PSSA & Keystone Exams Pa School Performance Profile
2012-13
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AYP = Adequate Yearly Progress changed to Pa School Performance
Profile. Change based on the granting of an ESEA (No Child Left
Behind) Flexibility Waiver. No District Level reporting, only
schools.
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Pennsylvania System of School Assessment. Pennsylvanias
assessment (testing) program to determine student. achievement in
mathematics, reading, science and writing. Results used to
establish a schools Pa School Performance Profile.
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End of course exams. Pennsylvanias assessment (testing) program
to determine student. achievement in Algebra 1, Literature, and
Biology. Results used to establish a high schools Pa School
Performance Profile. Becomes a graduation requirement (score of
proficiency or higher) with current 9 th grade class (Class of
2017).
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A LOOK AT OUR SCORES
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High Schools Grade 11 Keystone Exams
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Middle Schools Algebra 1 Keystones
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Middle Schools Grades 7 & 8 PSSA
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Grade 8ReadingMathScienceWriting State1480143013201400
HMS1590149013901520 NMS1630153014301530 RMS1560147013701520 Grade
7ReadingMath State14001500 HMS15101590 NMS15201630 RMS14801520 A
difference of 50 points or less is statistically insignificant
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Elementary Schools Grades 3 6
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Elementary Schools Grades 4 Science and Grade 5 Writing
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Grade 6ReadingMath State13601470 Churchville13801490
Goodnoe14401550 Hillcrest14701580 Holland13901530 MM Welch14201570
Newtown14401570 Richboro14301510 Rolling Hills13901520 Sol
Feinstone14801580 Wrightstown14901660 A difference of 50 points or
less is statistically insignificant
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Grade 5ReadingMathWriting State133014301320
Churchville132014201400 Goodnoe146014901440 Hillcrest138015001390
Holland139014801530 MM Welch139014901510 Newtown140015201470
Richboro141015301410 Rolling Hills140015501480 Sol
Feinstone144015101480 Wrightstown143015901530 A difference of 50
points or less is statistically insignificant
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Grade 4ReadingMathScience State136014501440
Churchville142015301500 Goodnoe151016001540 Hillcrest143016001530
Holland142015001510 MM Welch144015601520 Newtown144015801510
Richboro144015201530 Rolling Hills142014801470 Sol
Feinstone146015801540 Wrightstown140015501510 A difference of 50
points or less is statistically insignificant
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Grade 3ReadingMath State13401320 Churchville13501330
Goodnoe14301450 Hillcrest1370 Holland14101430 MM Welch13701380
Newtown13901420 Richboro14001390 Rolling Hills13701360 Sol
Feinstone14401470 Wrightstown14201410 A difference of 50 points or
less is statistically insignificant
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UNDERSTANDING & USING OUR DATA
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How data is used to inform our decisions Looking for trends in
results at district level, school level, grade level, etc.
Considering student academic achievement and academic growth. Help
in aligning curriculum with the tested standards. Targeted
instruction to support individual student growth. Relationship
between grades and test results. Align professional development
efforts. Identify best practices. Etc.
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Performance Tracker
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7 th Grade Math PVAAS
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School results can be found at: PA School Performance
Profile
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Online Resources SAS (Standards Aligned System) -
http://www.pdesas.org/ http://www.pdesas.org/ PDE (Pennsylvania
Department of Education) - www.pde.state.pa.us www.pde.state.pa.us
PVAAS (Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System -
https://pvaas.sas.com/ https://pvaas.sas.com/