−63
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−124

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	60,752	2423.2	− 2552	−128.8	× 201 / 430	−60.2
8	60,753	2458.1	− 2567	−108.9	× 229 / 430	−58
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−118

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −101, −94, −99, −102, −73, −117, −128, −135, −124, −118 → −109.1
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 7 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 3 · 2018→2019: 29 · 2019→2022: 44 · 2022→2023: 11 · 2023→2024: 7 · 2024→2025: 11 · 2025→2026: 6 → 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 −72.7, lower limit −145.5.

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.