API scores by school (see full list in Daily Journal)
The API scores were taken from the 2006 Accountability Progress Report prepared by the California Department of Education. On March 27, 2007 the Department of Education released the state and similar school rankings, as well as the 2007 API goal. API scores range from 200 to 1,000, with 200 being far below basic, 500 being below basic, 700 being basic, 875 being proficient and 1,000 being advanced. The statewide API performance target for all schools is 800. The scores are shown for each district as well as for the individual schools within the district. The first number is the 2006 API score, the second is the 2006 statewide rank, the third is the 2006 similar schools rank and the fourth number is the 2007 growth target. Some schools may have an A? in the fourth column. A means the school surpassed the statewide goal last year and wasn't given a goal.
Burlingame Elementary School District - 874
Franklin Elementary - 936 / 10 / 5 / A
Lincoln Elementary - 911 / 10 / 5 / A
McKinley Elementary - 815 / 8 / 4 / A
Roosevelt Elementary - 890 / 10 / 6 / A
Washington Elementary - 888 / 9 / 10 / A
Burlingame Intermediate - 851 / 9 / 2 / A
San Mateo Union High School District - 774
Burlingame High - 796 / 9 / 2 / 800
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The API scores were taken from the 2006 Accountability Progress Report prepared by the California Department of Education. On March 27, 2007 the Department of Education released the state and similar school rankings, as well as the 2007 API goal. API scores range from 200 to 1,000, with 200 being far below basic, 500 being below basic, 700 being basic, 875 being proficient and 1,000 being advanced. The statewide API performance target for all schools is 800. The scores are shown for each district as well as for the individual schools within the district. The first number is the 2006 API score, the second is the 2006 statewide rank, the third is the 2006 similar schools rank and the fourth number is the 2007 growth target. Some schools may have an A? in the fourth column. A means the school surpassed the statewide goal last year and wasn't given a goal.
Burlingame Elementary School District - 874
Franklin Elementary - 936 / 10 / 5 / A
Lincoln Elementary - 911 / 10 / 5 / A
McKinley Elementary - 815 / 8 / 4 / A
Roosevelt Elementary - 890 / 10 / 6 / A
Washington Elementary - 888 / 9 / 10 / A
Burlingame Intermediate - 851 / 9 / 2 / A
San Mateo Union High School District - 774
Burlingame High - 796 / 9 / 2 / 800
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- Written by Fiona
Yikes! What happened to BIS (statewide rank)? As far as Washington Elementary goes, they are looking pretty darn good, or?
Posted by: | March 28, 2007 at 04:05 PM
As stated in this mornings paper, API scores are for real estate agents, they drive property values. Do they really measure the success of a school?
Beware of API scores unless you research what drives them. The second score, the similar score rank is very difficult to examine or change. At the Rosevelt Elementary School website the following is posted to explaine the Similar Schools score."
"Dr. Da Marto and Dr. Hall explained it is difficult to understand what is driving these scores because of the black-box methodology and the non-standardized data collection process. Therefore, this really may be comparing apples and oranges since schools may not really have similar demographics. In the past there were eight demographic characteristics that the state used to determine similar school rankings. This year there are an additional six demographic characteristics included. It is unclear what the "weighting" of these characteristics are. "
Posted by: KRN | March 28, 2007 at 07:22 PM