For more than a decade, the Academic Performance Index has defined the public’s perception of a school. Parents relied on the three-digit number, tied exclusively to scores on standardized tests, to ...

This morning, the California Department of Education released the Academic Performance Index (API) scores of its schools. The API is comprised of several different measures, including the results of ...

The state is suspending, and may eliminate soon, the most common way that parents and the public look at school test scores. On Wednesday, the California Board of Education voted to suspend the ...

Real estate agents use them to tout the desirability of neighborhoods. Parents monitor them to choose schools. Principals live and die by them. But Academic Performance Index scores, the cornerstone ...

Nearly four in 10 schools in Sonoma County fell in their comparison ranking with other similar schools across California, according to testing data released by the state Thursday. The rankings are ...