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The Academic Performance Index (API) was created by the State of California with the passage of the Public Schools Accountability Act (PSAA) of 1999. It is a statistic compiled from various standardized tests taken throughout the year, used to compare the academic performance of individual schools throughout the state, broken down by age and subgroups of numeric significance. Schools that meet or exceed the year's target API may apply for the The High Achieving/Improving Schools Program.

Information guide on interpreting the 2009 API: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ap/documents/infoguide09.pdf

Information guide on interpreting the 1999 API: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ap/expnotes99b.asp

The law establishing the API: http://leginfo.ca.gov/pub/99-00/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sbx1_1_bill_19990405_chaptered.pdf