Redlands Unified District Level Program: 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.

6th The average 6th grader scores 29 points under the grade 5 bar. 2473 vs. 2502. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.
7th The average 7th grader scores 11 points under the grade 5 bar. 2491 vs. 2502. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores 17 points under the grade 7 bar. 2535 vs. 2552. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.
11th The average 11th grader meets the grade 11 bar. 2611 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
11	67,050	2615.1	− 2583	32.1	× 32 / 32	32.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						32

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	62,193	2595.4	− 2583	12.4	× 47 / 47	12.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						12

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	63,978	2543.9	− 2567	−23.1	× 12 / 52	−5.3
11	63,979	2576.4	− 2583	−6.6	× 40 / 52	−5.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−10

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	64,085	2577.8	− 2583	−5.2	× 30 / 30	−5.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	64,441	2522.1	− 2567	−44.9	× 14 / 63	−10
11	64,442	2596.6	− 2583	13.6	× 49 / 63	10.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						1

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	64,509	2433.6	− 2432	1.6	× 14 / 163	0.1
5	64,511	2510.2	− 2502	8.2	× 20 / 163	1
6	64,512	2503.2	− 2531	−27.8	× 18 / 163	−3.1
7	64,513	2537.7	− 2552	−14.3	× 26 / 163	−2.3
8	64,514	2524.5	− 2567	−42.5	× 31 / 163	−8.1
11	64,515	2577.3	− 2583	−5.7	× 54 / 163	−1.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−14

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	64,495	2435.6	− 2473	−37.4	× 12 / 119	−3.8
6	64,497	2522.7	− 2531	−8.3	× 20 / 119	−1.4
7	64,498	2535.4	− 2552	−16.6	× 19 / 119	−2.7
8	64,499	2514.5	− 2567	−52.5	× 34 / 119	−15
11	64,500	2609.6	− 2583	26.6	× 34 / 119	7.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	64,469	2498.2	− 2531	−32.8	× 15 / 92	−5.3
7	64,470	2515.4	− 2552	−36.6	× 16 / 92	−6.4
8	64,471	2534.8	− 2567	−32.2	× 24 / 92	−8.4
11	64,472	2619.9	− 2583	36.9	× 37 / 92	14.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	64,233	2524.5	− 2531	−6.5	× 11 / 99	−0.7
7	64,234	2556.3	− 2552	4.3	× 20 / 99	0.9
8	64,235	2519.1	− 2567	−47.9	× 22 / 99	−10.6
11	64,236	2606.1	− 2583	23.1	× 46 / 99	10.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						0

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	64,205	2473.2	− 2531	−57.8	× 19 / 87	−12.6
7	64,206	2491.1	− 2552	−60.9	× 18 / 87	−12.6
8	64,207	2534.7	− 2567	−32.3	× 18 / 87	−6.7
11	64,208	2610.6	− 2583	27.6	× 32 / 87	10.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. 32, 12, −10, −5, 1, −14, −15, −5, 0, −22 → −2.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 20 · 2016→2017: 22 · 2017→2018: 5 · 2018→2019: 6 · 2019→2022: 15 · 2022→2023: 1 · 2023→2024: 10 · 2024→2025: 5 · 2025→2026: 22 → average 11.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 11.8 × 2.66 = 31.4. Upper limit 28.8, lower limit −34.

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.