Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBAC) 2016 Results

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1 Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBAC) 2016 Results August 24, 2016

2 ABOUT THE TEST & SCORES 2016 SBAC Results The Smarter Balanced (SBAC) assessments were administered for the first time in These assessments, which are aligned with new California standards that are based on the Common Core are more challenging than the previous California Standards Test (CST). SBAC test results from last and this year should not be compared to previous CST results. California is part of a consortia of 15 states administering the Common Core assessments. SBAC measures knowledge and skills in English language arts/literacy (ELA) and Mathematics for grades 3 8 and 11. These standards are meant to foster college and career readiness. The scores tell us how many students are meeting the newer, more rigorous standards the goals for what students should know and do at each grade level. They also tell us how many students are exceeding standards, nearly meeting standards, and not meeting standards. Because we now have access to two years of SBAC results, we are able to measure growth from last year s baseline. WHAT THE RESULTS TELL US There are large achievement gaps, with economically disadvantaged students, English learners, African American students, and Latino students performing far below their economically advantaged, White, and Asian peers. Virtually all subgroups have improved performance from last year to this year. However, some groups have improved at a faster rate, further widening achievement gaps.

3 Improvement is evident across all grades in English Language Arts from to Percent Meeting or Exceeding Standards on SBAC English Language Arts Across the Grades ( vs ) 38% 43% 44% 40% 44% 49% 48% 48% 48% 42% 44% 45% 56% 59% 44% 49% 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 11th ALL GRADES

4 Improvement is evident across all grades in Math from to Percent Meeting or Exceeding Standards on SBAC Math Across the Grades ( vs ) 40% 46% 35% 38% 30% 35% 34% 36% 36% 29% 37% 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 11th ALL GRADES

5 Improvement across all ethnic subgroups still not sufficient to close achievement gaps in English Language Arts Percent Meeting or Exceeding Standards on SBAC English Language Arts, All Grades, by Ethnicity ( vs ) 76% 72% 70% 65% 64% 61% 63% 59% 31% 28% 36% 37% 32% 42% 38% 49% 44% African American Native American Asian Filipino Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races ALL STUDENTS

6 Achievement gaps widened between African American and Latino students and their peers of other ethnicities in Math Percent Meeting or Exceeding Standards on SBAC Math, All Grades, by Ethnicity ( vs ) 72% 69% 57% 52% 53% 52% 49% 49% 16% 18% 26% 22% 24% 21% 31% 27% 37% African American American Indian Asian Filipino Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races ALL STUDENTS

7 Gaps between English learners and non English learners have widened Percent Meeting or Exceeding Standards on SBAC English Language Arts and Math, All Grades, by English Learner Status ( vs ) 52% 56% 39% 43% 11% 13% 11% 12% ELA English Learners Math Fluent English Proficient / English Only

8 Gaps between low income and non low income students have widened Percent Meeting or Exceeding Standards on SBAC English Language Arts and Math, All Grades, by Income Status ( vs ) 64% 68% 53% 56% 31% 35% 21% 23% ELA Math Low income Not low income

9 Performance varies significantly across districts with the largest student enrollment Percent Meeting or Exceeding Standards on SBAC English Language Arts, All Grades, for the State s Five Largest Districts ( vs ) 39% 51% 57% 42% 46% 27% 31% 50% 53% 44% 49% Los Angeles Unified San Diego Unified Long Beach Unified Fresno Unified Elk Grove Unified STATE

10 Performance varies significantly across districts with the largest student enrollment Percent Meeting or Exceeding Standards on SBAC Math, All Grades, for the State s Five Largest Districts ( vs ) 25% 28% 41% 45% 31% 34% 18% 22% 42% 42% 37% Los Angeles Unified San Diego Unified Long Beach Unified Fresno Unified Elk Grove Unified STATE