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Accountability Progress Reporting - CalEdFacts (CA Dept of Education)

Accountability Progress Reporting - CalEdFacts (CA Dept of Education):



Accountability Progress Reporting - CalEdFacts

This content is part of California Department of Education's information and media guide about education in the State of California. For similar information on other topics, visit the full CalEdFacts.



The California Department of Education (CDE) reports both state and federal accountability results under the general heading of the Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) System. The APR includes the state Academic Performance Index (API) Base and Growth reports, the federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report, and the federal Program Improvement (PI) Report, as listed below:

Accountability Progress Reporting System: 2013–14

State Accountability Requirements

At the March 2014 meeting, the State Board of Education (SBE) approved the State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s (SSPI’s) recommendation to not calculate the following Academic Performance Index (API) reports:
  • 2014 Growth API
  • 2014 Base API
  • 2015 Growth API
As a result of not reporting the above APIs, the SBE also approved the removal of the API as an additional indicator for high schools within the AYP.
For further details of the future of API reporting and the 3-Year Average API Reports released in May 2014, please view the 10-page document, Status of the API and the 3–Year Average Information Guide, available on the CDE API Web page.

Federal Accountability Requirements

  • 2014 AYP Reports for high schools and high school local educational agencies (LEAs) (release September 2014).
  • 2014–15 PI Reports for Title I-funded schools and LEAs (release September 2014).

Grade Two Diagnostic Assessments RFI

Request for Information about available grade two diagnostic assessments in English-language arts and mathematics.
The California Department of Education (CDE) issues this Request for Information (RFI) with the purpose of soliciting information about currently available diagnostic assessments in English-language arts (ELA) and mathematics for students in grade two and to satisfy the requirements of Calfornia Education Code (EC) Section 60644. Respondents may submit information in response to this RFI for diagnostic assessments for students in grade two for ELA, mathematics, or both. Each diagnostic assessment will require a separate submission to this RFI.
Program Questions: Shobhana Rishi, Education Programs Consultant, California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Office, e-mail: srishi@cde.ca.gov; tel: 916-319-0201
Downloading Questions: Will Lee, Psychometrics, Technology, and Data Unit, e-mail: wlee@cde.ca.gov; tel: 916-319-0421
DocumentDescription
Attachments (Word)
RFI and attachments for the Grade Two Diagnostic Assessments for English-language arts and mathematics
RFI Questions and AnswersCDE answers to RFI respondents questions
(Projected Availability: Monday, September 8, 2014)