Academic Performance Index (API)

API Reports and Data Files

• API Reports
  
  
• API Data Files

2009-10 API Documentation

• Information Guide (PDF; 589KB; 78pp.)
  
  
• Overview of Accountability (PDF; 58KB; 5pp.)
  
  
• Parent Guide to California's APR System (PDF; 48KB; 2pp.)
  
  
• Glossary
  
  
• Calculation Spreadsheets Base and Growth  (XLS; 156KB; 11pp.)
  
  
• Descriptive Statistics and Correlation Tables for California's 2009 School Characteristics Index and Similar School Ranks (PDF; 409KB; 17pp.)
  
  
• Letter: Changes to the 2009 Base API
  

Previous API Documentation

• 2008 Base and 2009 Growth
  
  
• 2007 Base and 2008 Growth
  
  
• 2006 Base and 2007 Growth
  
  
• 2005 Base and 2006 Growth
  
  
• 2004 Base and 2004-05 Growth
  
  
• 2003 Base and 2003-04 Growth
  
  
• 2002 Base and 2002-03 Growth
  
  
• 2001 Base and 2001-02 Growth
  
  
• 2000 Base and 2000-01 Growth
  
  
• 1999 Base and 1999-00 Growth

Accountability Research

• Data Analysis and Statistical Properties Reports

Related Sites

• Public Schools Accountability Act (PSAA)
  
  
• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
  
  
• Alternative Schools Accountabiilty Model (ASAM)

Other API Information

CalEdFacts API Section
California Department of Education's information and media guide about education in the State of California. For information on other topics, visit the full CalEdFacts.