California Code, Education Code - EDC § 8484

(1) To demonstrate program effectiveness, grantees shall submit, using the unique statewide pupil identifiers, for participating pupils who are unduplicated pupils, both of the following:

(2) Programs shall submit evidence of a data-driven program quality improvement process that is based on the department's guidance on program quality standards developed pursuant to paragraph (3).

(3) The department may develop additional measures for this subdivision including, but not limited to, program quality standards.  Additions shall be developed in consultation with the evaluation committee of the advisory committee.

(4) Programs shall submit information adopted through the process outlined in subdivision (c).

(b)(1) If a program consistently fails to demonstrate measurable program outcomes for three consecutive years, the department may terminate the program as described in subdivision (a) of Section 8483.7.  The department shall consider multiple outcomes and not rely on one outcome in isolation.

(2) For purposes of this section, “consistently fails to demonstrate measurable program outcomes” means failure to meet program effectiveness requirements pursuant to the criteria in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a).

(3) Measurable program outcomes may be demonstrated by, but are not limited to, comparing pupils participating in the program to nonparticipating pupils at the same schoolsite.