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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 8 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 27.7 28.8 28.8 29.6 31.3 16
PROF 54.2 54.8 54.8 55.2 51.9 41.9
ADV/PRO 81.8 83.6 83.6 84.8 83.2 57.9 51.1
BASIC 15.5 13.9 13.9 13.8 15.6 30.2
BEL BAS 2.7 2.6 2.6 1.4 1.2 11.9
# TESTED 336 389 389 362 339 123503
Mean Score 1090 1020

Females
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 35.7 33.3 38.8 36.7 41.6 20.6
PROF 53.8 58.5 50.3 55 47.8 44.7
ADV/PRO 89.5 91.8 89.1 91.7 89.4 65.3
BASIC 10.5 8.2 9.8 7.8 10.6 27
BEL BAS 0 0 1.1 0.6 0 7.7
# TESTED 171 159 183 180 161 59996
Mean Score 1110 1050

Males
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 20.3 22.6 19.9 22.5 21.9 11.7
PROF 56.8 50.3 58.7 55.5 55.6 39.2
ADV/PRO 77.1 72.9 78.6 78 77.5 50.8
BASIC 19.4 22 17.5 19.8 20.2 33.2
BEL BAS 3.6 5.1 3.9 2.2 2.2 16
# TESTED 222 177 206 182 178 63507
Mean Score 1070 1000

Students with IEPs
PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PR 2019 PA 2019
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV 6.7 5.7 6.9 5 5.8 1.9
PROF 24.4 31.4 34.5 23 42.3 15.9
ADV/PRO 31.1 37.1 41.4 28 48.1 17.8
BASIC 53.3 40 43.1 61 46.2 44.7
BEL BAS 15.6 22.9 15.5 11 5.8 37.5
# TESTED 45 35 58 44 52 20986
Mean Score 990 920

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