Pennsylvania System of School Assessment results
The Pennsylvania Department of Education Thursday released the PSSA test scores for the 2010-11 school year that measure academic progress. Fewer than half of the schools in the Philadelphia District met state performance standards while more than four out of five schools in the suburbs met the mark.
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment results
Dylan Purcell
The Pennsylvania Department of Education Thursday released the PSSA test scores for the 2010-11 school year that measure academic progress.
Fewer than half of the schools in the Philadelphia District met state performance standards while more than four out of five schools in the suburbs met the mark.
Search below for Pennsylvania School of School Assessment results for all schools and districts statewide including Philadelphia and its suburbs.
The database will return the results for each school for tests given in the spring of 2011 as well as the one-year and three-year change in the percentage of students who scored at grade level (proficiency) or higher.
To make the grade under No Child Left Behind, Pennsylvania now requires at least 72 percent of all students to be proficient or higher in reading and 67 percent to be proficient or higher in math.
To search for Philadelphia district schools, select "Philadelphia" as the county, then select, "Philadelphia City SD," as the district and then select the school.
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Comment removed.- Actually, if you check the scores, you will see that Central rules when it comes to math!
— philagirl74 - I would hope they did well, considering they both get to hand select students.— wafflstat
- Sure looks like the Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson cheated. A 51.1 increase in math in ONE year? Come on.— TakeBackPhilly
- Wow! Roosevelt Middle School....dramatic NEGATIVE gains. Interesting.— ken byers
- These results - geez. Looking at a school's 6th grade math scores, for example, you will see either a gain or a drop - but the comparison is to LAST YEAR'S children, not the progress made by that grade's students. It's not a measurement of progress of academic growth when it's a completely different group of kids. It's stupid. No Child Left Behind is a joke, designed to privatize the schools - and it worked (see charter schools).— omseeker
- Why should we care if schools get privatized, unless you're a teacher?— bobbyd24
- omseeker- Thank you, finally someone with a clue! How can you compare 6th grade from 9-10 to 6th grade from 10-11? In many cases the students are very different, and variables like students with disabilities are more of a factor or less. I don't disagree with the motive behind NCLB, but some of the nuances don't make sense. While it's great to want every school to be at 100percent prof/adv by 2014, the expectation is unrealistic and drives people to cheat. In the end we fail kids when we engage in such behavior.— phillykool
- The schools that didn't make the grade in Philly are disaterous...its really a shame :-(— newstome
- Call it: 'The Book of Lies" Masterman & Central don't count. It's not a level playing field. They select the best and brightest from the entire system, toss out those who don't meet their expectations, and then brag that they got AYP. They better get AYP, of course, as 2014 approaches, and 100% is required, what will they do ?
— cgraham - @omseeker and philly cool....follow the grade, for example, the 7th grade class of 09-10 are the 8th grade class of 10-11. that is how you analyze student growth, so if 58.8 students are advanced or proficient in 7th grade in 2010, they would enter enter 8th grade in 2011 with at least 58.8 advanced or proficient, and that number should grow. a large jump in score between years, either positive or negative, should raise eyebrows. growth by class should progress at a significant pace.— alysnwonder
- alysnwonder: I used your formula with Community Academy Charter School and you're right. They are going in the wrong direction. I went on their website and they'reclaiming growth. Can you explain that?— misseducation
- Jenkintown H.S. dominated many of the local well off school districts such as: Lower Merion, Council Rock, Cheltenham, Bensalem. Good job Drakes.— phil80
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