California School Dashboard
In March of 2017, California launched the California School Dashboard, a new website designed to help communities across the state access accountability information about K-12 districts and schools.
The Dashboard is part of the state’s new accountability system, based on the Local Control Funding Formula. It is the next step in a series of major shifts in public education that has created more rigorous academic standards for students, changed how students are assessed, and placed the focus on equity for all students.
The Dashboard features easy-to-read reports on multiple measures of school success, including test scores, graduation rates, English-learner progress, and suspension rates.
The Dashboard uses color-coded “dial” graphics to measure how well schools and students are doing (status) and whether or not the status is moving in the right direction (growth). Both status and growth are used to determine performance levels. LEAs, schools, and student groups receive performance colors on the Dashboard (Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red), where Blue indicates the highest performance and Red indicates the lowest performance.
The California School Dashboard can be at: www.caschooldashboard.org
There are many resources available to help parents, educators, and the community better understand the California School Dashboard.
More information from the CDE can be found at California Accountability Model & School Dashboard.
The 2023 Dashboard
The 2021-22 school year was the first year of a full return to the classroom at schools across California. This included the resumption of the collection of information and student outcomes reported in the online tool, known as the California School Dashboard, and established a new baseline for measuring student performance. The 2022-23 school year is the second full year of collecting data across California schools, resuming the ability to measure progress.
The Dashboard displays the performance of local educational agencies (LEAs), schools, and student groups on a set of state and local indicators to assist in identifying strengths, challenges, and areas in need of improvement. It goes beyond test scores and measures six areas: academic performance, chronic absenteeism, college/career readiness, English learner progress, graduation rates, and suspension rates.
Data from the 2022-2023 school year will now be used to measure change and performance for a high-level view of how schools are growing and improving.
Learn more from the California Department of Education online at the California School Dashboard and System of Support website.
Dashboard 101 and Resources
Getting to Know the 2023 California School Dashboard
Getting to Know the 2023 State Measures
Resources for parents:
Video explaining the Dashboard from the Association of California School Administrators
Resources for schools:
California School Dashboard and System of Support