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PSSA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA)

Note: The Spring of 2019 was the fifth 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 3 Performance Level Percentages over Time

PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019 PA Top
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Decile 2019
ADV 21.3 39.2 46.6 45.2 50.6 16.5
PROF 62.9 50.0 46 45.7 40.7 45.4
ADV/PRO 84.2 89.2 92.6 90.9 91.3 61.9 85.7
BASIC 15.5 9.3 6.5 8.2 7.2 26.6
BEL BAS 0.3 1.5 0.9 0.9 1.5 11.4
# TESTED 291 324 324 352.0 332 120564
Mean Score 1140 1040

Females
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 18.3 42.2 55.1 46.4 56.9 18.6
PROF 68.7 48.6 39.5 46.4 36.5 46.4
ADV/PRO 87.0 90.8 94.6 92.8 93.4 65.1
BASIC 13.0 8.1 4.8 7.2 4.2 25.6
BEL BAS 0.0 1.2 0.6 0 2.4 9.3
# TESTED 115 173 167 181 167 58956
Mean Score 1150 1050

Males
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 23.3 35.8 37.6 43.9 44.2 14.4
PROF 59.1 51.7 52.9 45 44.8 44.5
ADV/PRO 82.4 87.4 90.4 88.9 89.1 58.9
BASIC 17.0 10.6 8.3 9.4 10.3 27.6
BEL BAS 0.6 2.0 1.3 1.8 0.6 13.5
# TESTED 176 151 157 171 165 61608
Mean Score 1130 1030

Students with IEPs
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 9.5 15.6 30.4 23.5 17.2 5.1
PROF 38.1 42.2 48.2 37.3 41.4 24.5
ADV/PRO 47.6 57.8 78.6 60.8 58.6 29.6
BASIC 52.4 31.1 17.9 33.3 32.8 38.6
BEL BAS 0.0 11.1 3.6 5.9 8.6 31.9
# TESTED 42 45 56 51 58 20759
Mean Score 1040 960

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