California Accountability Model and School Dashboard

Encouraging Data

  • The recent release of the 2023 California School Dashboard offered some encouraging news for the Lancaster School District.  This statewide accountability system uses multiple measures to assess how well schools and districts are meeting the needs of their students. The Lancaster School District saw significant strides made in the areas of increased attendance, decreased chronic absenteeism, and improved English Language proficiency. 

    The California Department of Education (CDE) uses the data reported on the Dashboard to determine which schools and districts need assistance in improving outcomes for students. Support is based on a tiered system and includes general support, additional targeted support and improvement (ATSI) or the most intense support level known as comprehensive support and improvement (CSI). 

    Thanks to the collective efforts of the staff and school communities, three schools have achieved remarkable progress moving out of CSI support.  These schools are Promise Academy, Linda Verde, and John and Jacquelyn Miller.  In addition, four schools exited from ATSI including Discovery, Mariposa, West Wind, and Sunnydale. Fulton and Alsbury Academy successfully maintained their status under general support from the preceding year.  Other notable data identified a reduction in the number of student groups requiring Additional Targeted Support and Improvement.

    While there is much work to do, Lancaster School District remains committed to collaboration with families, community partners and staff to implement tailored plans that address the individualized needs of students. We encourage your input on school and district planning.  For more information on how you can best provide input, please contact Dr. Jordan Goines, Director of Continuous Improvement, Compliance and Accountability.  
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About the Dashboard

  • The California School Dashboard provides parents and educators with meaningful information on school and district progress so they can participate in decisions to improve student learning. It is made up of easy to use, searchable reports showing the performance of districts, schools and student groups on six state and five local indicators. 

    To help parents and educators identify strengths and areas for improvement, California reports how districts, schools (including alternative schools), and student groups are performing across state and local measures and provides a more meaningful picture of how schools are meeting student needs.

  • State measures include chronic absenteeism, graduation rate, suspension rate, English learner progress, and academic performance (which includes English language arts/literacy and mathematics). This gives a more complete picture than a single test taken on a particular day. For state measures, performance is based on two factors: 1) Current Year Results and 2) Whether results improved from the prior year. 

    Local measures are reported by school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools based on data available only at the local level. These measures include clean and safe buildings, school climate, parent and family engagement, and access to a broad course of study. This information is not available for individual schools or student groups.

    Based on performance on state and local measures, schools and districts may be identified for support to improve student outcomes. - California Department of Education