Below are links to both the original data files (at the California Dept of Education or from the archive here) and the normalized data files on which this site is based. The normalized data files are easier to work with as we have already done the work of collecting the original data files over the years and combining them into one large database with a single set of entities (Counties, Districts, Schools, Tests and Subgroups).

All of the data used by this site was acquired from publically accessible California Dept of Education websites. For the years 2003 through 2015 the original data is available at the California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) website at the following link...

For the newer common core exam results from 2014 onwards, the original data is available at the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) website at the following link...