Five-by-Five Colored Tables

The new accountability system combines five Status and Change levels creating a five-by-five grid that produces twenty-five results. The colored tables provide a way to determine the location of a school or district on the grid.

Performance for state indicators is calculated based on the combination of current performance (Status) and improvement over time (Change), resulting in five color-coded performance levels for each indicator. From highest to lowest the performance levels are: Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red.

The five color-coded performance levels are calculated using percentiles to create a five-by-five colored table (giving 25 results) that combine Status and Change.

This section provides the five-by-five colored table for each of the state indicators:

Suspension Rate
English Learner Progress Indicator
Graduation Rate Indicator
Academic Indicator

Note: Chronic Absence. The SBE has not yet approved performance standards for Chronic Absence. State data on chronic absence will be available for the first time in fall 2017.

Suspension Rate Indicator Five-by-Five Color Tables

Unlike other indicators, which use LEA-level distributions to set the cut scores for Status and Change, the Suspension Rate Indicator is based on multiple distributions. Therefore, multiple suspension cut scores were set for both LEAs and schools, based on their type. This resulted in six different sets of cut scores for Status and Change:

Three sets based on LEA type distributions (elementary, high, and unified)
Three sets based on school type distributions (elementary, middle, and high)

LEA Suspension: Elementary School District Five-by-Five Color Table

Level	Increased Significantly by greater than 2.0% (Change)	Increased by 0.3% to 2.0% (Change)	Maintained Declined or increased by less than 0.3% (Change)	Declined by 0.3% to less than 2.0% (Change)	Declined Significantly by 2.0% or greater (Change)
Very Low 0.5% or less (Status)	N/A	Green	Blue	Blue	Blue
Low Greater than 0.5% to 1.5% (Status)	N/A	Yellow	Green	Green	Blue
Medium Greater than 1.5% to 3.0% (Status)	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green
High Greater than 3.0% to 6.0% (Status)	Red	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Yellow
Very High Greater than 6.0% (Status)	Red	Red	Red	Orange	Yellow

LEA Suspension: High School District Five-by-Five Color Table

Level	Increased Significantly by greater than 3.0% (Change)	Increased by 0.5% to 3.0% (Change)	Maintained Declined or increased by less than 0.5% (Change)	Declined by 0.5% to less than 3.0% (Change)	Declined Significantly by 3.0% or greater (Change)
Very Low 1.5% or less (Status)	N/A	Green	Blue	Blue	Blue
Low Greater than 1.5% to 3.5% (Status)	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green	Blue
Medium Greater than 3.5% to 6.0% (Status)	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green
High Greater than 6.0% to 9.0% (Status)	Red	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Yellow
Very High Greater than 9.0% (Status)	Red	Red	Red	Orange	Yellow

LEA Suspension: Unified School District Five-by-Five Color Table

Level	Increased Significantly by greater than 2.0% (Change)	Increased by 0.3% to 2.0% (Change)	Maintained Declined or increased by less than 0.3% (Change)	Declined by 0.3% to less than 2.0% (Change)	Declined Significantly by 2.0% or greater (Change)
Very Low 1.0% or less (Status)	N/A	Green	Blue	Blue	Blue
Low Greater than 1.0% to 2.5% (Status)	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green	Blue
Medium Greater than 2.5% to 4.5% (Status)	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green
High Greater than 4.5% to 8.0% (Status)	Red	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Yellow
Very High Greater than 8.0% (Status)	Red	Red	Red	Orange	Yellow

School Suspension: Elementary Five-by-Five Color Table

Level	Increased Significantly by greater than 2.0% (Change)	Increased by 0.3% to 2.0% (Change)	Maintained Declined or increased by less than 0.3% (Change)	Declined by 0.3% to less than 1.0% (Change)	Declined Significantly by 1.0% or greater (Change)
Very Low 0.5% or less (Status)	N/A	Green	Blue	Blue	Blue
Low Greater than 0.5% to 1.0% (Status)	N/A	Yellow	Green	Green	Blue
Medium Greater than 1.0% to 3.0% (Status)	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green
High Greater than 3.0% to 6.0% (Status)	Red	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Yellow
Very High Greater than 6.0% (Status)	Red	Red	Red	Orange	Yellow

School Suspension: Middle School Five-by-Five Color Table

Level	Increased Significantly by greater than 4.0% (Change)	Increased by 0.3% to 4.0% (Change)	Maintained Declined or increased by less than 0.3% (Change)	Declined by 0.3% to less than 3.0% (Change)	Declined Significantly by 3.0% or greater (Change)
Very Low 0.5% or less (Status)	N/A	Green	Blue	Blue	Blue
Low Greater than 0.5% to 2.0% (Status)	N/A	Yellow	Green	Green	Blue
Medium Greater than 2.0% to 8.0% (Status)	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green
High Greater than 8.0% to 12.0% (Status)	Red	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Yellow
Very High Greater than 12.0% (Status)	Red	Red	Red	Orange	Yellow

School Suspension: High School Five-by-Five Color Table

Level	Increased Significantly by greater than 3.0% (Change)	Increased by 0.3% to 3.0% (Change)	Maintained Declined or increased by less than 0.3% (Change)	Declined by 0.3% to less than 2.0% (Change)	Declined Significantly by 2.0% or greater (Change)
Very Low 0.5% or less (Status)	N/A	Green	Blue	Blue	Blue
Low Greater than 0.5% to 1.5% (Status)	N/A	Yellow	Green	Green	Blue
Medium Greater than 1.5% to 6.0% (Status)	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green
High Greater than 6.0% to 10.0% (Status)	Red	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Yellow
Very High Greater than 10.0% (Status)	Red	Red	Red	Orange	Yellow

English Indicator Progress Indicator Five-by-Five Color Table

Level	Declined Significantly by greater than 10.0% (Change)	Declined by 1.5% to 10.0% (Change)	Maintained Declined or increased by less than 1.5% (Change)	Increased by 1.5% to less than 10.0% (Change)	Increased Significantly by 10.0% or greater (Change)
Very High 85.0% or greater (Status)	Yellow	Green	Blue	Blue	Blue
High 75.0% to less than 85.0% (Status)	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green	Blue
Medium 67.0% to less than 75.0% (Status)	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green
Low 60.0% to less than 67.0% (Status)	Red	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Yellow
Very Low Less than 60.0% (Status)	Red	Red	Red	Orange	Yellow

Graduation Rate Indicator Five-by-Five Color Table

Level	Declined Significantly by greater than 5.0% (Change)	Declined by 1.0% to 5.0% (Change)	Maintained Declined or increased by less than 1.0% (Change)	Increased by 1.0% to less than 5.0% (Change)	Increased Significantly by 5.0% or greater (Change)
Very High 95.0% or greater (Status)	N/A	Blue	Blue	Blue	Blue
High 90.0% to less than 95.0% (Status)	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green	Blue
Medium 85.0% to less than 90.0% (Status)	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green
Low 67.0% to less than 85.0% (Status)	Red	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Yellow
Very Low Less than 67.0% (Status)	Red	Red	Red	Red	Red

Academic Indicator Five-by-Five Color Tables

English Language Arts/Literacy Assessment Five-by-Five Color Table

Level	Declined Significantly by more than 15 points (Change)	Declined by 1 to 15 points (Change)	Maintained Declined by less than 1 point or increased by less than 7 points (Change)	Increased by 7 to less than 20 points (Change)	Increased Significantly by 20 points or more (Change)
Very High 45 or more points above (Status)	Yellow	Green	Blue	Blue	Blue
High 10 points above to less than 45 points above (Status)	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green	Blue
Medium 5 points below to less than 10 points above (Status)	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green
Low More than 5 points below to 70 points below (Status)	Red	Orange	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow
Very Low More than 70 points below (Status)	Red	Red	Red	Orange	Yellow

Mathematics Assessment Five-by-Five Color Table

Level	Declined Significantly by more than 10 points (Change)	Declined by 1 to 10 points (Change)	Maintained Declined by less than 1 point or increased by less than 5 points (Change)	Increased by 5 to less than 15 points (Change)	Increased Significantly by 15 points or more (Change)
Very High 35 or more points above (Status)	Yellow	Green	Blue	Blue	Blue
High 5 points below to less than 35 points above (Status)	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green	Blue
Medium More than 5 points below to 25 points below (Status)	Orange	Orange	Yellow	Green	Green
Low More than 25 points below to 95 points below (Status)	Red	Orange	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow
Very Low More than 95 points below (Status)	Red	Red	Red	Orange	Yellow

Questions: Academic Accountability Team | dashboard@cde.ca.gov | 916-319-0863

Last Reviewed: Friday, March 3, 2017

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