Berkeley, CA – August 29, 2013 – The California Department of Education released the 2013 Accountability Progress Report today. This annual report contains three sections: 1) the state Academic Performance Index (API) measuring year-to-year growth in academic achievement that a school or local educational agency (LEA) has made, 2) federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) measuring how well a school meets minimum performance targets, and 3) Four-year cohort graduation rate data for the class of 2011–12. Read more…