CST -- Racial and Ethnic Subgroups

Specific Requirements

Information on student achievement at each proficiency level on the state academic assessments disaggregated by race and ethnicity.

The most recent two-year trend in student achievement in each subject area and for each grade level.

In the case of a school, information that shows how the students' achievement on the statewide academic assessments and other indicators of adequate yearly progress compared to students in the local educational agency and the state as a whole.

In the case of a local educational agency, information that shows how students served by the local educational agency achieved on the statewide academic assessment compared to students in the state as a whole.

The percentage of students not tested.

Education Code Section 33126 (b)(1)(A)
Public Law 107-110 Section 1111(h)(2)(B)

Definitions

For the most recent three-year period:

Data are provided for each content area for which the State Board of Education has established performance levels. Data are reported as the percentage of students achieving at the proficient or advanced level.

Data are disaggregated for specific subgroups (if they are numerically significant at the school level). These subgroups are: gender, race/ethnicity, English learner, economically disadvantaged status, students with disabilities status, and program participation in Migrant Education.

In lieu of providing grade level data and the percent of students not tested, a link to the STAR Web site may be provided in the report card.

Guidelines and Data Sources

For the most recent three-year period:

Subject areas and grade levels for which CST data will be available and required to be included in reports prepared in the 2005-06 school year include:

• English-language arts in grades two through eleven for 2002-03, 2003-04, and 2004-05
• Mathematics in grades two through eleven for 2002-03, 2003-04, and 2004-05
• Science in grades nine through eleven for 2002-03 and in grades five and nine through eleven for 2003-04 and 2004-05
• History-social science in grades eight and ten through eleven for 2002-03, 2003-04, and 2004-05

Data are reported from the STAR Program [http://star.cde.ca.gov/].

Data provided by the CDE