California’s Standardized Test Results and the California Dashboard were recently released and include both academic indicators for public schools statewide, as well as indicators such as suspension, absenteeism, and college and career readiness. 

The statewide picture is well documented through several articles, including this piece by Cal Matters, “Has student improvement plateaued in California? New Dashboard shows modest gains.”

Overall, in Trinity County, the results are generally positive, with most districts either maintaining a well above-average level or showing a positive trend upwards from the previous year. Of the 14 counties in the two Northern California regions, Trinity County ranked first, with 43.97% of students testing at or above standard in Mathematics and 51.77% in English Language Arts. 

Standout scores by individual districts include:

• Hayfork High School: 70 % of last year’s 11th graders tested at or above state standards in Math 
• Burnt Ranch Elementary: 73.58 % of students testing at or above standard in English Language Arts. 

These test result statistics are available by county, by district at https://bit.ly/TCOE-CAASPP-2024-2025

For teachers and school staff, the website also offers deeper dive views into the individual components of each subject, breaking down the individual skills of student cohorts. 

California’s Dashboard (available at https://www.caschooldashboard.org/) offers a different view of these same test scores measuring the distance from standard and a comparison to the previous year with colors indicating improvement or decline. 

Similar to the CAASPP site, the dashboard also offers a deeper dive into the results by offering the “View Additional Reports” option to break down the % of students who participated in testing by district, results by individual student groups and other data visualizations.  

Our collective work is still in front of us to close the gap on those students “Close to Standard” and “Below Standard” but the trend is certainly positive.