2012 California Academic Performance Index Results by Subgroup Score Ranking
Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas
This analysis of the 2012 California Academic Performance Index ranks scores by subgroups and compares them to the subgroup with the highest overall score. In 2012 the subgroup with the highest overall score is students identified as Asian with a score of 905 points. Students identified as Asian rank 1st as a subgroup in overall score. All other subgroups have a score that falls below the score of 905 points that Asian students achieved in the 2012 CA API.
- The highest API score was achieved by Asian Students with 905 points.
- When compared to Asian Students:
- Students with Disabilities have an achievement gap of -298 points.
- African American Students have an achievement gap of -195 points.
- English Language Learners have an achievement gap of -189 points
- Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Students have an achievement gap of -168 points.
- Latino Students have an achievement gap of -165 points.
- California students, as a whole, have an achievement gap of -117 points.
- White Students have an achievement gap of -52 points.
- The Asian student population is composed of students who are in the Disabled, English Language Learners, and Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Subgroups.
- Asian students are within 100 points of the maximum API score of 1000 points.
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