Mountain View Montessori Charter: 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 meets the grade 3 bar. 2458 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader meets the grade 4 bar. 2536 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2531 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader meets the grade 6 bar. 2575 vs. 2531.

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	68,674	2431.2	− 2432	−0.8	× 21 / 58	−0.3
4	68,677	2477.4	− 2473	4.4	× 24 / 58	1.8
5	68,678	2486.3	− 2502	−15.7	× 13 / 58	−3.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	63,622	2442.9	− 2432	10.9	× 18 / 57	3.4
4	63,624	2522.9	− 2473	49.9	× 17 / 57	14.9
5	63,626	2526.6	− 2502	24.6	× 22 / 57	9.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						28

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,420	2443.5	− 2432	11.5	× 25 / 80	3.6
4	65,422	2510.6	− 2473	37.6	× 18 / 80	8.5
5	65,424	2563.7	− 2502	61.7	× 17 / 80	13.1
6	65,425	2549.4	− 2531	18.4	× 20 / 80	4.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						30

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,503	2439.2	− 2432	7.2	× 22 / 86	1.8
4	65,506	2505.3	− 2473	32.3	× 27 / 86	10.1
5	65,507	2555.9	− 2502	53.9	× 19 / 86	11.9
6	65,510	2634.3	− 2531	103.3	× 18 / 86	21.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						46

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,888	2412.5	− 2432	−19.5	× 37 / 98	−7.4
4	65,889	2483.3	− 2473	10.3	× 19 / 98	2
5	65,890	2558.1	− 2502	56.1	× 27 / 98	15.5
6	65,891	2613.5	− 2531	82.5	× 15 / 98	12.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						23

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,949	2440.7	− 2432	8.7	× 34 / 111	2.7
4	65,950	2502.8	− 2473	29.8	× 28 / 111	7.5
5	65,951	2527.5	− 2502	25.5	× 26 / 111	6
6	65,952	2555.8	− 2531	24.8	× 23 / 111	5.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						21

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,956	2426.2	− 2432	−5.8	× 32 / 113	−1.6
4	65,957	2487.6	− 2473	14.6	× 30 / 113	3.9
5	65,958	2550.8	− 2502	48.8	× 26 / 113	11.2
6	65,959	2576.2	− 2531	45.2	× 25 / 113	10
Sum, rounded to a whole point						23

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,924	2466.6	− 2432	34.6	× 25 / 104	8.3
4	65,925	2510.1	− 2473	37.1	× 28 / 104	10
5	65,926	2547.3	− 2502	45.3	× 27 / 104	11.8
6	65,927	2589.2	− 2531	58.2	× 24 / 104	13.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						43

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,684	2480.2	− 2432	48.2	× 35 / 112	15.1
4	65,685	2536.0	− 2473	63	× 21 / 112	11.8
5	65,686	2496.3	− 2502	−5.7	× 30 / 112	−1.5
6	65,687	2555.0	− 2531	24	× 26 / 112	5.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						31

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,656	2457.5	− 2432	25.5	× 36 / 115	8
4	65,657	2535.7	− 2473	62.7	× 34 / 115	18.5
5	65,658	2531.3	− 2502	29.3	× 20 / 115	5.1
6	65,659	2575.2	− 2531	44.2	× 25 / 115	9.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						41

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −2, 28, 30, 46, 23, 21, 23, 43, 31, 41 → 28.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 30 · 2016→2017: 2 · 2017→2018: 16 · 2018→2019: 23 · 2019→2022: 2 · 2022→2023: 2 · 2023→2024: 20 · 2024→2025: 12 · 2025→2026: 10 → average 13
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 13 × 2.66 = 34.6. Upper limit 63, lower limit −6.2.

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.