State Accountability Report Card 2023–24
Statewide annual summary report of student assessment, graduation rates, teacher qualifications, and other indicators.The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) requires each state to produce an annual report card that summarizes data of students statewide and disaggregated by student groups. Data from the components of the system are gathered throughout the year and reported here.
Academic Performance | Other Indicators | Graduation Rate | Post-Secondary Enrollment | Financial | Educator | Accountability System
Academic Performance
The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) encompasses the following assessments and student participation requirements:
- Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments and California Alternative Assessment (CAA) for English language arts/literacy (ELA) in grades three through eight and grade eleven.
- Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments and CAA for mathematics in grades three through eight and grade eleven.
- California Science Test (CAST) and CAA for Science in grades five, eight, and once in high school (i.e., grade ten, eleven, or twelve).
Additionally, the U.S. Department of Education administers the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments in reading and mathematics, and reports state-level results on the Nation’s Report Card.
The follow links provide data regarding the assessments, including participation rates for each assessment.
The unduplicated number of English learners who were assessed on the annual state English language proficiency assessment and the number and percentage of English learners achieving English language proficiency for the 2023–24 school year.
Other Indicators
Other indicators includes Chronic Absenteeism, as an indicator for public elementary and secondary schools that are not high school graduation rates, Suspension Rate and the College/Career Indicator as indicators for school quality or student success.
Graduation Rate
The Four-Year Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) and the combined four- and five-year cohort graduation rate (extended-year graduation rate) reports.
Post-Secondary Enrollment
Reports and data about the college-going counts and rates of high school completers who enrolled in a postsecondary institution of higher education disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, and student program group.
- Post-Secondary Enrollment (Coming July 2025)
Financial
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) required states to report the per-pupil expenditures of Federal, State, and local funds, including actual personnel expenditures and actual non-personnel expenditures of Federal, State, and local funds, disaggregated by source of funds, for each local educational agency and each school in the State for the preceding fiscal year.
ESSA also requires state educational agencies to determine school eligibility for comprehensive support and improvement (CSI). Local educational agencies (LEAs) with schools that meet the criteria for CSI must collaborate with educational partners to locally develop and implement a plan to improve student outcomes.
Per-Pupil Expenditures (Coming July 2025)
Comprehensive Support and Improvement (XLSX)
School Improvement Funds under ESEA Section 1003 (XLSX)
Educator
This section includes information on the professional qualifications of teachers in the State.
- Statewide Educator Qualifications (Coming July 2025)
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 Dashboard. The links below connects you directly to the Dashboard, supplementary reports, and supportive resources created to help parents, educators, and communities navigate through the state’s accountability system.
State Accountability Report Card Description (DOCX)
California School Dashboard
2024 Dashboard Technical Guide
2024 Dashboard Communications Toolkit
Dashboard Resources
Five-by-Five Colored Tables
Local Educational Agency Accountability Report Card