This morning, the California Department of Education released the Academic Performance Index (API) scores of its schools. The API is comprised of several different measures, including the results of ...

For more than a decade, the Academic Performance Index has defined the public’s perception of a school. Parents relied on the three-digit number, tied exclusively to scores on standardized tests, to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Things are looking hopeful for the closure of the academic achievement gap in San Jose and the effectiveness of its education teams. The California Board of Education released the 2009-10 ...

Say farewell to the API as you know it. Welcome to new era of accountability, with at least a couple years of confusion in between. The release Thursday of the results on the state’s Academic ...