Howard Gardner Community 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 8.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 61 of the 118 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 86 points under the grade 3 bar. 2347 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 27 points under the grade 3 bar. 2405 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 39 points under the grade 4 bar. 2434 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores 23 points under the grade 5 bar. 2479 vs. 2502. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.
7th The average 7th grader scores 20 points under the grade 6 bar. 2511 vs. 2531. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores 23 points under the grade 5 bar. 2479 vs. 2502. 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 5th 11 students 19 points under the grade 5 bar. 7th 14 students Meets the grade 7 bar. 8th 11 students Just under the grade 8 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 5th 12 students 44 points under the grade 3 bar. 7th 11 students Just under the grade 3 bar. 8th 14 students 15 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.

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,254	2317.5	− 2432	−114.5	× 20 / 150	−15.3
4	67,255	2365.8	− 2473	−107.2	× 24 / 150	−17.2
5	67,256	2449.5	− 2502	−52.5	× 24 / 150	−8.4
6	67,257	2423.1	− 2531	−107.9	× 28 / 150	−20.1
7	67,258	2525.7	− 2552	−26.3	× 25 / 150	−4.4
8	67,259	2559.0	− 2567	−8	× 29 / 150	−1.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−67

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,264	2347.1	− 2432	−84.9	× 20 / 155	−11
4	67,265	2353.1	− 2473	−119.9	× 24 / 155	−18.6
5	67,266	2407.5	− 2502	−94.5	× 26 / 155	−15.9
6	67,267	2447.6	− 2531	−83.4	× 28 / 155	−15.1
7	67,268	2449.0	− 2552	−103	× 30 / 155	−19.9
8	67,269	2478.0	− 2567	−89	× 27 / 155	−15.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−96

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,254	2288.9	− 2432	−143.1	× 23 / 134	−24.6
4	67,255	2383.7	− 2473	−89.3	× 19 / 134	−12.7
5	67,256	2383.5	− 2502	−118.5	× 19 / 134	−16.8
6	67,257	2436.0	− 2531	−95	× 22 / 134	−15.6
7	67,258	2451.1	− 2552	−100.9	× 24 / 134	−18.1
8	67,259	2456.6	− 2567	−110.4	× 27 / 134	−22.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−110

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,004	2380.6	− 2432	−51.4	× 17 / 117	−7.5
4	67,005	2395.5	− 2473	−77.5	× 22 / 117	−14.6
5	67,006	2444.3	− 2502	−57.7	× 15 / 117	−7.4
6	67,007	2519.2	− 2531	−11.8	× 19 / 117	−1.9
7	67,008	2469.8	− 2552	−82.2	× 27 / 117	−19
8	67,009	2496.1	− 2567	−70.9	× 17 / 117	−10.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−61

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,017	2346.5	− 2432	−85.5	× 16 / 118	−11.6
4	67,018	2405.3	− 2473	−67.7	× 16 / 118	−9.2
5	67,019	2433.6	− 2502	−68.4	× 23 / 118	−13.3
6	67,020	2478.7	− 2531	−52.3	× 13 / 118	−5.8
7	67,021	2511.2	− 2552	−40.8	× 25 / 118	−8.6
8	67,022	2479.1	− 2567	−87.9	× 25 / 118	−18.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−67

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −67, −96, −110, −61, −67 → −80.2
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2022→2023: 29 · 2023→2024: 14 · 2024→2025: 49 · 2025→2026: 6 → average 24.5
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 24.5 × 2.66 = 65.2. Upper limit −15, lower limit −145.4.

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".

Step 3 · Free or reduced-price meals

The share of enrolled students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. From 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.