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List of resource pages within the California Department of Education Website
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CDE - Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) California's new school funding formula, enacted in 2013. Actual funding allocations, when available, will be available via the Principal Apportionment page. |
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CDE - Assembly Bill 484 Questions and Answers Estabilishes Californias new statewide student assessment system |
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CDE - California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE) In California, all high school students must pass a test to earn a high school diploma. The test is called the CAHSEE. Some students with disabilities do not have to pass this test. |
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CDE - Smarter Balanced Assessment System Multistate consortium working collaboratively to develop a student assessment system aligned with a common core of academic content standards for English language arts/literacy and mathematics. |
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CDE - California English Language Development Test (CELDT) Students in kindergarten through grade twelve whose home language is not English are required by law to take an English skills test. In California, the test is called the CELDT. |
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CDE - Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) California's integrated accountability system that reports both the state Academic Performance Index (API), and the federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and Program Improvement (PI). |
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CDE - School and District Report Learn more about a school or district using reports on Academic Performance Index (API), Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), Alternative Schools Accountability Model (ASAM), California English Language Development Test (CELDT), Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR), English learners, enrollment, expulsion, and staffing. |
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CDE - Physical Fitness Testing (PFT) The physical fitness test (PFT) for students in California schools is the FITNESSGRAM®. The main goal of the test is to help students in starting life-long habits of regular physical activity. |
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CDE - Gifted & Talented Education (GATE) Information and resources related to implementation of Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) programs. |