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PSSA MATH

Note: The Spring of 2018 was the fourth assessment based upon the new PA Core standards introduced in 2015, allowing us to
identify trends. The math assessment was updated in 2018 to reduce the number of test sections from 3 down to 2, altering the total
points possible in each anchor.

GRADE 3 Performance Level Percentages over Time

ADV PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018 PA Top
PROF Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Decile 2018
ADV/PRO
BASIC 48.5 61.3 62.5 59.4 22.7 81.7
BEL BAS 32.3 26.9 25.7 28.1 31.4
# TESTED 80.8 88.2 88.2 87.5 54.1
11.7 7.1 9.9 10.2 21.4
7.6 4.6 1.9 2.3 24.5
291 323 323 352 122563
Mean
Score 1130 1020

Females PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV
PROF 34.8 54.1 61.7 59.7 22
ADV/PRO 38.3 33.1 28.1 27.6 31.8
BASIC 73.1 87.2 89.8 87.3 53.8
BEL BAS 16.5 8.7 7.8 11 22
# TESTED 10.4 4.1 2.4 1.7 24.2
115 172 167 181 60114
Mean
Score 1130 1020

Males PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV
PROF 57.4 69.5 63.5 59.1 23.4
ADV/PRO 28.4 19.9 23.1 28.7 31
BASIC 85.8 89.4 86.5 87.8 54.4
BEL BAS 8.5 5.3 12.2 9.4 20.9
# TESTED 5.7 5.3 1.3 2.9 24.8
176 151 156 171 62449
Mean
Score 1130 1020

Students with IEPs

PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent
Percent
36.4 45.5 27.5 8.4
ADV 36.6 27.3 34.5 25.5 18
63.6 80 53 26.4
PROF 19.5 15.9 16.4 35.3 21.9
20.5 3.6 11.8 51.6
ADV/PRO 56.1 44 55 51 940
Mean
BASIC 22.0 Score 1030 940

BEL BAS 22.0

# TESTED 41

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