Dublin Unified School District API Results
In California, a school’s API (Academic Performance Index) is one way of evaluating academic performance and comparing schools. A school’s API aggregates and normalizes the results of standardized tests (STAR and CAHSEE tests) and is measured on a scale of 200 to 1000. Other factors used to normalize results across California are applied. Schools are also compared to “similar school” sub-groups (to allow comparison to schools with like demographics). Finally, API results are also reported for demographic sub-groups to access progress for different socioeconomic, ethnic and special needs groups of students.
The California Department of Education goal is for all schools to exceed and then maintain an API of 800. Schools below 800 have growth targets based on prior year results. API results for schools reporting less than 99 data points are considered unreliable due to the small sample size. A school’s “growth API” is the result for the most recent period and the “base API” is the result for the prior period.
Below are API results for Dublin Unified School District schools. Valley High School (a continuation high school) is considered a small school (less than 99 data points) and has therefore been excluded.
| School (click link 2010 results) | 2012 Growth API | 2011 Base API | 2011-12 Change |
| Dublin Unified School District | 901 | 884 | +17 |
| Dublin High School | 880 | 878 | +2 |
| Fallon Middle School | 933 | 917 | +16 |
| Wells Middle School | 870 | 826 | +44 |
| Dougherty Elementary School | 948 | 949 | -1 |
| Dublin Elementary School | 928 | 878 | +50 |
| Frederiksen Elementary School | 894 | 846 | +48 |
| Green Elementary School | 961 | 952 | +9 |
| Kolb Elementary School | 920 | NA | NA |
| Murray Elementary School | 860 | 871 | -11 |
Trackbacks
- Dublin High School 2010 API Jumps to 868, District Jumps to 878 « OneDublin.org
- Meet Kolb Elementary School Principal Lynn Medici « OneDublin.org
- Dublin High School 2011 API Climbs to 879, District Improves to 884 « OneDublin.org
- Happy Holidays from OneDublin.org « OneDublin.org
- Dublin School District 2012 API Breaks 900, Dublin High School API Improves to 880 « OneDublin.org
Net-net the results are still very good, and you expect there both up and down movement, with hopefully a trend that is upward. It would nice to hear from teachers whose classes did especially, the strategies they employed to help the kids do better.
Why Kolb Elementary school in the Doblin still doesn’t have their API score out???
The API scores for all schools are still pending release by the California Dept of Education (CDE) for 2011-12 (the first year for Kolb). OneDublin will be publishing the latest API scores for Dublin schools when made published by the CDE. The delay this year is due to discrepancies in some school districts (outside of Dublin).
Way to go Eagles!