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PSSA ELA

Note: The Spring of 2017 was the third assessment based upon the new PA Core standards introduced in 2015, allowing us to identify
trends. The results of the 2010-2014 former Reading and Writing PSSA are reflected for context only, not comparison.

GRADE 7 Performance Level Percentages over Time

PR 2010 PR 2011 PR 2012 PR 2013 PR 2014 PA 2014
Percent Percent
Percent Percent Percent Percent
62.9 41.7
ADV 59.3 61.6 60.3 64.7 26.4 30.3
89.3 72.0
PROF 29.9 27.4 33.7 23.9 9.1 15.7
1.6 12.2
ADV/PRO 89.2 89.0 94.0 88.6 386 130053

BASIC 7.8 6.2 4.5 7.8

BEL BAS 3.0 4.8 1.5 3.6

# TESTED 366 355 338 363

ADV PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PA 2017 PA Top
PROF Percent Percent Percent Percent Decile*
ADV/PRO
BASIC 33.8 37.6 42.9 19.3 78.0
BEL BAS 48.8 52.7 43.5 40.1
# TESTED 82.6 90.3 86.4 59.4
16.5 9.4 13.4 36.9
0.9 0.3 0.3 3.6
346 372 359 125744
Mean Score 1110 1030

Females PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PA 2017
Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV
PROF 41.6 44.9 51.4 24.1
ADV/PRO 48.8 50 36.6 41.9
BASIC 90.4 94.9 88 66.1
BEL BAS 9.6 5.1 12 31.8
# TESTED 0.0 0 2.1
166 176 0 61198
Mean Score 183 1050
1130

Males PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PA 2017
Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV
PROF 26.7 31.1 34.1 14.7
ADV/PRO 48.9 55.1 50.6 38.4
BASIC 75.6 86.2 84.7 53.2
BEL BAS 22.8 13.3 14.8 41.7
# TESTED 1.7 0.5 0.6 5.1
180 196 176 64546
Mean Score 1090 1010

Students with IEPs

PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PA 2017
Percent Percent Percent
Percent
9.4 4.8 2.6
ADV 7.7 47.2 21.4 15.5
56.6 26.2 18.2
PROF 25.6 41.5 71.4 67.4
1.9 2.4 14.5
ADV/PRO 33.3 53 42 20,249
Mean Score 970 930
BASIC 64.1

BEL BAS 2.6

# TESTED 39

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