Alignment Between Schoolzilla and CA Dashboard – Schoolzilla Pro

If you're a CA school system, Mosaic is a great tool to help monitor progress towards metrics in the CA Dashboard. It's important to keep in mind that Schoolzilla is most useful as a tool to support continuous improvement throughout the school year, rather than a backward-looking accountability report.

Here’s an overview to help you better understand how Schoolzilla (SZ) aligns with the CA Dashboard.

State Indicator	Schoolzilla Metric	Key Notes about SZ Calculations and Features
Chronic Absenteeism	Chronic Absence - % students absent ≥ 10% days	Includes students who are currently enrolled or were enrolled for a particular month; not able to only include students enrolled for at least 30 days
Suspension Rate	Suspension Rate - % of students suspended ≥ 1x	Includes all students, current and formerly enrolled Configure to include in-school and out-of-school suspensions Able to set goals at school-level to reflect different cutoffs for elementary, middle, and high
English Learner Progress (1-12)	Indicator: English Language Learner Exams: % who scored at proficient in given school year on ELPAC	Can exclude K from metric Metric does not exactly align with this complex calculation, which includes current and prior ELPAC performance, reclassification rates, and ELPAC for LTELs. Could add tile for reclassification rate via Metric Uploader
Academic Performance: ELA (3-8,11)	ELA Average Distance From Met - Average distance from minimum Level 3 cut point	Can also include % of students Met or Exceeded Standard on CAASPP Can include SBAC Interim data as leading indicator to track progress during school year
Academic Performance: Math (3-8,11)	Math Average Distance From Met - Average distance from minimum Level 3 cut point	Can also include % of students Met or Exceeded Standard on CAASPP Can include SBAC Interim data as leading indicator to track progress during school year
High School Graduation	Indicator: Course Failures - % of high school students who failed one or more core courses per semester or term	Can configure which courses to include and which grades count as failing
College / Career	Indicator: AP Benchmark Met - % of test takers who scored 3 on AP exams in that school year	SZ metrics do not directly align with this complex indicator. SZ metrics for AP exams and course failures can be useful in tracking related metrics

Also, performance can be broken down by all the subgroups that are included in the CA Dashboard. Additional student demographic groups can be created if needed.