Academic test scores in Newport-Mesa Unified increased nine points to 830 of the 1,000-point scale in 2011, but nearly half of the district’s elementary schools had declines, state data released ...

Laguna Beach Unified School District’s Academic Performance Index (API) scores improved nine points to 904 this year over last, according to results released Wednesday. Thurston Middle School saw the ...

LOS ANGELES Even after the school day ended Thursday, dozens of students at /*Alexandria Avenue Elementary School*/ were still busy learning, taking part in one of several after school programs. "I'm ...

The state is suspending, and may eliminate soon, the most common way that parents and the public look at school test scores. On Wednesday, the California Board of Education voted to suspend the ...

OKLAHOMA - The yearly Academic Performance Index (API) for Oklahoma schools has been released. The purpose is to measure the success and growth in schools and districts across the state. The index ...

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Real estate agents use them to tout the desirability of neighborhoods. Parents monitor them to choose schools. Principals live and die by them. But Academic Performance Index scores, the cornerstone ...

With federal approval finally in hand to give a Common Core-aligned practice test this spring, the State Board of Education took the inevitable next step this week. It suspended the Academic ...