1. API Results: Comparative Data
Looking at all EGUSD middle schools API data and CDE guides for calculating API.

2. Schools That Lost API: 781 787 5 761 769 860 868 A 680 693 -6 -8 -8
2010 Base
Growth Target
Growth
  T. R. Smedberg Middle
781
787 5
 Edward Harris, Jr. Middle
761
769
 Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle
860
868 A
  James Rutter Middle
680
693 -6 -8 -8
-13

3. Schools That Gained API
2010 Base
Growth Target
Growth
 Katherine L. Albiani Middle
866
865 A
 Samuel Jackman Middle
674
671 6
 Toby Johnson Middle
855
831
 Harriet G. Eddy Middle
764
739 5
 Joseph Kerr Middle
829
804 1 3 24
While we did not make our growth target, we were 4th out of 9 schools in gains 25 25

4. Our Progress Over Time

5. Remember API is calculated by the number of students scoring in each bandwidth.
Moving students from the
Far Below Basic level to the Below Basic Level will result in Greater API Growth
than moving students from Below Basic to Basic.

6. From the CDE:
“A greater API gain can occur through the improvement of the lowest performing students in the school.”

7. Moving FBB to BB and BB to Basic can really push our API up!

8. API Weights assigned to each Subject: