Hillcrest has an Academic Performance Index, or API, score of 951 on a scale of 200 to 1,000. Chabot has a score of 921. Although both are high, the superior score carried more weight for him.

For more than a decade, the Academic Performance Index has defined the public’s perception of a school. Parents relied on the three-digit number, tied exclusively to scores on standardized tests, to ...

At its most basic, an application programming interface (API) is a hidden link that facilitates communication between software systems, enabling information exchange among applications, services ...

Re: “School breaks 900 API mark,” Aug. 31.Why this incessant need to associate high scores with academic achievement? High scores are fine and dandy, but what does it really prove?

Since 2000, the median API score of Santa Clara County schools has increased a respectable 54 points, to 795. That’s just shy of the state’s goal of 800, based on a scale of 1,000.

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In San Francisco, almost 40 of the district's 103 regular and charter schools - 39 percent - saw a drop in their API scores in 2010. They included some of the highest-performing schools. Staying ...

Glendale Unified schools’ scores on the Academic Performance Index were mixed this year, according to data released by the California Department of Education on Thursday. Overall, the district ...

Los Angeles Unified elementary and high schools showed gains in their state test scores that outpaced the rest of California, but middle schools leveled off as goals continued to get more challengi… ...