2011 PSSA results State: All eight Lower Bucks school districts make AYP
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Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:17 pm | Updated: 5:56 pm, Thu Sep 29, 2011.
The eight schools districts in Lower Bucks County have earned Adequate Yearly Progress status based on student achievement on the 2011 standardized tests, according to state education department officials.
It's the third year in a row that all districts earned the AYP ranking.
However, several schools within the districts, as well as seven of 10 local high schools, had some deficiencies, according to results posted Thursday on the education department's website.The state education department on Thursday morning posted the results of the 2011 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests on its website.
The standardized mathematics and reading tests are administered in the spring each year to public school students in third through eighth grades and 11th grade.
Scores are used to determine if students are learning at grade level and if schools qualify for AYP status, as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
NCLB has set a goal to have all students learning at grade level by 2014.
Students can score in one of four levels on each of the tests: Advanced, proficient, basic or below basic.
Proficiency rates are calculated by adding together the percentage of students who scored in the advanced and proficient ranges.
This year, the state called for 67 percent of students in districts and schools to score proficient or advanced and 72 percent to demonstrate proficiency in reading.
Proficiency goals for the two tests will continue to increase until 2014 when both reach 100 percent.
The state will send detailed information about individual student performance home to parents and guardians in the next few weeks, officials said.
In terms of a school district, it achieves AYP status when at least one of its grade spans meets performance and participation targets. The elementary span is for students in third- through fifth-grade, the middle level span covers students in sixth- through eighth-grade and the high school span is for ninth- through 12th grade students, officials said.
Although all local districts earned AYP status, several schools within the districts demonstrated deficiencies, according to state statistics.
The deficiencies generally relate to various subgroups that the state tracks, including special education and economically disadvantaged students. The subgroup's score counts toward AYP status when at least 40 students in the school can be included in a subgroup.
Neshaminy High School is in Corrective Action II for a fourth year because not enough special education and economically disadvantaged students demonstrating proficiency on the math test.
Centennial's William Tennent High School and Pennsbury High School are both in Corrective Action II for a third year.
Not enough special education and economically disadvantaged students at Tennent demonstrated proficiency in math and reading. At Pennsbury, not enough economically disadvantaged students were proficient, according to state results.
Bucks County Technical High School is in Corrective Action I because not enough students overall were proficient on the math and reading tests.
In addition, not enough white students and special education students at the tech school demonstrated proficiency on the two tests and not enough economically disadvantaged students were proficient on the math test.
This is the fourth year in a row that the tech school, which serves the Bensalem, Bristol, Bristol Township, Morrisville, Neshaminy and Pennsbury school districts, did not earn AYP status.
The Center for Student Learning Charter School is in Corrective Action II for the first year because not enough students overall and not enough white students demonstrated proficiency in the math and reading tests.
The alternative school has challenged the designation process in state court given the nature of its operation, officials said.
Students are coming and going from the school throughout the year depending on their needs, said CSL Executive Director Thomas Reiley.The alternative-based charter school in Tullytown wants the students' scores to be included in their home districts' results.
The Commonwealth Court recently ruled in CSL's favor. The state education department has until mid-October to decide whether it should appeal the decision, spokesman Timothy Eller said Thursday.
Elsewhere, Bristol High School received a warning because not enough students overall were proficient in math.
In addition, Council Rock High School-North received a warning because not enough special education students demonstrated proficiency in math and Council Rock High School-South got a warning because not enough of its special education students were proficient in math and reading.
Neshaminy's Maple Point Middle School received a warning because not enough of its black students and special education students demonstrated proficiency in math.
Warren Snyder-John Girotti Elementary School in Bristol was put in School Improvement I status because not enough black students were proficient in reading and not enough special education students demonstrated proficiency in math and reading.
Belmont Hills Elementary School in Bensalem and Neshaminy's Joseph Ferderbar and Lower Southampton elementary schools received warnings because not enough of their special education students were proficient in reading.
Two Bristol Township elementary schools also received warnings. At Clara Barton Elementary School not enough special education students were proficient in math and reading. Lafayette Elementary School received a warning because not enough black and economically disadvantaged students demonstrated proficiency in reading.
Council Rock's Churchville Elementary School also received a warning because not enough of its special education students were proficient in math.
There were, however, signs of progress in some local schools, officials said.
For instance, Bensalem High School students, for the first time in five years, showed enough improvement on the tests to earn the school a Making Progress designation.
Student performance is one of three criteria used to determine AYP status. The other two factors are student participation in the tests and a school's attendance/graduation rate, education officials said.
Statewide 93.5 percent of the 499 school districts that administer the tests earned AYP status and 75.1 percent of all school buildings, including charter and comprehensive career and technical schools, made AYP, education department officials said in a news release on Thursday.
It's the third year in a row that all districts earned the AYP ranking.
However, several schools within the districts, as well as seven of 10 local high schools, had some deficiencies, according to results posted Thursday on the education department's website.
However, several schools within the districts, as well as seven of 10 local high schools, had some deficiencies, according to results posted Thursday on the education department's website.The standardized mathematics and reading tests are administered in the spring each year to public school students in third through eighth grades and 11th grade.
Scores are used to determine if students are learning at grade level and if schools qualify for AYP status, as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
NCLB has set a goal to have all students learning at grade level by 2014.
Students can score in one of four levels on each of the tests: Advanced, proficient, basic or below basic.
Proficiency rates are calculated by adding together the percentage of students who scored in the advanced and proficient ranges.
This year, the state called for 67 percent of students in districts and schools to score proficient or advanced and 72 percent to demonstrate proficiency in reading.
Proficiency goals for the two tests will continue to increase until 2014 when both reach 100 percent.
The state will send detailed information about individual student performance home to parents and guardians in the next few weeks, officials said.
In terms of a school district, it achieves AYP status when at least one of its grade spans meets performance and participation targets. The elementary span is for students in third- through fifth-grade, the middle level span covers students in sixth- through eighth-grade and the high school span is for ninth- through 12th grade students, officials said.
Although all local districts earned AYP status, several schools within the districts demonstrated deficiencies, according to state statistics.
The deficiencies generally relate to various subgroups that the state tracks, including special education and economically disadvantaged students. The subgroup's score counts toward AYP status when at least 40 students in the school can be included in a subgroup.
Neshaminy High School is in Corrective Action II for a fourth year because not enough special education and economically disadvantaged students demonstrating proficiency on the math test.
Centennial's William Tennent High School and Pennsbury High School are both in Corrective Action II for a third year.
Not enough special education and economically disadvantaged students at Tennent demonstrated proficiency in math and reading. At Pennsbury, not enough economically disadvantaged students were proficient, according to state results.
Bucks County Technical High School is in Corrective Action I because not enough students overall were proficient on the math and reading tests.
In addition, not enough white students and special education students at the tech school demonstrated proficiency on the two tests and not enough economically disadvantaged students were proficient on the math test.
This is the fourth year in a row that the tech school, which serves the Bensalem, Bristol, Bristol Township, Morrisville, Neshaminy and Pennsbury school districts, did not earn AYP status.
The Center for Student Learning Charter School is in Corrective Action II for the first year because not enough students overall and not enough white students demonstrated proficiency in the math and reading tests.
The alternative school has challenged the designation process in state court given the nature of its operation, officials said.
Students are coming and going from the school throughout the year depending on their needs, said CSL Executive Director Thomas Reiley.The alternative-based charter school in Tullytown wants the students' scores to be included in their home districts' results.
The Commonwealth Court recently ruled in CSL's favor. The state education department has until mid-October to decide whether it should appeal the decision, spokesman Timothy Eller said Thursday.
Elsewhere, Bristol High School received a warning because not enough students overall were proficient in math.
In addition, Council Rock High School-North received a warning because not enough special education students demonstrated proficiency in math and Council Rock High School-South got a warning because not enough of its special education students were proficient in math and reading.
Neshaminy's Maple Point Middle School received a warning because not enough of its black students and special education students demonstrated proficiency in math.
Warren Snyder-John Girotti Elementary School in Bristol was put in School Improvement I status because not enough black students were proficient in reading and not enough special education students demonstrated proficiency in math and reading.
Belmont Hills Elementary School in Bensalem and Neshaminy's Joseph Ferderbar and Lower Southampton elementary schools received warnings because not enough of their special education students were proficient in reading.
Two Bristol Township elementary schools also received warnings. At Clara Barton Elementary School not enough special education students were proficient in math and reading. Lafayette Elementary School received a warning because not enough black and economically disadvantaged students demonstrated proficiency in reading.
Council Rock's Churchville Elementary School also received a warning because not enough of its special education students were proficient in math.
There were, however, signs of progress in some local schools, officials said.
For instance, Bensalem High School students, for the first time in five years, showed enough improvement on the tests to earn the school a Making Progress designation.
Student performance is one of three criteria used to determine AYP status. The other two factors are student participation in the tests and a school's attendance/graduation rate, education officials said.
Statewide 93.5 percent of the 499 school districts that administer the tests earned AYP status and 75.1 percent of all school buildings, including charter and comprehensive career and technical schools, made AYP, education department officials said in a news release on Thursday.
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Comparison of PSSA scores (Advanced + Proficient) by grade, 2010 vs. 2011.
3rd Grade
2010 MATH = 86.1
2011 MATH = 72.0
Change = -14.1
2010 READING = 77.2
2011 READING = 64.7
Change = -12.5
4th Grade
2010 MATH = 80.8
2011 MATH = 91.5
Change = +10.7
2010 READING = 74.5
2011 READING = 71.9
Change = -2.6
5th Grade
2010 MATH = 81.8
2011 MATH = 53.3
Change = -28.5
2010 READING = 64.3
2011 READING = 51.7
Change = -12.6
6th Grade
2010 MATH= 87.0
2011 MATH = 71.9
Change = -15.1
2010 READING = 65.5
2011 READING = 58.9
Change = -6.6
7th Grade
2010 MATH = 77.6
2011 MATH = 77.2
Change = -0.4
2010 READING = 69.5
2011 READING = 82.1
Change = +12.6
8th Grade
2010 MATH = 70.6
2011 MATH = 69.3
Change = -1.3
2010 READING = 75.9
2011 READING = 87.1
Change = +11.2
11th Grade
2010 MATH = 39.1
2011 MATH = 54.6
Change = +15.5
2010 READING = 57.1
2011 READING = 69.7
Change = +12.6
Thanks for the research and the breakdowns.
With only 1 exception, the lower grade scores (Grades 3-6) are all DOWN. The 5th Grade Math drop is especially alarming (-28.5%).
Grades 7-11 are mostly better, but 11th Grade started from a bad place, especially in Math.
Grades 3-6 are backsliding. Not good.. They're the High School'ers of tomorrow.
you could see this one coming with all the cuts
It would be alot easier for you people if you just shutup and cooperated.
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