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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 6 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 34.3 41.4 40.2 47.5 41.8 20.8
PROF 49.0 44 48.8 38.9 49.4 42.2
ADV/PRO 83.3 85.1 89 86.4 91.2 63 84
BASIC 14.7 13.1 10.7 12.3 8.5 31.3
BEL BAS 1.9 1.4 0.3 1.2 0.3 5.7
# TESTED 361 350 336 324 352 127560
Mean Score 1110 1030

Females
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 46.5 47.7 49.1 43.1 47 24.9
PROF 45.9 40.8 43.5 46.9 45.9 43.8
ADV/PRO 92.4 88.5 92.6 90 92.9 68.7
BASIC 7.1 10.9 7.5 9.2 7.1 27.5
BEL BAS 0.6 0.6 0 0.8 0 3.8
# TESTED 170 174 161 130 183 62360
Mean Score 1120 1050

Males
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 23.6 35.2 32 50.8 36.1 16.9
PROF 51.8 47.2 53.7 33 53.3 40.8
ADV/PRO 75.4 82.4 85.7 83.8 89.3 57.6
BASIC 21.5 15.3 13.7 14.7 10.1 34.9
BEL BAS 3.1 2.3 0.6 1.6 0.6 7.5
# TESTED 191 176 175 191 169 65200
Mean Score 1100 1020

Students with IEPs
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 3.8 0 8.2 17.1 13.3 3.9
PROF 41.5 35.1 51 34.1 55.6 19.9
ADV/PRO 45.3 35.1 59.2 51.2 68.9 23.8
BASIC 41.5 51.4 38.8 39 28.9 56.5
BEL BAS 13.2 13.5 2 9.8 2.2 19.7
# TESTED 53 37 49 41 45 22417
Mean Score 1030 940

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