Vacaville-area public school districts surpassed their targets for academic achievement on the 2012 Academic Performance Index (API), reflecting a statewide trend that marks a decade of steady growth.
Widely regarded as a “report card on schools,” the results were announced at 10 a.m. today, when State Superintendent Tom Torlakson held a press conference to release the data to the public.
He said that, for the first time, a majority of California’s public schools – 53 percent, an increase of four points – scored at or above the state target of 800. Ten years ago, only 20 percent of schools met or surpassed the API target.
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