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Dashboard Resources

An extensive selection of resources relating to the California School Dashboard for parents, educators, and communities.

Understanding the Dashboard

The following information serves as the point of access to a wide variety of resources specifically developed to support educators and community members better understand the Dashboard.

Dashboard Measures | General Overview | Data Files

Dashboard Measures

The California School Dashboard displays the performance of districts, schools, and student groups on a specific set of state and local measures.

State measures are based on student data that are annually collected across the state and apply to all districts, schools, and student groups. To learn more about a state measure, select from the list below:

Local measures are based on data collected at the local level and apply to all districts and charter schools. To learn more about the local measures that are submitted by districts onto the Dashboard, visit the Local Indicators web page.

General Overview of the California School Dashboard

Information on the California School Dashboard

These resources provide technical documents and user‑friendly flyers designed to clarify Dashboard state indicators, including the calculation formulas and business rules used to produce each indicator. The resources also include instructions for reviewing data prior to its use in the Dashboard, as well as information about the state’s alternative schools.

Flyers | Dashboard Technical Guide | Handbook Connecting CALPADS to the Dashboard | Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS) Resources | Crosswalk Between the Dashboard and DataQuest | Translations | Archive


Flyers

Flyers for educators that explain the Dashboard and the rules used in an easy-to-read summarized format are available in the latest Dashboard Communications Toolkit.

Dashboard Technical Guide

The Dashboard Technical Guide is your key to unlocking how the state indicators are calculated. This guide covers an extensive review of each state indicator by covering calculation formulas, business rules, student examples, and general information about California’s accountability system. The guide also provides self-reflection tools adopted by the State Board of Education that are used by local educational agencies (LEAs) to report their progress through the Dashboard. Detailed information on the rules used to determine schools and LEAs eligible for support are also covered.

Handbook: Connecting California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) to the Dashboard

The 2024–25 Handbook (DOCX) is a user-friendly tool filled with print screens to help you pinpoint and navigate through specific CALPADS Reports that relate to Dashboard state indicators. Download the handbook to confirm your CALPADS data before it is used for the Dashboard!

Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS) Resources

Schools that serve high-risk students are eligible to participate in the DASS program, which applies modified measures to select state indicators. For information and resources on the DASS program for alternative schools, please refer to the DASS web page.

Crosswalk Between the Dashboard and DataQuest

Data Crosswalk for the California School Dashboard and DataQuest (DOCX)
A short overview of the differences in the way that data are produced for DataQuest and the California School Dashboard.

Translations

To improve accessibility for California’s diverse communities, the Dashboard provides translated versions of key Dashboard materials in multiple languages.

Archive

Prior year resources are available on the Archived Dashboard Information web page.

Data Files

Downloadable data files and associated record layouts pertaining to the data released on the California School Dashboard.

Dashboard State Indicators

Dashboard Local Indicators

Additional Data for Informational Purposes

Questions:   Analysis Measurement and Accountability Reporting Division | Dashboard@cde.ca.gov
Last Reviewed: Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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