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School Scores in Burlingame. Please see Daily Journal for schools outside Burlingame:

The API scores were taken from the 2006 Accountability Progress Report prepared by the California Department of Education on Aug. 31, 2006. API scores range from 200 to 1,000, with 200 being far below basic, 500 being below basic, 700 being basic, 875 being proficient and 1,000 being advanced. The statewide API performance target for all schools is 800. The scores are shown for each district as well as for the individual schools within the district. The first number is the 2005 API score, the second is the 2006 API score, the third is the expected growth and the fourth number is the actual growth. Some schools may have an A? or D? in the third column. A means the school surpassed the statewide goal last year and wasn't given a goal. D is used for districts, which do not receive target information.

Burlingame Elementary School District 850 / 876 / D / 26
Franklin Elementary – 910 / 937 / A / 27
Lincoln Elementary – 880 / 912 / A / 32
McKinley Elementary – 827 / 818 / A / -9
Roosevelt Elementary – 858 / 893 / A / 35
Washington Elementary – 798 / 880 / 1 / 82
Burlingame Intermediate – 842 / 854 / A / 12
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San Mateo Union High School District 772 / 779 / D / 7
Burlingame High – 797 / 804 / 1 / 7

– Written by Fiona

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6 responses to “API Scores”

  1. Joe Baylock

    Nice job, Washington. Whatever was done last year should be bottled and sold statewide!

  2. Patrick

    Congratulations! Sonny has whipped his teachers into ‘teaching toward the test’.
    Remind me, exactly what do these tests measure???

  3. Anonymous

    The tests aren’t perfect, but what would we be measuring if we ignored or got rid of them?

    Given they are what we have at present, I’d much rather see the scores going up than going down.

    Well done Washington.

  4. sue

    Patrick,
    The teachers do NOT teach to test, as they do in some of the other districts near and far, where test scores are much higher than those in Burlingame. How do you think Hillsborough has the scores it has, and Portola Valley too. You have to see what goes on in these districts to make correct assumptions. Well done, Burlingame

  5. Anonymous

    Hillsborough does prep a fair amount for these tests, particularly iIn the elementary levels. The thought may be less for the material, then to make sure that the the kids, who are probably faced with their first “timed” standardized tests, aren’t intimidated by something they’ve never seen. Just being more relaxed may help, who knows? But as the kids get older, they seem to leave a lot up to the individual children to practice tests at home (and mine never did!)

  6. sue

    Hillsborough “preps” for months, trust me.

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