Wednesday

Today is a big day. The state is supposed to be releasing our APR (Accountability Progress Report) scores at 10:00. The APR includes the API (Academic Performance Index) and AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress).

The API is the state's measure of how well our school's have done on the CST (California Standards Test). This consists of a number from 200 to 1000, with the state goal of every school being at least 800. Last years scores were 822 for Black Oak, 809 for Twain Harte Middle School, and 878 for Pinecrest (The best in the county!). I'm confident these numbers will all rise as our CST scores showed improvements across the board.

AYP is the federal government's accountability goal (think No Child Left Behind). That program states that all students must be proficient on the CST test by 2014. This is a seriously challenging goal, and while we made good progress, I suspect we will have not met this goal (neither will most schools in California). It will be interesting to see how the Obama administration changes the game when No Child Left Behind comes up for reauthorization later this year.

I'll update this blog later today once the scores have been made available.