San Francisco Unified School District Data

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San Francisco Unified School District Data

• The following Information comes from the SFUSD
  web pages, primarily from individual school
  Profiles.
• 2003 API numbers were taken from the California
  Department of Education Web pages.
• Income levels taken from US Census figures

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API Academic Performance Index

• 1999 Public School Accountability Act
• the state board of education imposes
• content standards
• tests (SAT9, CAT6, HSEE)
• interventions
• Using the state test(s), the CA Department of
  Education staff calculate a Base score for each
  individual school in the state (from 200 to
  1000). This Base score is then used to calculate
  a ranking from 1-10 for each school -- this is
  known as the Academic Performance Index or API.
• 1 lowest
• 10 highest

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• The state uses the API and Base scores to
• Intervene in the local districts administration
  of schools
• High Priority Schools Grant Program --
• Schools can volunteer to participate if their
  API is between 1-5
• Schools can receive 400 per student
• 50K of received money goes to consultant to
  help write action plan
• Growth targets must be met in 2 out of 3 years
  or significant growth
• No growth? state will impose interventions the
  most drastic being taking over the school
• Immediate Intervention/Under Performing Schools
  II/UPS--
• A school can apply if it scores below 50th
  percentile on state tests and fails to meet
  growth targets two years in a row.
• If schools dont apply they will be chosen. Only
  430 per year.
• If accepted school receives 50 K planning grant
  and up to 200 per pupil
• If no improvement after 2 years the state will
  impose interventions
• The REWARDS program (cash bonuses to schools
  and individual teachers) was suspended in 2000 -
  one year after the beginning of the API system.

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Awards for 2003-4 from the State 25 SFUSD
schools received a total of 2,550,240 from the
state for either the High Priority or Immediate
Intervention/Under-Performing
Elementary Schools 1,233,240 Cobb, Davis, El Dorado, Fairmont, Flynn, Glen Park, Hillcrest, Marshall, Harvey Milk, Monroe, Revere, Sanchez, Junipero Serra, Sheridan, Starr King
Middle Schools 769,640 Everett, Horace Mann, Denman, Burbank, Treasure Island, Maxwell
High Schools 540, 360 Balboa, ISA, Mission, OConnell
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Superintendent Ackerman has chosen to connect
district policy very closely to the state system
State system called STAR Standardized Testing
and Reporting District System called STAR
Students and Teachers Achieving Results Both
STAR systems identify low-performing schools
which are supposed to receive extra funding and
personnel support under threat of sanctions.
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Galileo
Newcomer
DOWNTOWN
2003 API Scores and SF High Schools Red
Alternative Blue Regular Green Selective NA
numbers insufficient
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Wallenberg
Market Street
8
Washington
8
Wells
NA
ISA
8
Mission
1
2
2
Independence
Gateway
San Francisco Bay
NA
OConnell
NA
Downtown
Lincoln
7
10
SOTA
Marshall
4
Lowell
10
Hunters Point
Leadership
8
6
1
Burton
Balboa
7
Treasure Island 3
Francisco 4
Lilienthal 7
Marina 7
SFUSDs 25 Middle Schools (including K-8) and
their 2003 API scores
Market Street
Franklin 1
Roosevelt 7
Presidio 10
Creative Arts 5
Red Alternative Schools Blue Regular
Schools Green Charter School
Everett 1
Maxwell 1
Fong Yu 10
Lawton 10
Rooftop 9
Mann 3
Giannini 8
Lick 2
Hoover 8
21st Century 1
Davis 1
Aptos 6
SF Community 5
King 4
Hunters Point
Denman 4
Burbank 2
Vis Valley 3
8
Treasure Island
2003 API scores of 81 San Francisco Elementary
Schools (including eight K-8 schools)
Market Street
Red Alternative Schools Blue Regular Schools
Beacon Center
Hunters Point
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2003 API SCORES
81 San Francisco Elementary Schools (including
eight K-8 schools)
Market Street
Red Alternative Schools Blue Regular Schools
Hunters Point
Lake Merritt
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Golden Gate Bridge
Median income of Selected census tracks In
thousands (according to US Census 2000)
Presidio
Orange under 40K Red 41-60K Purple
61-80K Blue 81-100K Green over 100K
Market Street
Golden Gate Park
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco Bay
Hunters Point
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2003
Examples of Correlation Between API Of
Elementary Schools and Median Income of
Neighborhood
Lilienthal 10
Presidio
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco Bay
Sloat 8
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API (Academic Performance
Index) is most strongly correlated with
Socio-Economic Status
This is done on purpose so the tests are
reliable. A test is a good test if it is
accurate, valid and reliable (3 different
criteria) Reliability is a technical term and is
one of the many criteria used to evaluate whether
a test is any good or not. The degree to which
a test is reliable is the degree to which
students get the same scores on a specific test
every time they take it. Every test has a
reliability correlation coefficient. Test
makers design tests so the students performance
correlates to their socio-economic status -- SES
-- because that cannot be changed for at least a
generation (and when it does happen it usually
takes 3 generations). This is why critics of the
states accountability system refer to the API as
the ANNUAL PARENTAL INCOME SCORE CARD.