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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 7 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 33.8 37.6 42.9 43.8 37.3 14.9
PROF 48.8 52.7 43.5 45.9 50.6 45.6
ADV/PRO 82.6 90.3 86.4 89.7 88 60.4 79.3
BASIC 16.5 9.4 13.4 9.9 12 36.9
BEL BAS 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 0 2.6
# TESTED 346 372 359 333.0 324 125998
Mean Score 1100 1030

Females
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 41.6 44.9 51.4 52.5 36.3 19.2
PROF 48.8 50 36.6 40.5 54.1 48.9
ADV/PRO 90.4 94.9 88 93 90.4 68.1
BASIC 9.6 5.1 12 7 9.6 30.4
BEL BAS 0.0 0 0 0 0 1.5
# TESTED 166 176 183 158 135 61493
Mean Score 1100 1050

Males
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 26.7 31.1 34.1 36 38.1 10.7
PROF 48.9 55.1 50.6 50.9 48.1 42.4
ADV/PRO 75.6 86.2 84.7 86.9 86.2 53.1
BASIC 22.8 13.3 14.8 12.6 13.8 43.2
BEL BAS 1.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0 3.7
# TESTED 180 196 176 175 189 64505
Mean Score 1100 1010

Students with IEPs
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 7.7 9.4 4.8 6.4 10.8 1.9
PROF 25.6 47.2 21.4 53.2 32.4 18.9
ADV/PRO 33.3 56.6 26.2 59.6 43.2 20.8
BASIC 64.1 41.5 71.4 38.3 56.8 69.6
BEL BAS 2.6 1.9 2.4 2.1 0 9.6
# TESTED 39 53 42 47 37 21715
Mean Score 1010 940

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