Stanford Achievement Test (SAT 10)
The Stanford Achievement Test is a nationally norm-referenced test that enables schools to track the performance of a common group of KIPP students over time. It allows a comparison of this progress with that of students nationally. The average KIPP Bay Area student started fifth grade in the bottom third of test-takers in the country in math and the bottom quarter of test-takers in the country in reading. After four years at KIPP, these same students outperform three out of four test-takers nationwide in math and three out of five test-takers nationwide in reading, as measured by the Stanford-10 Achievement Test. The average student will remain at the 50th percentile each year and will thus record zero, or normal growth.
Fifth Grade
Sixth Grade
Seventh Grade
California Standards Test (CST)
The California Standards Test (CST) measures how well students have learned a set of academic skills
established by the state. State criterion-referenced tests show how well KIPP schools performed in a given
year, as compared with state standards and district and state averages. Subjects required by the state by
each grade level may vary.
Fifth Grade
Sixth Grade
Seventh Grade
Annual Performance Index (API)
API Score: 914
The Academic Performance Index (API) is a single number (ranging from a low of 200 to a high of 1000)
that reflects a school’s performance level, based on the results of statewide testing. Its purpose is to measure
the academic performance and growth of schools.
API Similar Schools Rank: 10
The Similar Schools Rank is created by comparing each school’s test scores to 100 schools across the state
with similar demographics, as determined by the schools’ parent education level, poverty level, student
mobility rate, and ethnicity. All five KIPP Bay Area middle schools earned a 10 out of 10 API Similar
Schools Rank for 2008.
API Statewide Rank: 10
Schools are ranked in ten categories of equal size, called deciles, from one (lowest) to ten (highest). A
school's statewide rank compares that school to other schools of the same type (elementary, middle, or
high school) in the entire state. Each decile contains 10 percent of all schools of that type. A school's
statewide rank is the decile where that school's API Base falls compared with the Base APIs of the other
schools statewide of the same school type. A rank of 10 means that the school performed in the top 10
percent of all schools in the state with a comparable grade range, including schools serving middle and
high income students.
