California School Dashboard and System of Support

California’s accountability and continuous improvement system provides information about how local educational agencies and schools are meeting the needs of California’s diverse student population.

California's Accountability System

California's accountability system is based on a multiple measures system that assess how local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools are meeting the needs of their students. Performance on these measures is reported through the California School Dashboard (Dashboard). The links below connect you directly to the Dashboard, supplementary reports, and supportive resources created to help parents, educators, and communities navigate through the state’s accountability system.

California School Dashboard

California School Dashboard: A powerful online tool designed to help communities across the state access easy-to-read reports that display performance information for transitional kindergarten through grade 12 (TK–12) schools and districts across the state.

New for 2026

Dashboard Communications Toolkit
User-friendly resources relevant to the 2026 Dashboard.

Additional Reports

School Dashboard Additional Reports: Annually published, these reports provide educators and the public with data that expands on the information reported on the California School Dashboard.

Dashboard Resources

Dashboard Resources: Learn about the Dashboard through a variety of resources ranging from user-friendly flyers, videos, technical documents (containing calculation formulas and rules), translations, and frequently asked questions.

System of Support

System of Support: A key aspect of California’s accountability and continuous improvement system, the goal of the system of support is to help LEAs and their schools meet the needs of each student they serve. California uses the data reported on the California School Dashboard to help determine those districts and schools that need assistance.

Dashboard Principles

Dashboard Principles: The list of principles that were adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE) in November 2022 to use as an anchor when evaluating future changes and additions to the state and local indicators reported on the Dashboard.

COVID-19 and Data Reporting

COVID-19 and Data Reporting provides information on the educational data published during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years.

Questions: Analysis Measurement and Accountability Reporting Division | Dashboard@cde.ca.gov

Last Reviewed: Tuesday, September 01, 2026

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