Learning for Life Charter: math

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 math test uses one scale for every grade, so a score means the same thing in grade 3 as in grade 11.

8th The average 8th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2432 vs. 2436. The 8th-grade bar is 2586.
11th The average 11th grader scores 11 points under the grade 3 bar. 2425 vs. 2436. The 11th-grade bar is 2628.

2026 results. "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
8	45,849	2413.9	− 2586	−172.1	× 15 / 31	−83.3
11	45,852	2480.1	− 2628	−147.9	× 16 / 31	−76.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−160

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	42,555	2438.2	− 2586	−147.8	× 11 / 31	−52.4
11	42,557	2472.9	− 2628	−155.1	× 20 / 31	−100.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−153

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	43,623	2511.8	− 2628	−116.2	× 13 / 13	−116.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−116

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	43,638	2454.8	− 2567	−112.2	× 14 / 31	−50.7
11	43,642	2485.4	− 2628	−142.6	× 17 / 31	−78.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−129

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	43,767	2427.4	− 2586	−158.6	× 11 / 32	−54.5
11	43,768	2443.7	− 2628	−184.3	× 21 / 32	−120.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−175

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	43,490	2478.3	− 2628	−149.7	× 22 / 22	−149.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−150

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	43,499	2403.6	− 2586	−182.4	× 14 / 28	−91.2
11	43,500	2477.8	− 2628	−150.2	× 14 / 28	−75.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−166

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	43,325	2432.4	− 2586	−153.6	× 15 / 52	−44.3
11	43,326	2429.7	− 2628	−198.3	× 37 / 52	−141.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−185

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	43,078	2491.2	− 2586	−94.8	× 18 / 38	−44.9
11	43,079	2429.5	− 2628	−198.5	× 20 / 38	−104.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−149

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	42,964	2431.9	− 2586	−154.1	× 19 / 42	−69.7
11	42,965	2425.1	− 2628	−202.9	× 23 / 42	−111.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−181

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −160, −153, −116, −129, −175, −150, −166, −185, −149, −181 → −156.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 7 · 2016→2017: 37 · 2017→2018: 13 · 2018→2019: 46 · 2019→2022: 25 · 2022→2023: 16 · 2023→2024: 19 · 2024→2025: 36 · 2025→2026: 32 → average 25.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 25.7 × 2.66 = 68.4. Upper limit −88, lower limit −224.8.

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.