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PSSA 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 4 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 37.1 34.4 43.5 54.8 56.3 27.3
PROF 45.2 46.7 46.2 31.6 34.4 36.3
ADV/PRO 82.3 81.1 89.7 86.4 90.7 63.6 86.5
BASIC 16.2 16.6 9.4 12.3 8.7 26.1
BEL BAS 1.5 2.3 0.9 1.2 0.6 10.3
# TESTED 334 302 329 332 355 123172
Mean
Score 1120 1040

Females
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 51.7 32.5 48.6 61.5 64.7 31.6
PROF 36.4 49.6 44.1 27.8 27.8 36.8
ADV/PRO 88.1 82.1 92.7 89.3 92.5 68.4
BASIC 11.3 16.3 6.8 9.5 7.5 23.6
BEL BAS 0.7 1.6 0.6 1.2 0 8
# TESTED 151 123 177 169 187 60458
Mean Score 1140 1050

Males
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 25.1 35.8 37.5 47.5 47 23.2
PROF 52.5 44.7 48.7 35.8 41.7 35.8
ADV/PRO 77.6 80.5 86.2 83.3 88.7 59
BASIC 20.2 16.8 12.5 15.4 10.1 28.4
BEL BAS 2.2 2.8 1.3 1.2 1.2 12.6
# TESTED 183 179 152 162 168 62714
Mean Score 1100 1020

Students with IEPs
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 16.7 11.6 26.8 32.7 24 7.6
PROF 44.4 39.5 41.5 24.5 38 20
ADV/PRO 61.1 27.9 68.3 57.1 62 27.6
BASIC 29.6 32.6 24.4 34.7 34 41.2
BEL BAS 9.3 16.3 7.3 8.2 4 31.2
# TESTED 54 43 41 49 50 22161
Mean Score 1030 940

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