CAASPP Scores 2017 (California Model Five-by-Five Placement Reports & Data)
(link to CDE website)
California's new accountability and continuous improvement system is based on a five-by-five colored table that produces 25 results using five colors. The reports display the schools' (by district) and student groups' placement on the five-by-five colored tables.
English Learner Progress - Student Group Five-by-Five Placement
English Language Arts (Grades 3-8) - Student Group Five-by-Five Placement
Mathematics (Grades 3-8) - Student Group Five-by-Five Placement
Suspension (Middle School) - Student Group Five-by-Five Placement
The California Way
California's integrated accountability system meets both state and federal requirements. The multiple measures system for state indicators is based on percentiles to create a five-by-five grid that produces 25 results and 5 performance levels (Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red). This five-by-five grid combines Status and Change to make an overall determination for each indicator and provides equal weight to both Status and Change.
Status is based on the most recent year of data for that indicator. The five Status levels are:
- Very high
- High
- Medium
- Low
- Very low
Change is the difference between performance from the most recent year of data and the prior year data. The five Change levels are:
- Increased significantly
- Increased
- Maintained
- Declined
- Declined significantly
The performance levels (i.e., the cut scores for Status and Change) serve as the performance standards for the state indicators. The California State Board of Education (SBE) approved separate performance standards for each state indicator based on the current distribution of statewide performance for Status and Change (much like grading on a curve). Therefore, the performance standards are different for each indicator. The performance standards will generally remain fixed for several years.
Combining Status and Change results in a color-coded performance level for each state indicator for LEAs, schools, and student groups with 30 or more students. The five color-coded performance levels in order are: blue (highest), green, yellow, orange, and red (lowest). The circles on the left-hand side of the chart are used in the Dashboard to graphically display the performance levels for LEAs, schools, and student groups. Each circle has a different number of segments that corresponds to a specific color. For example, the red performance level has one colored segment and the blue performance level has five colored segments. Having different numbers of colored segments allows the viewer to distinguish the performance levels, or colors, if the report is printed in black and white.
