2010/2011 API = 901 All Charter Schools are required to participate in the statewide assessment test STAR (Standardized Testing and Reporting) program. The individual results of each student's STAR results are accumulated into an overall school Academic Performance Index (API). Quoted from the California Department of Education: Click Here
"The Academic Performance Index (API) is the cornerstone of California's Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 (PSAA). The purpose of the API is to measure the academic performance and growth of schools. It is a numeric index (or scale) that ranges from a low of 200 to a high of 1000. A school's score on the API is an indicator of a school's performance level. The statewide API performance target for all schools is 800. A school's growth is measured by how well it is moving toward or past that goal. A school's API Base is subtracted from its API Growth to determine how much the school improved in a year."
Local Educational Agency (LEA) List of Schools California Department of Education
2010 Academic Performance Index (API) Base Report: Click Here
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