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Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children

PSSA - Overall science test scores by proficiency level in Pennsylvania

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Why This Indicator Matters

The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) scores represent a snapshot in time of student performance and should not be considered the sole indicator of student achievement. Standardized assessments, like the PSSA, help Pennsylvania meet federal and state requirements, as well as provide educators, stakeholders, and policymakers with important information about the commonwealth’s students and schools, and inform instructional practices.
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Definitions: The percent of all students who took the science 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.

District-level proficiency is not available for all students beginning 2017-18.

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).

Beginning 2012-13, PSSA tests were administered to only grades 3 - 8.

Updated September 2020