CAP School Writing Exam Results : HOW TO READ THE SCORES

Here are the school-by-school results of the California Assessment Program’s writing exam that was administered to eighth-graders throughout the state last spring.

The exam consists of eight tests of writing ability and represents the state’s biggest step to date away from the much-criticized multiple-choice method of testing academic achievement.

Results are listed by school district and by individual school so that parents can compare the performance of youngsters in their community with that of students in the rest of Los Angeles County and throughout California. (Schools are listed alphabetically by district.)

Because the exam was changed substantially last year with the addition of two more writing tests, only the latest round of scores is listed.

The scaled score is a combination of results on each of the eight separate writing tests. The statewide average score was 255 for eighth-graders, and the average in Los Angeles County was 230.

Relative rank is a way to compare a district or school with another that is similar to it in terms of student ethnic and socioeconomic makeup and students’ ability to speak English fluently, as well as how often those students move from school to school. The value listed is the school’s percentile rank within its comparison group.

State rank shows the school or district’s rank (on a scale of 1 to 99), comparing its scores to scores of every other school or district in the state.

Beverly Hills Unified

DISTRICT AVERAGE

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 346 97 84

BEVERLY VISTA

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 338 95 77

EL RODEO

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 347 96 84

HAWTHORNE

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 338 95 77

HORACE MANN

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 360 98 91

Culver City Unified

DISTRICT AVERAGE

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 266 61 46

CULVER CITY

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 266 61 46

Los Angeles Unified

DISTRICT AVERAGE

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 202 16 21

BANCROFT

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 200 13 27

BURROUGHS

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 242 40 32

EMERSON

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 237 35 8

LE CONTE

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 198 12 33

MARINA DEL REY

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 197 12 25

MARK TWAIN

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 227 27 40

MT. VERNON

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 166 3 9

PALMS

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 238 36 33

REVERE

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 263 59 47

WEBSTER

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 221 22 21

WRIGHT

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 230 29 1

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified

DISTRICT AVERAGE

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 279 73 40

ADAMS

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 227 27 9

LINCOLN

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 314 89 56

CABRILLO/MALIBU PARK

Scaled State Relative Year Score Rank Rank 88-89 311 89 60