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The 2012 API Growth scores, released in October 2012, are based on tests students took that spring (2012). The scores determine whether or not California schools met their growth targets set from 2011 Base scores released in spring 2012. To meet its growth target, a school and each of its numerically significant student subgroups must improve their performance each year by 5% of the difference between their API and the statewide target of 800 (with certain exceptions).
School Performance - API Growth
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| School Type |
Number with
API growth |
Percent of schools that made growth targets |
| Elementary |
5,343 |
59.9% |
| Middle |
1,287 |
52.4% |
| High School |
1,283 |
36.7% |
| Small |
967 |
54.4% |
| All schools with an API growth target |
8,880 |
54.9% |
Note:
The number of schools reflects only those that received an API growth target. Schools that did not receive a valid 2011 API Base or had significant demographic changes do not have API Growth or growth target information. Schools that use the Alternative Schools Accountability Model
(ASAM), such as community day, continuation, opportunity, county community, county court, and California Youth Authority, do not have growth targets.
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Source: California Department of Education: Analysis, Measurement, and Accountability Reporting Division (API 2012 Growth file api12gdb dated 3/12/13
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| Student Subgroup Performance |
| Student Subgroups |
# Pupils |
2012 API Growth |
2011 API Base |
| Black or African American |
307,779 |
706 |
696 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
31,391 |
741 |
733 |
| Asian |
405,041 |
905 |
898 |
| Filipino |
125,013 |
869 |
859 |
| Hispanic or Latino |
2,425,668 |
740 |
729 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander |
26,571 |
774 |
763 |
| White |
1,227,390 |
852 |
845 |
| Two or More Races |
88,418 |
849 |
836 |
| Other Subgroups |
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged |
2,797,261 |
737 |
726 |
| English Learners |
1,536,327 |
716 |
706 |
| Students with Disabilities |
529,148 |
605 |
593 |
| Total |
All Students Included in Growth API |
4,663,382 |
788 |
778 |
Note: N/R indicates data not reported prior to 2008-09.
The total number of students will not be equal to the sum of the subgroup student numbers since there is overlap in the Student Subgroups and the Other Subgroups.
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Source: California Department of Education: Analysis, Measurement, and Accountability Reporting Division (API 2012 Growth file api12gdb dated 3/12/13
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