PSSA - Overall science test scores by proficiency level in Pennsylvania

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.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, statewide PSSA & Keystone assessments were cancelled for the 2019-2020 school year.  For the 2020-2021 school year, Pennsylvania, like many states across the nation, afforded school entities the option to administer assessments at any time between the traditional spring window and the following fall to allow for flexibility as schools navigated the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, the test results will not be used for educator evaluations and the variability in testing periods, sharply reduced student participation rates, and other factors make comparisons between school entities and across school years improper.  Given these circumstances, the results should not be viewed as a complete, representative sample of all students in the commonwealth and will not be available.

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.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, statewide PSSA & Keystone assessments were cancelled for the 2019-2020 school year.  For the 2020-2021 school year, Pennsylvania, like many states across the nation, afforded school entities the option to administer assessments at any time between the traditional spring window and the following fall to allow for flexibility as schools navigated the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, the test results will not be used for educator evaluations and the variability in testing periods, sharply reduced student participation rates, and other factors make comparisons between school entities and across school years improper.  Given these circumstances, the results should not be viewed as a complete, representative sample of all students in the commonwealth and will not be available.