Two-Thirds of County’s Schools Win High Ratings

More than two-thirds of Orange County elementary and intermediate schools were rated “high performers” in a new analysis of scores from the California Assessment Program, according to a study released this week by State Supt. of Education Bill Honig’s office.

The study of third-, sixth- and eighth-grade scores was designed as the first definitive measure of statewide school performance since 1983, when the Legislature adopted a massive education reform package, according to William L. Ruckeyser, a special assistant to Honig.

“At the beginning of the educational reform movement in 1983 . . . the call for more accountability came in, and we set goals for third, sixth and eighth grades. And we told schools that as a whole, we expect an average improvement in CAP scores,” Ruckeyser said.

“This is a very important benchmark,” he added. “It is the first time we’ve been able to give one single numerical index to each school that tests more than 30 kids in a grade.”

The most important feature of the analysis, Ruckeyser pointed out, is that the schools are ranked as “high performers” or “low performers” according to how well they have done against their own past scores, or compared to other schools whose students have similar socioeconomic characteristics.

In Orange County, 205 (or 66%) of the 307 schools testing third-graders were rated high performers, as were 212 (or 78%) of 272 schools that tested sixth-graders. Results from the eighth-grade CAP scores showed that 56 (or 72%) of 78 schools were ranked as high performers. Low-performing schools were found throughout all Orange County school districts and were not concentrated in any particular district.

“What’s new with this data is this: We are measuring the schools to see if they are improving at the rate which the state has set for its goals, or if they are performing at such a high level compared with comparable schools that improvement would merely be a nice bonus,” Ruckeyser said. “This will give parents an objective yardstick by which to begin to evaluate the schools.”

Ruckeyser said that because 95% of California students take CAP tests, the scores give a good measure of how all students are performing.

Local school officials, however, emphasized that this latest study is only one measuring stick.

“You cannot tell which are the strongest instruction programs by looking at test scores,” said Vergil Hettick, director of research and evaluation at the Santa Ana Unified School District. “They are indicators, but they cannot be used alone.”

Hettick, who serves on a 27-member panel of “large school district evaluators” that advises state education officials, said he welcomed the new indexing because it sets objectives for schools and districts to follow. But he said he hoped that parents do not misuse the information.

“We hope that the result . . . is that parents will come to us and say, ‘Can you explain this to me?’ If the results are used to reject the school as not being a good school, then it doesn’t help us,” he said.

The indexing is useful in the larger picture, he said, but because results of different subject tests are lumped together, “you lose the detail.”

These results give no indication, for example, why children in the lower grades in some Santa Ana schools score well in math compared to other children but do poorly in math tests in the higher grades. Hettick says a closer examination of his district would reveal that English is a second language to many children, and while they score well in math in the early grades--”because numbers on one level are universal”--their difficulty with English vocabulary affects their ability to comprehend more sophisticated math in the later grades.

Indexes Assigned

For the third- and sixth-graders, the study compared test results from 1983-84 to those of 1987-88, averaging scores from the math and English portions of the test. For eighth grade, results of 1985-86 were compared to those of 1987-88, and scores also were averaged.

Each school then was assigned an index of 1, 2, 3A or 3B. Schools ranking 1 or 2 were considered high performers.

In order to be considered a 1, schools had to raise their CAP scores by 9 points for third grade, 12 points for sixth grade and 6 points for eighth grade. Or, the schools had to have been in the 75th percentile among “like” schools. Ranking in the 75th percentile means that a school performed better than 75% of those in its category.

For example, if a school was a high scorer in 1983-84, it had to maintain its standing among similar schools, even though actual test scores did not rise dramatically in four years.

Only schools with third- and sixth-graders could qualify for the 2 index, and they had to improve their scores by 6 points in the last two years.

Schools that made no progress and were ranked in the 25th to the 75th percentile were given an index of 3A. Schools with no progress, and which ranked in the lowest to the 25th percentile, were given an index of 3B.

In Orange County, only 20 schools testing third-graders, two testing sixth-graders and one testing eighth-graders were assigned a 3B index, which means they were “low performers.”

Parents Cautioned

Joseph Platow, assistant superintendent of the Saddleback Valley Unified School District, cautioned parents that this analysis compares scores from just 2 years.

“I think it’s important to hold ourselves accountable, but there should be a realization that if you’re looking at a single year’s performance, and comparing them with a single year, you’re not getting an accurate picture of the trends in that school,” Platow said.

“Any school person will tell you, you will find variations in groups of kids or classes from one year to the next,” he said.

Clara Ingalls, who is in charge of research and staff development for the Orange Unified School District, praised the state for realizing that children whose parents are college graduates should not necessarily be compared to children who don’t have such advantages.

“I think that’s what the state has attempted to do, to bring testing information together by taking into consideration socioeconomic background,” she said. “They’re making a real attempt to communicate with the public about how the schools are doing.”

Still, she said, “there’s a real void in helping the public know how to interpret the scores. Our schools are much more complex than that.”

HOW TO READ THE SCORES

The information on high- and low-performing schools is based on average math and reading scores on the 1987-88 California Assessment Program test taken by third- and sixth-graders, and the average of scores in five CAP subject areas taken by eighth-graders in the state. The listings below show how individual schools performed on the CAP tests, compared to their own previous CAP scores and to schools of similar background (based on such indicators as parents’ education and income level, the number of families receiving welfare assistance and the number of limited-English-speaking students).

* The first column shows the grade level for the school.

* Next is the performance index. The highest ranking is 1. For third and sixth grades, this means that the grade met a statewide target set for that grade in 1983-84. For eighth grade, the target was set in 1985-86. A 2 applies only to third and sixth grades and means that they met a more modest growth target set in 1985-86. A 3A means no targets were met and the CAP score average was in the middle 50% of comparable schools. A 3B means no targets were met and the score was in the bottom 25%.

* The next column shows the difference between the 1983-84 CAP score and the 1987-88 score.

* Column 4 shows average 1987-88 combined CAP reading and math score for each grade level. CAP scores are scaled from about 100 to 400.

* Column 5 shows the grade’s percentile ranking among grade levels at similar schools.

MEASURING ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE

Anaheim Elementary

BARTON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 47 335 96.5 3 1 1 352 92.5

EDISON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -30 309 99.0 3 1 -18 330 97.0

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 --- 242 81.8 3 1 --- 307 96.8

FRANKLIN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 23 251 70.5 3 1 -19 279 75.5

GAUER

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -25 281 90.6 3 1 -57 290 77.7

GUIN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -13 311 94.4 3 1 25 317 93.5

HENRY

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 30 251 79.6 3 1 7 289 92.8

JEFFERSON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 42 268 95.3 3 1 10 264 85.0

JUAREZ

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 26 324 93.5 3 1 -18 350 86.7

LINCOLN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -30 262 93.1 3 1 20 285 93.0

LOARA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -3 254 61.2 3 1 15 289 85.5

MADISON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 21 320 98.6 3 1 44 335 96.9

MANN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 3 250 85.5 3 1 -60 322 98.6

MARSHALL

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -40 268 68.0 3 1 -91 305 90.6

PALM LANE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -3 269 93.6 3 1 -6 281 88.3

PRICE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 21 280 89.1 3 1 29 328 95.8

REVERE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -11 247 73.6 3 1 -8 295 93.2

ROOSEVELT

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -38 301 92.2 3 1 -6 331 88.8

ROSS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -5 274 93.5 3 3A -108 299 72.1

STODDARD

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 19 337 98.6 3 1 39 340 96.0

SUNKIST

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 41 324 95.2 3 1 2 398 99.0

BALL

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 28 268 64.0

BROOKHURST

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 9 273 87.6

DALE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 12 270 75.2

LEXINGTON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A -5 299 69.2

ORANGEVIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 16 262 56.6

SOUTH

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A -16 242 37.6

SYCAMORE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 4 238 76.6

WALKER

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 7 279 65.7

Brea-Olinda Unified

AROVISTA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 32 307 75.6 3 1 27 319 85.1

BREA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A 4 303 57.4

BREA COUNTRY HILLS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 17 331 92.8 3 3A -16 329 66.1

LAUREL

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 2 -23 249 52.6 3 1 65 335 94.7

MARIPOSA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 14 348 96.8 3 3A -49 330 67.9

OLINDA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 49 348 94.0

WILLIAM E. FANNING

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 52 330 85.8 3 1 25 390 95.8

Buena Park Elementary

BEATTY (GORDON H.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 26 308 92.2 3 3A 1 276 66.2

BUENA PARK

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 10 275 73.1

COREY (ARTHUR F.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 22 323 91.2 3 1 10 333 87.4

EMERY (CHARLES G.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -14 287 89.5 3 3A -44 308 73.6

GILBERT (CARL E.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 2 288 94.6 3 1 -39 314 91.8

PENDLETON (MABLE L.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 14 274 88.0 3 1 14 314 91.5

WHITAKER (JAMES A.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 14 260 67.1 3 1 36 273 70.0

Capistrano Unified

AMBUEHL (HAROLD)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 9 316 51.5

BARCELONA HILL

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 43 320 78.9 3 3A -5 322 59.5

BENEDICT (TRUMAN)*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 --- 313 91.4 3 3A --- 326 71.0

BERGESON (MARIAN)*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A --- 311 70.0 3 3A --- 301 35.1

CASTILLE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 11 315 74.4 3 3A 6 325 61.5

CONCORDIA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 14 296 83.5 3 2 2 316 63.1

CROWN VALLEY

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 44 323 81.5 3 1 18 338 73.7

DANA (RICHARD)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 11 313 83.1 3 2 -20 319 64.1

DEL OBISPO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 2 -21 283 48.4 3 3A -13 326 62.5

FORSTER (MARCO F.)*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 25 295 74.3 6 3A --- 302 58.2

HANKEY (CARL H.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 7 305 61.4 3 1 17 345 79.5

HANSEN (OLE)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 17 319 78.1 3 3A -13 310 64.0

LAS PALMAS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 2 -16 269 55.2 3 2 -63 286 69.0

MOULTON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -21 303 58.9 3 1 14 325 61.0

NEWHART (FRED L.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 40 309 65.7 6 1 16 314 86.1 3 2 -1 324 61.1

NIGUEL HILLS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A 5 315 69.5

PALISADES

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 13 302 74.7 3 1 14 329 64.4

SAN JUAN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -41 248 30.1 3 3A -15 257 62.5

SHORECLIFFS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 26 282 73.8

VIEJO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 5 300 54.8 3 1 51 349 80.2

Centralia Elementary

BUENA TERRA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 9 268 72.9 3 1 55 332 89.6

DANBROOK

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 90 320 98.0 3 1 37 298 90.0

DYSINGER (GLEN H.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 42 294 94.6 3 1 24 293 62.8

KNOTT (WALTER)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 17 271 70.3 3 1 36 318 81.3

LOS COYOTES

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 44 344 96.4 3 1 62 362 87.7

MILLER (GEORGE B.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -41 271 48.0 3 3A 5 315 66.7

SAN MARINO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 20 284 82.0 3 3A -30 280 67.6

TEMPLE (RAYMOND)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 12 285 73.8 3 1 5 295 77.5

Cypress Elementary

ARNOLD (A. E.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 9 323 91.5 3 2 3 324 61.5

CAWTHON (ROBERT C.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 23 322 91.7 3 3A -8 317 60.6

DAMRON (CHARLES)*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 --- 323 89.1

DICKERSON)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 2 322 97.1 3 1 23 322 83.2

KING (CLARA J.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 2 292 91.4 3 1 4 293 77.4

LUTHER (STEVE)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 23 319 93.6 3 1 43 343 93.2

SWAIN (CRISTINE P.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -37 262 44.9 3 3A -58 291 60.2

VESSELS (FRANK)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -22 323 81.5 3 1 30 350 82.7

Fountain Valley Elementary

AREVALOS (ANDRES R.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3B -28 278 14.1

COURREGES (ROCH)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 20 352 82.5

COX (JAMES H.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 12 312 57.8

FOUNTAIN VALLEY

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 1 313 96.5 3 1 22 331 68.0

FULTON (HARRY C.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 20 324 79.4 6 1 83 334 89.1

GISLER (ROBERT)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 10 321 57.5

MASUDA (KAZUO)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 24 315 72.3 6 1 24 309 78.3

MOIOLA (FRED)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A 5 292 47.5 6 1 77 307 64.0 3 1 18 332 68.2

NEWLAND (WILLIAM T.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 48 332 69.1

OKA (ISOJIRO)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 51 298 64.7

PAVAN (URBAIN H.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -7 282 31.5 3 1 24 306 39.3

TALBERT (SAMUEL E.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 18 285 62.3 6 1 18 283 67.7

TAMURA (HISAMATSU)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A 1 285 63.1 6 1 -18 284 76.4 3 1 12 267 13.2

Fullerton Elementary

ACADIA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -36 281 69.5 3 3A -38 288 47.5

COMMONWEALTH

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -8 288 90.1 3 2 -14 283 55.2

FERN DRIVE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 40 308 84.5 3 3A -6 285 36.8

GOLDEN HILL

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 2 256 30.1 3 3B -52 253 8.6

HERMOSA DRIVE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 25 335 89.9 3 3A -35 312 45.6

LADERA VISTA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 8 284 62.9

LAGUNA ROAD

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 15 320 78.6 3 1 30 369 91.5

NICOLAS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A -4 245 55.7

ORANGETHORPE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -17 254 40.4 3 1 13 277 61.2

PACIFIC DRIVE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 9 281 85.8 3 3B 7 267 19.0

PARKS (D. RUSSELL)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 24 305 75.9

RAYMOND

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 2 1 261 67.0 3 1 31 321 91.0

RICHMAN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 2 0 221 20.2 3 1 11 250 55.5

ROLLING HILLS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 18 297 51.0 3 2 4 301 33.4

SUNSET LANE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 12 328 84.9 3 1 13 316 51.1

VALENCIA PARK

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -15 233 32.5 3 3A 2 251 36.8

WOODCREST

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -13 213 43.5 3 3B -4 231 18.6

Garden Grove Unified

ALAMITOS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 10 248 40.8

ALLEN (ETHAN B.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 83 349 95.1 3 1 20 358 86.2

ANTHONY (SUSAN B.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 3 278 73.1 3 3B -27 267 11.3

BARKER (LOYAL)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 40 333 96.1 3 3A -12 315 50.5

BELL (HILTON D.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A -2 283 43.2

BRYANT

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 21 259 63.0 3 3A -1 240 32.5

CARVER (MABEL)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 27 272 89.5 3 1 64 277 60.0

CLINTON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 36 250 38.4 3 1 33 232 23.6

COOK (A. J.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 34 288 97.4 3 1 33 278 89.5

CROSBY (GENEVIEVE)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 49 280 68.9 3 1 18 264 14.8

DOIG (LEROY L.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 17 226 65.3

EISENHOWER

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 24 265 90.1 3 1 14 264 71.5

ENDERS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 29 299 67.2 3 3B 3 282 14.4

EVANS (ETHEL M.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 35 280 76.1 3 3B -15 236 19.2

EXCELSIOR

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 65 277 87.7 3 3A 3 265 62.4

FAYLANE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -20 267 60.5 3 1 25 277 24.5

FITZ (STEPHEN R.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 23 250 58.3

GILBERT

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 15 290 50.0 3 3B -25 281 23.3

HAZARD (R. F.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3B 1 212 8.4 3 2 1 278 71.9

HERITAGE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 24 250 69.7 3 1 31 261 74.2

HILL (MERTON E.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 66 303 93.9 3 1 13 294 84.7

IRVINE (JAMES)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 25 245 71.8

JORDAN (DONALD S.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 15 238 53.3

LAWRENCE (ERNEST O.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 38 317 96.5 3 3A 6 302 72.0

MARSHALL (JOHN)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 44 314 95.3 3 1 -7 323 81.0

MCGARVIN (SARAH)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 22 290 83.3

MITCHELL

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 2 251 52.2 3 1 29 258 63.6

MONROE (JAMES)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 49 337 95.3 3 1 -10 329 83.1

MORNINGSIDE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 9 213 42.9 3 3A 3 236 27.2

MURDY (JOHN)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -26 253 64.0 3 3A -3 268 42.6

NEWHOPE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 45 282 84.4 3 1 49 284 78.6

NORTHCUTT (MAMIE L.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 51 309 67.2 3 1 25 326 63.2

PAINE (THOMAS)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 6 296 80.7 3 3A -9 284 40.0

PARKVIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 26 264 55.1 3 3B 6 253 20.9

PATTON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 45 318 90.7 3 3A 0 302 46.0

POST

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 13 281 82.9 3 1 22 279 53.0

RALSTON (WALTER C.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 21 261 44.0

RIVERDALE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 2 -2 223 47.0 3 3A -5 232 31.0

ROSITA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 66 273 96.0 3 1 61 266 76.5

RUSSELL (EDWARD)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -19 230 56.6 3 3A 5 234 38.5

STANFORD

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 29 257 53.2 3 1 19 270 31.2

STANLEY (AGNES W.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 27 278 79.4 3 1 40 296 73.2

SUNNYSIDE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 23 274 69.2 3 3B -48 246 10.1

VIOLETTE (C. C.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 24 238 40.7 3 3B -5 238 21.2

WAKEHAM

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A -29 259 40.8

WARREN (EARL)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 8 272 77.6 3 3A -34 258 28.7

WOODBURY

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 16 262 72.1 3 1 24 266 47.3

ZEYEN (LOUIS G.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 27 267 77.0 3 3B -33 249 10.8

Huntington Beach City Elementary

DWYER (ETHEL)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 30 302 85.6 6 1 38 295 77.6

EADER (JOHN H.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A -20 324 61.3

HAWES (RALPH E.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 66 376 93.9

KETTLER (WILLIAM E.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 2 1 295 62.0

MOFFETT (S. A.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 66 344 77.4

PERRY (JOSEPH R.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3B -5 257 18.7

SMITH (AGNES L.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A -35 317 61.7

SOWERS (ISAAC L.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A -9 319 74.9 6 1 33 324 89.0

Irvine Unified

ALDERWOOD BASICS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 47 359 96.4 3 3A 1 311 45.4

BONITA CANYON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 7 357 96.5 3 1 -10 357 86.9

BRYWOOD*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A --- 301 57.5 3 3A --- 312 44.9

COLLEGE PARK

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -17 294 76.0 3 1 19 300 39.1

CULVERDALE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 25 306 73.4 3 1 -1 351 92.0

DEERFIELD

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 10 328 84.4 3 3A -8 326 60.2

EASTSHORE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -6 331 87.6 3 3A -1 324 61.0

EL CAMINO REAL

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -17 300 70.1 3 3A -26 325 61.5

EL TORO MARINE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 2 6 268 15.7 3 1 25 301 52.2

GREENTREE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 6 294 47.1 3 3A -22 308 43.5

LAKESIDE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 11 316 71.6 6 1 26 344 92.8

LOS NARANJOS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -2 314 95.2 3 3B -60 280 19.4

MEADOW PARK*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 --- 336 95.1

NORTHWOOD

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 14 320 78.1 3 1 68 373 92.5

RANCHO SAN JAQUIN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 27 321 75.9

SANTIAGO HILLS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 24 342 92.2 3 1 1 343 77.6

SIERRA VISTA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 44 336 85.8

STONE CREEK

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 40 339 91.5 3 1 29 359 87.1

TURTLE ROCK

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 4 328 84.9 3 1 28 362 88.8

UNIVERSITY PARK

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 9 314 87.7 3 1 11 303 36.5

VENADO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 24 312 68.3

VISTA VERDE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 10 343 89.3 6 1 46 327 82.9 3 3A -26 322 59.5

WESTWOOD BASICS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 11 330 86.1 3 3A 4 325 62.1

La Habra City Elementary

IMPERIAL

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 2 257 81.8 6 1 17 282 86.5

LAS POSITAS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 9 297 76.4

SIERRA VISTA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 19 302 67.8

WALNUT STREET

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 17 289 65.5

WASHINGTON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 -20 273 78.8 6 3A -7 267 54.0

Laguna Beach Unified

EL MORRO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 36 360 87.3

THURSTON*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 40 343 88.4 6 3A --- 310 68.5

TOP OF THE WORLD

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A -17 317 51.3

Los Alamitos Unified

HOPKINSON (FRANCIS)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 29 340 76.0

LOS ALAMITOS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 22 315 59.7

MC ALIFFE (SHARON)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 23 312 71.1 6 1 12 307 85.6

MCGAUGH (J. H.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A -55 305 38.6

ROSSMOOR

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 64 375 93.7

Magnolia Elementary

BADEN-POWELL

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -4 300 93.4 3 3A -22 301 68.8

DISNEY (WALT)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -13 317 91.0 3 1 -43 345 91.0

MARSHALL (PETER)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 1 277 80.8 3 2 -39 306 71.2

MAXWELL (MATTIE)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 2 -22 270 69.7 3 1 -12 298 82.1

PYLES (ROBERT M.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 7 291 96.4 3 1 3 295 87.7

SALK (JONAS E.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 16 302 96.8 3 1 13 307 88.1

SCHWEITZER (ALBERT)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 0 280 89.9 3 1 -8 313 85.2

WALTER (ESTHER L.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 1 257 62.9 3 3A -29 254 30.5

Newport-Mesa Unified

ANDERSEN (ROY O.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 11 362 97.1 3 1 -29 340 75.1

CALIFORNIA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 29 297 66.5 3 1 27 338 73.6

COLLEGE PARK

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 26 300 69.1 3 3A -7 301 60.6

CORONA DEL MAR

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 32 339 87.4

COSTA MESA*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A --- 274 69.0

ENSIGN (HORACE)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A 3 284 55.6

HARBOR VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -3 342 92.5 3 1 0 343 77.5

KAISER (HEINZ)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -11 263 41.9 3 1 32 304 73.8

KILLBROOKE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 2 280 66.0 3 1 63 327 78.1

MARINERS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 5 310 67.6 3 3A -41 326 63.2

NEWPORT

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 48 337 97.1 3 1 8 368 93.9

NEWPORT HEIGHTS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -10 303 68.1 3 1 7 322 75.1

PAULARINO*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 8 300 85.1 3 1 --- 319 79.5

POMONA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -4 242 59.1 3 3A -10 251 38.5

SONORA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 44 295 96.5 3 1 34 350 98.2

TEWINKLE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 22 282 80.1

WHITTIER

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 25 276 90.0 3 1 -2 296 91.0

WILSON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -12 264 72.0 3 3B -35 230 12.4

Ocean View Elementary

CIRCLE VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 80 321 79.1 3 1 25 324 61.0

COLLEGE VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 24 361 97.0 3 3B -74 287 18.7

CREST VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 20 245 71.9

GOLDEN VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 44 320 79.0 3 1 34 315 50.0

HARBOUR VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 21 290 67.9 6 1 28 321 80.1 3 1 19 392 96.5

HAVEN VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 2 2 276 24.4

HOPE VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 34 328 85.0 3 1 34 360 87.1

LAKE VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 32 275 78.6 3 1 16 264 51.0

MARINE VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 0 344 89.9 6 1 41 316 79.4 3 1 8 342 76.4

MESA VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 28 306 62.2 6 1 13 319 85.4

OAK VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -9 223 57.1 3 1 13 227 44.0

PARK VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A -7 270 48.5 6 1 34 322 97.1

SPRING VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 21 308 79.8 6 3A -75 240 40.9 3 3A -83 268 32.0

STAR VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 42 299 78.7 3 1 12 316 70.4

SUN VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 25 266 53.5 3 1 19 291 71.2

VILLAGE VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 16 303 95.7 3 3A -166 286 41.5

VISTA VIEW

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 29 293 87.9

WESTMONT

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 54 298 97.0 3 1 -9 299 77.2

Orange Unified

ANAHEIM HILLS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 13 308 65.4 3 3A -16 316 51.5

CALIFORNIA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 46 289 92.2 3 1 30 272 63.3

CAMBRIDGE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 12 271 31.7 3 1 47 321 77.5

CERRO VILLA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 22 308 68.1

CRESCENT

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 25 323 60.6

EL RANCHO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A 3 295 50.8

ESPLANADE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 26 290 90.7 3 1 64 333 97.1

FAIRHAVEN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -9 270 83.2 3 3B -3 256 16.1

FLETCHER

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 9 312 88.5 3 1 -1 345 89.9

HANDY

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 2 -6 275 72.4 3 1 68 327 91.2

IMPERIAL

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -2 298 51.6 3 2 6 327 63.5

JORDAN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 36 272 91.0 3 3A -3 279 70.3

LAMPSON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -3 246 54.6 3 3A 5 256 49.5

LAVETA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 22 330 88.9 3 1 31 329 66.7

LINDA VISTA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -16 281 30.0 3 3A -3 309 42.9

MCPHERSON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A 1 251 42.5

NOHL CANYON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 32 324 82.2 3 1 25 351 82.6

PALMYRA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 16 262 49.0 3 3A 5 278 43.3

PANORAMA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 30 339 90.4 3 1 25 323 60.1

PORTOLA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 29 252 56.9

PROSPECT

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 34 299 98.6 3 1 62 304 95.5

RIVERDALE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 32 320 94.4 3 1 28 311 67.8

SANTIAGO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A -8 286 50.4

SERRANO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 27 337 89.3 3 3A 1 315 50.5

SYCAMORE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -6 258 39.0 3 1 38 290 48.0

TAFT

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 24 341 95.0 3 2 -2 307 51.5

VILLA PARK

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 35 338 99.0 3 1 22 345 79.0

VISTA DEL RIO*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A --- 306 63.5

WEST ORANGE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 35 278 77.0 3 1 69 316 94.7

YORBA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 7 259 64.9

Placentia Unified

BROOKHAVEN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 16 325 89.9 3 1 33 322 58.8

FAIRMONT

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -5 328 85.1 3 1 18 327 64.5

GLENKNOLL DRIVE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 38 324 83.7 3 3A 3 304 47.3

GLENVIEW*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A --- 295 62.4 3 1 10 314 49.5

GOLDEN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 33 329 85.5 3 2 7 313 48.4

KRAEMER

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 14 283 81.1

MORSE AVENUE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -11 286 44.0 3 3B -51 267 8.0

RIO VISTA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -4 273 79.1 3 3A -19 263 35.2

RUBY DRIVE*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 --- 274 85.8 3 1 23 298 89.9

SIERRA VISTA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 10 328 85.4 3 3A -23 308 42.4

TOPAZ*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -4 244 76.5 3 3A --- 254 46.0

TRAVIS ELEMENTARY*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 --- 325 82.4 3 3A --- 336 73.0

TUFFREE (J. K.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A 3 304 59.6

TYNES (JOHN O.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -1 273 64.2 3 1 24 284 69.9

VAN BUREN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -9 339 89.9 3 1 -6 345 87.8

WAGNER (CHARLES)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 30 307 85.4

WOODSBORO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 2 0 291 75.0 3 1 48 328 90.6

YORBA (BERNARDO)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 21 307 66.4

Saddleback Valley Unified

ALISO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 7 299 53.5 3 1 25 342 76.7

CORDILLERA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 8 323 89.5 3 1 10 319 84.8

DEL CERRO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 0 329 85.5 3 1 39 357 85.1

DEL LAGO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 29 318 85.8 3 1 19 335 71.3

DEPORTOLA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -60 325 82.4 3 1 7 352 82.5

GATES (RALPH A.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A 0 284 56.4 3 1 34 321 87.7

GLEN YERMO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -28 285 34.3 3 3A -41 299 31.9

LA MADERA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 24 349 94.0 3 1 14 340 76.0

LA PAZ

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 9 312 69.7

LA TIERRA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 20 331 87.3 3 3A -14 331 68.5

LINDA VISTA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -1 320 79.4 3 1 -38 357 85.4

LOMARENA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 15 303 58.7 3 3A 2 299 31.2

LOS ALISOS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 23 318 77.3

MONTEVIDEO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -12 288 38.1 3 1 22 334 85.2

O’NEILL (MARGUERITE)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 57 365 97.5 3 1 41 360 87.1

OLIVEWOOD

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 20 313 72.0 3 1 23 335 91.0

RANCHO CANADA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 36 339 90.6 3 1 39 349 81.5

SAN JOAQUIN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 45 307 79.8 3 1 28 328 66.8

SANTIAGO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 26 329 85.5 3 1 40 356 84.6

SERRANO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 27 321 76.7

TRABUCO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 66 341 77.0

TRABUCO MESA*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A --- 287 68.6 3 3B --- 286 23.0

VALENCIA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 33 328 85.5 3 1 39 347 79.5

Santa Ana Unified

ADAMS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 13 242 44.1

CARR (GERALD P.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A -9 199 34.6 6 1 22 225 49.5

DIAMOND

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A -23 230 33.8

EDISON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 10 261 68.4

FREMONT

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 25 266 82.1

GREENVILLE FUND.

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 0 321 81.3

HOOVER

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 39 272 79.5

JACKSON (ANDREW)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A -3 237 56.0

JEFFERSON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 13 301 74.1

LATHROP

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A -4 216 52.6 6 1 15 233 46.3

LINCOLN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A -7 232 51.5

LOWELL

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 38 244 64.0

MAC ARTHUR

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 4 301 91.1 6 1 8 289 76.6

MADISON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 47 272 88.1

MARTIN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 30 255 57.2

MCFADDEN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 30 267 87.8 6 1 33 264 86.7

MONROE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 38 276 89.9

MONTE VISTA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A -3 220 35.3

MUIR FUNDAMENTAL

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 65 346 96.5

REMINGTON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 16 240 59.7

ROOSEVELT

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 26 251 73.5

SANTIAGO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A -6 282 40.5

SEPULVEDA (JOSE)*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3B --- 229 24.7

SIERRA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A 1 223 62.3 6 1 39 240 78.8

SPURGEON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 -17 235 75.5 6 1 18 223 57.5

TAFT

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A -1 302 57.8

WASHINGTON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 34 268 76.8

WILLARD

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 8 221 57.0 6 3A 4 228 53.7

WILSON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 20 223 24.5

Savanna Elementary

CERRITOS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 20 310 94.5 3 1 52 331 94.0

HANSEN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -9 265 53.1 3 3A 7 279 57.5

HOLDER ELEMENTARY*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 --- 297 95.2 3 1 --- 307 80.7

REID (TWILA)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 18 290 86.8 3 1 30 280 71.2

Tustin Unified

ARROYO

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 54 397 96.5

BESWICK (BENJAMIN)*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A --- 283 39.9

COLUMBUS TUSTIN*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3B -10 254 10.7 6 3B --- 255 22.5

CURRIE (A. G.)*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A 5 282 57.9 6 3A --- 274 53.5

ESTOCK (HELEN)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 69 358 94.3

HEIDEMAN (ROBERT)*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A --- 284 64.1

HEWES*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 6 324 79.8 6 3A --- 301 57.0

LOMA VISTA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 42 343 77.5

NELSON (W. R.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 63 325 81.8

THORMAN (JEANE)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 44 308 75.7

TUSTIN MEMORIAL

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 43 366 90.3

VEEH (MARJORIE)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 19 276 41.5

Westminster Elementary

ANDERSON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -23 235 69.2 3 1 9 252 67.9

BOOS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 18 301 94.3 3 3A -69 270 37.9

CLEGG

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 29 286 85.5 3 2 -13 303 50.0

DEMILLE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 15 304 93.6 3 3A -48 296 66.8

EASTWOOD

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 44 334 88.0 3 1 26 333 69.6

FRANKLIN

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 31 313 99.0 3 2 -3 278 72.0

FRYBERGER

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 22 265 74.5 3 3A -20 245 31.2

JOHNSON

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 18 241 73.7

MEAIRS

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 2 -12 258 67.6 3 1 24 295 66.5

MIDWAY CITY

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 36 272 85.8 3 3A -35 259 56.2

SCHMITT

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 35 261 71.0 3 3A 8 269 66.1

SCHROEDER

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -35 258 80.1 3 3A -26 262 32.9

SEQUOIA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 3A -48 258 34.0 3 3A -38 295 62.1

STACEY

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 9 285 60.1

WARNER

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 3A 1 240 55.4

WEBBER

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 6 1 -20 248 78.9 3 1 17 271 70.4

Yorba Linda Elementary

LINDA VISTA

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 3A -3 318 54.2

PAINE (MABEL M.)

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 21 310 50.0

ROSE DRIVE

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 3 1 12 334 71.9

YORBA LINDA*

Gr. Index Growth Score Rank 8 1 29 294 58.2 6 1 --- 309 86.0

* Schools whose students were not previously tested in the comparison years.