On October 23, Janey Perle, MBUSD Director of Curriculum, provided us with an informative presentation on Pennekamp's test score results and the implications of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Her charts are available here in PDF format:
The following day, the 2002-2003 Academic Performance Index (API) Growth Results were released by the California Department of Education. Pennekamp's Growth API was 927 up 12 points!