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Accessibility

Built to work for every family

Our commitment, where this site stands, how to tell us when something does not work, and what we hold ourselves to.

Accessibility statement

Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires state and local governments, including public school districts, to make their web content and mobile apps accessible to people with disabilities. We build to that standard as a matter of course, not as something to get to later.

This site is built to conform to WCAG 2.1 Level AA, the technical standard the rule adopts. Accessibility is a property of how the pages are put together, not something added afterward, which is why every chart on this site has a table, every control works from a keyboard, and no result depends on color alone.

Conformance summary

This site conforms fully to WCAG 2.1 Level AA. We check this with automated testing on every page as it is built, by testing every control with a keyboard alone, and by review with a screen reader.

What this means on this site

  • Every chart has a matching data table, always available to screen readers
  • Every part of the site works with a keyboard alone, in an order that makes sense
  • A result is never shown by color alone: it always has a shape, a word, and a position too
  • Text is easy enough to read against its background, checked against a published standard
  • The site works when you zoom in to 400 percent or use a narrow phone screen
  • Motion follows the setting on your device if you have asked for less of it

Known issues

We do not know of any accessibility problems on this site right now. That can change the moment we publish something new, which is why the form below exists and why we will post here if we find something.

Built for every device

Most families reach us on a phone, so this site is designed for a phone first and a computer second, not the other way around.

  • Built for a phone first, and tested on a small screen before it is tested on a desktop
  • The same header, search, and footer on every page, in the same order
  • Short sentences, and any school or testing term explained the first time it appears
  • Search and filter choices are saved in the page's web address, so a link opens on exactly what you were looking at
  • No embedded outside dashboard or map tool on this site that we cannot make accessible ourselves

Tell us when something does not work

If any part of this site keeps you from finding what you need, tell us. Describe the page and what happened; you do not need to know any technical terms. We will respond within ten business days, and if a fix will take longer than that, we will tell you what we are doing and help you get the information another way in the meantime.

What were you trying to do, and what got in the way?

What requires this

A district's website answers to the same law every other part of local government does.

Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Requires state and local governments, including public school districts, to make their web content and mobile apps accessible to people with disabilities, to the WCAG 2.1 Level AA standard.

ada.gov (opens in a new window)

Tested with

Screen readers on phones and computers, keyboard-only navigation, browser zoom up to 400 percent, and the high-contrast and reduced-motion settings built into your device. The accessibility tools button in the corner of every page also offers larger text, higher contrast, and reduced motion without changing anything on your device.