Persistently Lowest-Achieving Schools

Federal and state law and guidance require California to identify schools for the purposes of the School Improvement Grant and State Fiscal Stabilization Fund programs.

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Program Information

• School Improvement Grant (SIG)
  
  
• Race to the Top (RTTT)
  
  
• State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF)
  

Identification Criteria

• Definition of Tiers I, II, and III
  

• Identification Criteria
  

• Graduation Rate Criteria
  

• Detailed Methodology
  
  

Persistently Lowest-Achieving Schools Eligible for SIG

• Tier I Schools (Modified 11-Mar-2010)
  Approved by the State Board of Education on March 11, 2010.
  
  
• Tier II Schools (Modified 11-Mar-2010)
  Approved by the State Board of Education on March 11, 2010.
  

• Graduation Rate Only Schools (Modified 11-Mar-2010)
  Approved by the State Board of Education on March 11, 2010.

Schools Eligible for SIG

• Tier III Schools (Modified 14-Apr-2011; XLS)
  
  

Data Files

• Pool of Eligible Schools - Record Layout
• Pool of Eligible Schools - Data File (Modified 14-Apr-2011; XLS; 2MB)

• Tiers l, II, III Schools - Record Layout
• Tiers l, II, III Schools - Data file (Modified 14-Apr-2011; XLS; 1MB)

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