The California School Dashboard gives families and communities an easy-to-read snapshot of how TK–12 schools and districts are doing across multiple measures, not just test scores. It rates every school, charter school and district’s yearly performance on eight state indicators, including English language arts and math results, English Learner progress, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates, high school graduation rates, and college and career readiness. Results are shown as one of five color-coded performance levels, from Red (lowest) to Blue (highest), along with data for each student group. The Dashboard replaced the Academic Performance Index (API), which relied on test scores alone and gave only a limited picture of school performance.