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PSSA ELA

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 ELA assessment was updated in 2018 to reduce the number of test sections from 4 down to 3, altering the total
points possible in each anchor.

GRADE 4 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 37.1 34.4 43.5 54.8 25.1 83.1
BEL BAS 45.2 46.7 46.2 31.6 34.7
# TESTED 82.3 81.1 89.7 86.4 59.8
16.2 16.6 9.4 12.3 30.6
1.5 2.3 0.9 1.2 9.7
334 302 329 332 126223
Mean
Score 1110 1030

Females PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV
PROF 51.7 32.5 48.6 61.5 29.1
ADV/PRO 36.4 49.6 44.1 27.8 35.6
BASIC 88.1 82.1 92.7 89.3 64.8
BEL BAS 11.3 16.3 6.8 9.5 27.7
# TESTED 0.7 1.6 0.6 1.2 7.5
151 123 177 169 61702
Mean
Score 1130 1040

Males PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV
PROF 25.1 35.8 37.5 47.5 21.2
ADV/PRO 52.5 44.7 48.7 35.8 33.9
BASIC 77.6 80.5 86.2 83.3 55
BEL BAS 20.2 16.8 12.5 15.4 33.3
# TESTED 2.2 2.8 1.3 1.2 11.7
183 179 152 162 64521
Mean
Score 1090 1020

Students with IEPs

PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent
Percent
11.6 26.8 32.7 6.9
ADV 16.7 39.5 41.5 24.5 17.6
27.9 68.3 57.1 24.5
PROF 44.4 32.6 24.4 34.7 46
16.3 7.3 8.2 29.6
ADV/PRO 61.1 43 41 49 21849
Mean
BASIC 29.6 Score 1030 940

BEL BAS 9.3

# TESTED 54

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