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Escondido Charter High School
"Education Is Our Business"
Assessment & Accountability
Accountability is one of the cornerstones of ECHS. Please use the links
below to review our Assessment & Accountability information:
Academic Accomplishments:
ACCREDITATION — ECHS received a six-year term of
accreditation in June 2007 by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
(WASC).
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE INDEX (API) — On September
15, 2009, the California Department of Education released API results
for the 2008-2009 school year. The 2009 growth API is 832, up five points
from the 2008 base API of 827. The API is a number that ranges from 200
to 1000 and is calculated from the results on statewide tests. The state
has set 800 as the API target for schools to meet.
SIMILAR SCHOOLS/STATE RANKING — ECHS’s 2007-2008
Similar Schools Ranking is 10, the highest given. The Similar Schools
Ranking compares ECHS to 100 demographically matched schools in California.
ECHS’s 2007-2008 Statewide Ranking is 9. The Statewide Ranking of
9 means that the school has an API that is in the top 20% of all high
schools in the state. Rankings for the 2008-2009 school year will be released
in May 2010.
CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM (CAHSEE) — Students
take the CAHSEE for the first time in March of their sophomore year. In
March 2009, 99% of 10th graders taking the English-language arts portion
of the test passed, and 94% passed the mathematics portion.
SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (SAT) — ECHS students
scored 35 to 45 points higher in every section of the SAT when compared
to the state average. Students in the class of 2009 earned the following
mean scores on the SATs:
Verbal: 548
Mathematics: 550
Writing: 532
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND – ECHS met all 10 federal
accountability criteria in 2009 under the No Child Left Behind Act. These
performance criteria include testing participation rate, student proficiency
rates in math and English, API, and graduation rate.
For more detailed information on ECHS’s academic performance, demographics,
and comparisons to other schools, please visit greatschools.net.
School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
2008-2009 SARC
2007-2008 SARC
2006-2007 SARC
2005-2006 SARC
2004-2005 SARC
Uniform
Complaint Procedures
Student
Eligibility Notice for CAHSEE Instruction After Grade 12
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