The Smarter Balanced assessments are computer-based tests that measure student knowledge of California's English language arts/literacy and mathematics standards. They are administered in the spring term of each school year in grades 3rd through 8th and 11th. 

This chart shows the % of students tested who scored in the "standard met" or "standard exceeded" bands, indicating that they are at or above grade-level mastery of content as well as the average Distance from Standard (measured in scaled points) which represents how many scale points the average student's score was from the minimum grade level scaled score required for proficiency. The year-over-year change in each metric is also reported.

Please see CDE Resource Page for further explanation of the Distance from Standard metric: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/cm/acadindcal.asp