PSSA - Grade 7 math test scores by proficiency level in Pennsylvania
Why This Indicator Matters
Definitions:
The percent of seventh grade students who took the math PSSA (Pennsylvania
System of School Assessment) test for each district, charter school or
technical school grouped by proficiency level.
Beginning 2012-13, PSSA tests were administered to only grades 3 - 8. Scores are not available for 2013-14.
In
2014-15, there were changes to the reading, writing and math PSSAs to
reflect that these tests are now aligned to the Pennsylvania Common Core
Standards. Implementing the stronger academic standards and measuring
how well students are doing on the more challenging PSSA tests resulted
in an initial decline in test scores when they were released. This drop
in scores was not unexpected and should not be interpreted as a decline
in student learning or teacher performance. It simply means Pennsylvania
is recalibrating expectations and raising the bar for student
achievement to ensure our kids are on a pathway to graduate from high
school post-secondary and workforce ready.
Data Source:
Pennsylvania Department of Education, Assessment and Accountability
Footnotes:
LNE = Low Number Event. Statistics (rates, ratios, percents) are not calculated and displayed for counts less than 10 (or less than 3 for Bayesian/Nearest Neighbor rates).
Updated October 2020