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Academic Performance Index (California public schools)
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<p>The Academic Performance Index (API) was a measurement of <a href="/facts/Academic_performance/XbJXSv3u">academic performance</a> and progress of individual schools in <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a>, United States. The API was one of the main components of the <a href="/facts/Public_Schools_Accountability_Act/xI3fTpNm">Public Schools Accountability Act</a> passed by the <a href="/facts/California_State_Legislature/DP9WmtqY">California State Legislature</a> in 1999. It was last updated for the 2012–2013 school year, and on March 15, 2017, the <a href="/facts/California_State_Board_of_Education/2Gl5G0T1">California State Board of Education</a> and the <a href="/facts/California_Department_of_Education/y7jDblyV">California Department of Education</a> launched a new accountability system to replace the Academic Performance Index to better measure California's education goals. The replacement reporting interface is the California School Dashboard. </p>