Carver (George Washington) Elementary: 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 3 bar

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.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 8 of the 27 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 125 points under the grade 3 bar. 2308 vs. 2432.
5th The average 5th grader scores 63 points under the grade 3 bar. 2369 vs. 2432. The 5th-grade bar is 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	78,500	2360.8	− 2432	−71.2	× 36 / 104	−24.6
4	78,502	2398.9	− 2473	−74.1	× 34 / 104	−24.2
5	78,505	2445.4	− 2502	−56.6	× 34 / 104	−18.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−67

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	72,697	2338.0	− 2432	−94	× 44 / 112	−36.9
4	72,699	2419.9	− 2473	−53.1	× 37 / 112	−17.5
5	72,701	2442.4	− 2502	−59.6	× 31 / 112	−16.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−71

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	74,668	2348.8	− 2432	−83.2	× 28 / 98	−23.8
4	74,670	2394.8	− 2473	−78.2	× 39 / 98	−31.1
5	74,672	2438.0	− 2502	−64	× 31 / 98	−20.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−75

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	74,843	2349.3	− 2432	−82.7	× 31 / 86	−29.8
4	74,844	2398.7	− 2473	−74.3	× 24 / 86	−20.7
5	74,847	2431.6	− 2502	−70.4	× 31 / 86	−25.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−76

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	75,364	2365.7	− 2432	−66.3	× 20 / 74	−17.9
4	75,365	2403.0	− 2473	−70	× 29 / 74	−27.4
5	75,366	2420.7	− 2502	−81.3	× 25 / 74	−27.5
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
3	75,546	2338.9	− 2432	−93.1	× 24 / 63	−35.5
4	75,547	2434.7	− 2473	−38.3	× 19 / 63	−11.6
5	75,548	2378.0	− 2502	−124	× 20 / 63	−39.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−86

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	75,516	2320.2	− 2432	−111.8	× 12 / 55	−24.4
4	75,517	2397.3	− 2473	−75.7	× 23 / 55	−31.7
5	75,518	2435.4	− 2502	−66.6	× 20 / 55	−24.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−80

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	75,528	2303.8	− 2432	−128.2	× 18 / 37	−62.4
5	75,530	2411.1	− 2502	−90.9	× 19 / 37	−46.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−109

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	75,188	2299.7	− 2432	−132.3	× 14 / 33	−56.1
4	75,189	2351.3	− 2473	−121.7	× 19 / 33	−70.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−126

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	75,084	2307.5	− 2432	−124.5	× 11 / 27	−50.7
5	75,086	2368.9	− 2502	−133.1	× 16 / 27	−78.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−130

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −67, −71, −75, −76, −73, −86, −80, −109, −126, −130 → −89.3
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 4 · 2016→2017: 4 · 2017→2018: 1 · 2018→2019: 3 · 2019→2022: 13 · 2022→2023: 6 · 2023→2024: 29 · 2024→2025: 17 · 2025→2026: 4 → average 9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9 × 2.66 = 23.9. Upper limit −65.4, lower limit −113.2.

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.