2012+AYP+and+PSSA+Results

=**2012 PSSA Performance Targets**= **Math** - **Yes** **Math**
 * 81% Proficient READING
 * 78% Proficient MATH
 * **2012** || **AYP STATUS** || **CONCERNS** ||
 * **DISTRICT** || Warning  || **Reading - No**
 * 3-5 Grade Span - No
 * 6-8 Grade Span - No
 * 9-12 Grade Span - No
 * 3-5 Grade Span - Yes
 * 6-8 Grade Span - Yes
 * 9-12 Grade Span - No ||
 * **SHECKLER** || Warning  || **Reading**
 * All students - 68.2% Proficient (72.6%/-4.4%)
 * White students - 72.9% (Growth Model)
 * Latino students - 64.3% Proficient (69%/-4.7%)
 * ED students - 60.0% Proficient (63.4%/-3.4%)
 * All students - 79.3%
 * White students - 80.6%
 * Latino students - 81%
 * ED students - 74.8% (2 yr avg w/CI) ||
 * **CMS** || Warning  || **Reading**
 * All students - 61.9% (Growth Model)
 * White students - 65.4% (Growth Model)
 * Latino students - 56.0% (SH w/CI)
 * IEP students - 28.6% Proficient (30.8%/-2.2%)
 * ED students - 47.2% (Growth Model)
 * Math **
 * All students - 72.9% (SH)
 * White students - 77.7% (CI)
 * Latino students - 64.3% (SH)
 * IEP students - 44.2% (SH w/CI)
 * ED students - 60.9% (SH w/CI) ||
 * **CHS** || Warning  || **Reading**
 * All students - 59.3% Proficient (74.4%/-15.1%)
 * White students - 64.4% Proficient (75.2%/-10.8%)
 * ED students - 42.5% Proficient
 * Math**
 * All students - 60.2% Proficient (69.4%/-9.2%)
 * White students - 64.4% Proficient (70.5%/-6.1%)
 * ED students - 45.0% Proficient ||

Summer 2012 Assessment Update

Keystone Exam Information for Parents

PDE Assessment Transition FAQs **District Improvement Strategies to** **Increase Student Achievement &** **Prepare for Keystone Exam Administration** FOCUS AREAS: FORMATIVE & SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT/DATA ANALYSIS
 * 2012-2013**
 * Grades 3-5 PA CC Aligned PSSA Field Testing
 * No 11th Grade PSSA
 * Keystone Exams (Alg I, Bio, and Lit) for all 11th Grade Students and End of Course Exams (8th, 9th, 10th grade students)
 * 2013-2014**
 * Grades 3-5 Implementation of PA CC Aligned PSSA (ELA assessment, no separate writing assessment)
 * Grades 6-8 PA CC Aligned PSSA Field Testing
 * 2014-2015**
 * Grades 6-8 Implementation of PA CC Aligned PSSA
 * 2013 Proficiency Targets**
 * ==**91% Reading**==
 * ==**89% Math**==
 * Increased parent, student, and teacher awareness of resources (Assessment Anchors & Eligible Content, Item & Scoring Samplers, Glossaries, CDT data, Study Island data) to assist with PSSA and Keystone Exam preparation []
 * Writing updated planned courses of study and delivery of high quality instruction aligned to the PA Common Core and Keystone Anchors and Eligible Content
 * Refinement of CDT data analysis strategies and use of one-to-one student conferencing
 * Implementation of Reading and Math Study Island Benchmarks (correlated to the PSSA)
 * Flexible grouping/Differentiated instruction based on needs
 * Use of Study Island Keystone Exam Preparation Resources - Algebra I, Biology & Literature
 * Implementation of Reading Eggs/Education City in Grades K-2
 * Implementation of Study Island in Grades 2-4/Reading Eggspress
 * Development of a CC aligned curriculum transition plan to align with state assessment transition

[] [|http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/#item]
 * Resources to Assist with Alignment to the CC and Transitioning to the CC Aligned PSSA/Keystone Exams -**
 * PA CC Draft Standards -**
 * SMARTER Balanced Consortium Assessment Resources**
 * Depth of Knowledge ELA/Math [[file:Cognitive Rigor Matrix for Math and ELA - SMARTER.pdf]]
 * Tier 2 Assessment Vocabulary[[file:Vocabulary and the CC - Tier 1, 2, and 3 Words.pdf]]
 * Evidence Based Arguments [[file:Grades 3-5 Opinion Writing - SMARTER.pdf]][[file:Grades 6-11 Argumentative Writing Rubric - SMARTER.pdf]]