State Accountability Report Card

Program Information

• Overview of the State Accountability Report Card
  Federal law requires each state to produce an annual report card that summarizes data of students statewide and disaggregated by student groups. This link provides information about the requirements and content of the State Accountability Report Card (STARC).

State Accountability Report Card

The ESEA requires each state to produce an annual report card that summarizes data of students statewide and disaggregated by student groups. Below are links to the 2022–23 STARC and 2021–22 STARC in English and the 2021–22 STARC in Spanish.

• State Accountability Report Card 2022–23
  
  
• State Accountability Report Card 2021–22
  • Informe de Rendición de Cuentas Estatal del año escolar 2021–22 Julio 2023 (PDF)
    

Related Sites

• Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
  On December 10, 2015, President Obama signed the bipartisan ESSA, which reauthorized the federal ESEA of 1965, and required states to have a new multiple measures accountability system in effect by 2017–2018. This link provides information regarding the ESSA and the development of California's plan to implement the new federal education act.
  
  
• U.S. Department of Education
  The U.S. Department of Education is the agency of the federal government that establishes policy for, administers, and coordinates most federal assistance to education.
  
  
• School Accountability Report Card
  The state law (Education Code) and federal law (ESEA) require California public and nonpublic, nonsectarian schools to annually prepare school report cards which provide information to the community to allow public comparison of schools for student achievement, environment, resources, and demographics.
  
  
• Local Educational Agency Accountability Report Card
  The federal ESEA requires annual districtwide report cards that summarize data of local educational agencies (LEAs) statewide and disaggregated by student groups.