Dashboard Communications Toolkit

Informational materials that help explain the data reported on the California School Dashboard.

Overview

The 2025 California School Dashboard (Dashboard) is California’s accountability system with the reporting of Status (current year data), Change (the difference from prior year data), and Performance Levels (colors). To ensure that parents, community members, and educators are well-informed of the information on the 2025 Dashboard, resources are being updated and will be posted as they become available prior to the publication of the 2025 Dashboard on November 13, 2025.

Flyers for Parents (and Those New to the Dashboard) | Flyers for Educators | On-Demand Recordings and Notetaking Guide | Additional Resources | Archive

Flyers for Parents (and Those New to the Dashboard)

Start your learning journey with these one-to-two-page flyers that help simplify the use and understanding of the 2025 Dashboard.

Getting to Know the California School Dashboard (Coming Soon)
Getting to Know the Dashboard State Measures (Coming Soon)
How Dashboard Colors are Determined (Coming Soon)
How to View Performance of a School or District on the Dashboard (Coming Soon)
Exploring the Equity Report (Coming Soon)
How to Compare Schools on the Dashboard (Coming Soon)
Getting to Know the Local Measures (Coming Soon)
Information on Local Measures for Parents (Coming Soon)

Translated flyers are available on the Translations Tab of the Dashboard Resources web page.

Flyers for Educators

User-friendly flyers that help enhance your general knowledge of the Dashboard state indicators.

State Indicator Flyers

What Data Will Be Used for the 2025 Dashboard (Coming Soon)
Academic Indicators (Coming Soon)
- English Learner Students in the Academic Indicators (Coming Soon)
- Information on the Participation Rate (Coming Soon)
  - Translated Versions of Information on the Participation Rate Flyer
Chronic Absenteeism Indicator (Coming Soon)
College/Career Indicator (Coming Soon)
- Measures of College Readiness (Coming Soon)
- Measures of Career Readiness (Coming Soon)
English Learner Progress Indicator (Coming Soon)
- Summative Alternative English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) Incorporation in the English Learner Progress Indicator(Coming Soon)
- English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) Participation Rate (Coming Soon)
- Long-Term English Learner Students on the California School Dashboard (Coming Soon)
- English Learner Students on the California School Dashboard (Coming Soon)
Graduation Rate (Coming Soon)
Suspension Rate (Coming Soon)
Science Indicator (Coming Soon)

State and Federal Assistance Information

Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Assistance (Coming Soon) – Understand the eligibility criteria for differentiated assistance under the Local Control Funding Formula.
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) School Assistance (Coming Soon) – Understanding the eligibility and exit criteria for Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) - Low Graduation Rate, CSI - Low Performing, and Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI) under the ESSA

Ammendments

District of Residence Rule (Coming Soon) – The District of Residence rule (also known as the District of Special Education Accountability) is a rule relating to students with disabilities and applied to all state indicators. Download this flyer to learn more.
DASS 1-Year Graduation Rate (Coming Soon) - A one-page document explaining the DASS graduation rate and the data used to calculate it.
What is the 3x5 Colored Table? (Coming Soon)

On Demand Dashboard Sessions

This section provides current PowerPoint recordings, and associated Notetaking Guides, that cover state and local indicators about the Dashboard. Learn more through our 2025 Dashboard Informational Series Flyer (Coming Soon)

Recording 1: Dashboard 101 (Coming Soon)
- Notetaking Guide for Recording 1 (Coming Soon)
Recording 2: Academic Indicator (Coming Soon)
- Notetaking Guide for Recording 2 (Coming Soon)
Recording 3: Chronic Absenteeism Indicator (Coming Soon)
- Notetaking Guide for Recording 3 (Coming Soon)
Recording 4: College/Career Indicator (Coming Soon)
- Notetaking Guide for Recording 4 (Coming Soon)
Recording 5: English Learner Progress Indicator (Coming Soon)
- Notetaking Guide for Recording 5 (Coming Soon)
Recording 6: Graduation Rate Indicator (Coming Soon)
- Notetaking Guide for Recording 6 (Coming Soon)
Recording 7: Suspension Rate Indicator (Coming Soon)
- Notetaking Guide for Recording 7 (Coming Soon)
Recording 8: Science Indicator (Coming Soon)
- Notetaking Guide for Recording 8 (Coming Soon)
Recording 9: Local Indicators (Coming Soon)
- Notetaking Guide for Recording 9 (Coming Soon)

Additional Resources

Individualized web pages focusing on state and local indicators are easily accessible through the following links:

Five-by-Five Colored Tables (Coming Soon)– The accountability system combines five Status and five Change levels creating a five-by-five placement grid which is used to identify the performance color for the Dashboard.

Dashboard Technical Guide – Access the latest calculation formulas and business rules used to calculate the Dashboard state indicators.

Dashboard Technical Guide for Parents (Coming Soon) – Information to help parents access, navigate and understand the California School Dashboard.

System of Support – Information and resources on California's system to support districts and schools to help meet the needs of their students.

School Dashboard Additional Reports – These multiple supplementary reports offer additional data and insight to the Dashboard results.

2025 Connecting CALPADS to the Dashboard Handbook (DOCX) – Use this handbook to verify your California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) data before it is used for the Dashboard.

Downloadable State and Local Indicator Data Files – Access LEA, school, and student group data statewide results for all state indicators as well as local indicator data submitted to the Dashboard by LEAs.

Dashboard Release Time (Coming Soon)