State Accountability Report Card

Program Information

• Overview of the State Accountability Report Card
  Federal law requires each state to produce an annual report card that summarizes data of students statewide and disaggregated by student groups. This link provides information about the requirements and content of the State Accountability Report Card (STARC).
  
  
• Accountability Report Card Listserv
  The Accountability Report Card Listserv is used to communicate to the local educational agencies (LEAs) regarding the updates of the report cards and related program information. This link provides information about how to subscribe and unsubscribe to the Accountability Report Card Listserv.

State Accountability Report Card

The ESEA requires each state to produce an annual report card that summarizes data of students statewide and disaggregated by student groups. Below are links to the 2019–2020 STARC in English and in Spanish and the 2018–2019 STARC in English and in Spanish.

• State Accountability Report Card 2019–2020 updated April 2022 (PDF)
  
  • Informe de Rendición de Cuentas Estatal del año escolar 2019–2020 actualizado en Abril 2022 (PDF)
    
    
• State Accountability Report Card 2018–2019 updated August 2021 (PDF)
  
  • Informe de Rendición de Cuentas Estatal del año escolar 2018–2019 actualizado en Agosto 2021 (PDF)
    

Related Sites

• Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
  On December 10, 2015, President Obama signed the bipartisan ESSA, which reauthorized the federal ESEA of 1965, and required states to have a new multiple measures accountability system in effect by 2017–2018. This link provides information regarding the ESSA and the development of California's plan to implement the new federal education act.
  
  
• U.S. Department of Education
  The U.S. Department of Education is the agency of the federal government that establishes policy for, administers, and coordinates most federal assistance to education.
  
  
• School Accountability Report Card
  The state law (Education Code) and federal law (ESEA) require California public and nonpublic, nonsectarian schools to annually prepare school report cards which provide information to the community to allow public comparison of schools for student achievement, environment, resources, and demographics.
  
  
• Local Educational Agency Accountability Report Card
  The federal ESEA requires annual districtwide report cards that summarize data of LEAs statewide and disaggregated by student groups.