Page 78 - AAR 2018

Table of Contents

PSSA SCIENCE

Note: PDE revised the number of sections on the Science assessment in the Spring of 2018 from 3 down to 2 and the number of max
points reflects this change in the anchor performance chart.

GRADE 4 Performance Level Percentages over Time

PR 2013 PR 2014 PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018 PA Top
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Decile
2018
ADV 53.4 61.3 62.8 58.2 57.8 64.4 35.8
PROF 38.3 30.6 31.5 33.9 36.4 29.9 39.7 94.3
ADV/PRO 91.7 91.9 94.3 92.1 94.2 94.3 75.5
BASIC 6.5 5.8 3.6 5.3 5.2 5.1 19.1
BEL BAS 1.8 2.2 2.1 2.6 0.6 0.6 5.4
# TESTED 339 359 336 304 327 334 126353

Mean Score 1510 1520 1410

Females

ADV PR 2013 PR 2014 PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
PROF Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV/PRO
BASIC 53.8 62.9 66.0 48.0 54.6 62.2 34.5
BEL BAS 38.6 30.3 29.4 44.7 39.1 30.8 41.7
# TESTED 92.4 93.3 95.4 92.7 93.7 93 75.5
6.3 5.1 3.3 4.1 5.7 6.4 19
1.3 1.7 1.3 3.3 0.6 0.6 4.8
158 178 153 123 174 172 61736
Mean Score 1500 1500 1410

Males

ADV PR 2013 PR 2014 PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
PROF Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV/PRO
BASIC 53.0 59.7 60.1 65.2 61.4 66.7 37
BEL BAS 38.1 30.9 33,3 26.5 33.3 29 37.8
# TESTED 91.2 90.6 93.4 91.7 94.7 95.7 74.8
6.6 6.6 3.8 6.1 4.6 3.7 19.1
2.2 2.8 2.7 2.2 0.7 0.6 6.1
181 181 183 181 153 162 64617
Mean Score 1520 1530 1420

Students with IEPs

ADV PR 2013 PR 2014 PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
PROF Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV/PRO
BASIC 19.4 21.3 37.0 34.1 34.1 40.8 14.6
BEL BAS 48.4 36.2 40.7 36.4 39 40.8 35.2
# TESTED 67.7 57.5 77.8 70.5 73.1 81.6 49.7
22.6 27.7 11.1 15.9 22 14.3 35.7
9.7 14.9 11.1 13.6 4.9 4.1 14.5
62 49 54 44 41 49 21876
Mean Score 1420 1430 1300

78