Matt Garcia Career And College 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.

6th The average 6th grader scores 13 points under the grade 5 bar. 2489 vs. 2502. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.
7th The average 7th grader scores 23 points under the grade 6 bar. 2508 vs. 2531. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores 11 points under the grade 5 bar. 2491 vs. 2502. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.

2024 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
7	93,003	2487.0	− 2552	−65	× 15 / 57	−17.1
8	93,006	2517.7	− 2567	−49.3	× 19 / 57	−16.4
11	93,007	2472.1	− 2583	−110.9	× 23 / 57	−44.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−78

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	86,419	2457.3	− 2531	−73.7	× 25 / 82	−22.5
7	86,421	2495.8	− 2552	−56.2	× 23 / 82	−15.8
8	86,424	2519.6	− 2567	−47.4	× 18 / 82	−10.4
11	86,425	2461.6	− 2583	−121.4	× 16 / 82	−23.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−72

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	88,785	2493.5	− 2531	−37.5	× 29 / 73	−14.9
7	88,787	2484.6	− 2552	−67.4	× 28 / 73	−25.9
8	88,789	2560.4	− 2567	−6.6	× 16 / 73	−1.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	89,007	2456.5	− 2531	−74.5	× 83 / 177	−34.9
7	89,008	2506.1	− 2552	−45.9	× 49 / 177	−12.7
8	89,011	2502.5	− 2567	−64.5	× 45 / 177	−16.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−64

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	89,609	2480.0	− 2531	−51	× 35 / 151	−11.8
7	89,610	2494.3	− 2552	−57.7	× 67 / 151	−25.6
8	89,611	2511.8	− 2567	−55.2	× 49 / 151	−17.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	89,857	2438.9	− 2531	−92.1	× 60 / 170	−32.5
7	89,858	2506.1	− 2552	−45.9	× 55 / 170	−14.9
8	89,859	2500.1	− 2567	−66.9	× 55 / 170	−21.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	89,749	2472.8	− 2531	−58.2	× 53 / 171	−18
7	89,750	2489.4	− 2552	−62.6	× 64 / 171	−23.4
8	89,751	2503.1	− 2567	−63.9	× 54 / 171	−20.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−62

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	89,706	2489.1	− 2531	−41.9	× 67 / 198	−14.2
7	89,707	2507.8	− 2552	−44.2	× 64 / 198	−14.3
8	89,708	2491.3	− 2567	−75.7	× 67 / 198	−25.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−54

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −78, −72, −42, −64, −55, −69, −62, −54 → −62
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 6 · 2016→2017: 30 · 2017→2018: 22 · 2018→2019: 9 · 2019→2022: 14 · 2022→2023: 7 · 2023→2024: 8 → 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 −25.6, lower limit −98.4.

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".

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.