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Results from the California Standards Test given this past spring showed that the percent of students scoring at the advanced or proficient levels is at an all-time high. The results helped bolster the district's Academic Performance Index to 838—an impressive 15-point gain in one year. The API is the state's measurement of year-to-year academic growth. The scale ranges from 200 to 1,000 with a statewide target of 800. Since 2004, the district's API has steadily increased by 59 points. “It is wonderful to report growth every year in the most important area—student achievement,” said Superintendent Dennis Smith. “Our students already have strong scores which surpass both state and national averages; yet their academic performance keeps getting better and better. Students are to be congratulated for their hard work and staffs are to be commended for their dedication to student academic success.” On the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) federal measurement, called the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), which measures the progress of 38 various subgroup breakdowns (i.e. English learners, special education students, and socio-economically disadvantaged), the PYLUSD surpassed goals in 35 of the 38 categories. This was accomplished even though the federal NCLB target increases significantly each year. By the year 2014, NCLB legislation stipulates that 100 percent of all students across the nation must be proficient or advanced in English Language Arts and Math, the only two areas that NCLB measures. To view the district's test scores, click on the links to the right.
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