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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 5 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 31 34.8 27.4 35.0 14 84.0
BEL BAS 52.6 55.4 55.7 57.1 45.4
# TESTED 83.6 90.2 83.1 92.1 59.4
13.1 8.6 14.6 7.3 31.7
3.4 1.2 2.2 0.6 8.9
352 336 314 343.0 126761
Mean
Score 1110 1030

Females PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV
PROF 36.5 47.1 19.4 39.7 16.1
ADV/PRO 47.8 47.8 66.9 54.2 47.7
BASIC 84.3 94.9 86.3 93.9 63.8
BEL BAS 13.5 5.1 12.9 29.5
# TESTED 2.2 0.0 0.8 5 6.7
178 157 124 1.1 62100
Mean 179
Score 1040
1120

Males PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV
PROF 25.3 24.0 32.6 29.4 12
ADV/PRO 57.5 62.0 48.4 60.1 43.2
BASIC 82.8 86.0 81 89.6 55.2
BEL BAS 12.6 11.7 15.8 10/4 33.8
# TESTED 4.6 2.2 3.2 11
174 179 190 0 64661
Mean 163
Score 1020
1100

Students with IEPs

PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent
Percent
7.7 4.7 9.1 3
ADV 2.5 59.6 41.9 52.3 19.7
67.3 46.6 61.4 22.6
PROF 22.5 25.0 41.9 34.1 48.5
7.7 11.6 4.5 28.9
ADV/PRO 25 52 43 44 21983
Mean
BASIC 47.5 Score 1030 940

BEL BAS 27.5

# TESTED 40

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