Achievement Report 2018: PSSA & Keystone Data
School Board Meeting December 4, 2018 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)
✓ ELA and Mathematics PSSAs are aligned with the Pennsylvania Core Standards.
✓ Science PSSA includes items aligned to the Pennsylvania Standards for Science, Technology, Environment and Ecology. GR 3 GR 4 GR 5 GR 6 GR 7 GR 8 GR 9 GR 10 GR 11
English Language Arts: Grades 3-8
Mathematics: Grades 3-8 Science: Science: Grade 4 Grade 8
PSSA 2017-2018 19,000+ PSSA Tests Completed by CB Students Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)
2018 ✓ 2018 was the fourth year the PA Core Standards were assessed in English Language Arts [ELA] and Mathematics.
✓ Statewide results indicated no significant changes in achievement across testing grades and subjects.
✓ Last Spring, PSSA tests in ELA and Math were reduced by 20%.
✓ 2019, results returned by May 31.
ELA GROWTH V. ACHIEVEMENT 3 YEAR AVERAGE Achievement Across Grades Across Achievement
Average Growth (Across Grades) Proficient Advanced Total Bucks County Montessori Charter School 50 41 91 Central Bucks School District 44 41 85 New Hope-Solebury School District 52 33 85 Council Rock School District 49 31 80 Palisades School District 48 32 79 Pennridge School District 48 30 78 BCIU 2017 Pennsbury School District 47 31 78 Quakertown Community School District 47 30 76 4-8 ELA School Lane Charter School 51 20 71 Neshaminy School District 47 23 69 Centennial School District 48 14 62 Bensalem Township School District 44 14 58 Morrisville Borough School District 41 13 54 Bristol Township School District 44 10 54 Proficient Advanced Total Souderton Charter School 35 59 94 Collaborative Infinity Charter School 41 53 94 South Fayette Township 38 54 91 School District Mt Lebanon School District 42 50 91 Bucks County Montessori 50 41 91 State Top 10 Charter School Unionville-Chadds Ford 39 51 91 2017 4-8 ELA School District Peters Township School 46 45 90 District Lower Merion School District 42 46 88 Radnor Township School 39 49 88 District Haverford Township School 45 43 88 District
CBSD : 22nd of 638 CB & State English Language Arts PSSA Scores 100 89 90 87 84 85 84 84 80
70 65 64 61 60 60 59 60
50
40
30
20
10 +19 +26 +25 +25 +24 +25
0 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 CB State CB ELA 2016 - 2018
English Language Arts GR 3 GR 4 GR 5 GR 6 GR 7 GR 8 CB % Adv & Pro changes +1 -5 +2 -2 +3 -1 between 2017 & 2018 CB vs State 2016 +24 +25 +26 +27 +28 +25 CB vs State 2017 +19 +26 +25 +25 +24 +25
CB vs State 2018 +20 +22 +27 +25 +25 +21 Longitudinal ELA Data: 2015-2018 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 2015 83 83 86 89 87 84 2016 86 84 87 88 89 83 2017 84 87 85 89 84 84 2018 85 82 87 87 87 83
MATH GROWTH V. ACHIEVEMENT 3 YEAR AVERAGE Achievement Across Grades Across Achievement
Average Growth (Across Grades) Proficient Advanced Total Bucks County Montessori Charter School 40 33 73 New Hope-Solebury School District 36 35 70 Central Bucks School District 35 32 67 Council Rock School District 35 27 62 Quakertown Community School District 34 25 59 BCIU 2017 Pennridge School District 35 23 58 Palisades School District 33 23 57 4-8 Math Pennsbury School District 32 24 56 Neshaminy School District 31 18 49 Centennial School District 28 14 42 School Lane Charter School 26 12 38 Bensalem Township School District 25 13 38 Bristol Borough School District 23 9 32 Bristol Township School District 20 8 29 Morrisville Borough School District 21 4 25 Proficient Advanced Total Souderton Charter School Collaborative 39 40 79
Radnor Township School District 33 45 78
South Fayette Township School District 32 45 77
Lower Merion School District 30 46 76 State Top 10 Peters Township School District 35 41 76 2017 4-8 Math Unionville-Chadds Ford School District 32 44 76 Upper Saint Clair School District 33 42 75 Mt Lebanon School District 36 39 75 Pine-Richland School District 36 38 74
Bucks County Montessori Charter School 40 33 73
CBSD : 31st of 638 CB & State Mathematics PSSA Scores 100
90
80 73 69 71 70 66 63 60 54 54 50 44 45 40 39 40 31 30
20 +19 +19 +24 +26 +32 +23 10
0 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th CB State CB Mathematics 2016 - 2018
Mathematics GR 3 GR 4 GR 5 GR 6 GR 7 GR 8 CB % Adv & Pro changes +3 -5 -1 -2 +2 -5 between 2017 & 2018 CB vs State 2016 +23 +25 +27 +28 +33 +32 CB vs State 2017 +15 +21 +26 +28 +31 +26 CB vs State 2018 +19 +19 +24 +26 +32 +23 100 Longitudinal Math Data: 2015-2018
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 2015 68 70 69 69 69 57 2016 78 72 71 69 70 63 2017 70 68 70 68 69 59 2018 73 63 69 66 71 54 CB & State Science PSSA Scores 100 91 90
80 76 76
70
60 54
50
40
30
20 +15 +22
10
0 4th 8th CB State CB Science 2016 - 2018
Science GR 4 GR 8
CB % Adv & Pro changes -1 +1 between 2017 & 2018
CB vs State 2016 +16 +23
CB vs State 2017 +17 +22 CB vs State 2018 +15 +22 Longitudinal Science Data: 2015-2018 100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0 Grade 4 Grade 8 Grade 4 Grade 8 2015 93 80 2016 93 81 2017 92 75 2018 91 76 Keystone Exams: 2018
Central Bucks School District GR 3 GR 4 GR 5 GR 6 GR 7 GR 8 GR 9 GR 10 GR 11
Algebra I
Biology & Literature
✓ Students are assessed when they are taking the Keystone-related courses. ✓ Algebra I Keystone exams are commonly administered in 8th grade. ✓ Biology and Literature Keystone exams are commonly administered in 10th grade. ✓ Students “Best Scores” are banked when the student is in 11th grade. Keystone Exams 3,185 Spring Tests Completed by CB Students ALGEBRA 1 GROWTH V. ACHIEVEMENT 3 YEAR AVERAGE Proficient Advanced Total Central Bucks School District 28 56 84 New Hope-Solebury School District 30 41 71 Council Rock School District 31 34 65 Palisades School District 39 26 65 Neshaminy School District 34 27 61 Quakertown Community School District 25 32 57 Pennsbury School District 30 25 55 BCIU 2017 Pennridge School District 34 18 52 Bensalem Township School District 22 14 36 Algebra Centennial School District 23 11 35 Bristol Borough School District 26 7 33 Morrisville Borough School District 22 10 32 School Lane Charter School 19 10 29 Bristol Township School District 18 3 21 Bucks County Technical High School 20 1 21 Center for Student Learning Charter School at 14 3 17 Pennsbury Proficient Advanced Total Bear Creek Community Charter 43 48 91 School Colonial School District 33 55 88 Tredyffrin-Easttown School 22 65 88 District Central Bucks School District 28 56 84 State Top 10 Fairview School District 31 53 84 2017 Algebra Derry Township School District 34 49 82 Upper Saint Clair School District 27 54 82
Radnor Township School District 23 59 82 Haverford Township School 24 58 82 District Lower Merion School District 28 53 81
CBSD : 4th of 582 Algebra Keystone Accountability District-wide Algebra 1 Spring 100 92 93 Administrations 90 87 85 85 83 100 89 88 80 90 86
70 80 70 60 60 50 50 42 40 41 41 40 30 30 20 20 +47 +47 +45 10 10 0 0 2016 2017 2018 CB East CB South CB West 2017 2018 Algebra 1 CB Algebra 1 State BIOLOGY GROWTH V. ACHIEVEMENT 3 YEAR AVERAGE Proficient Advanced Total New Hope-Solebury School District 31 49 80 Council Rock School District 46 34 80 Central Bucks School District 33 45 78 Palisades School District 33 39 71 Pennsbury School District 33 35 68 Neshaminy School District 30 29 59 Quakertown Community School District 34 24 59 BCIU 2017 Pennridge School District 33 23 56 Centennial School District 30 14 43 Biology Bensalem Township School District 27 16 43 Bucks County Technical High School 32 9 41 Bristol Township School District 27 11 37 Bristol Borough School District 21 14 35 Morrisville Borough School District 17 9 26 Center for Student Learning Charter School 22 0 22 School Lane Charter School 13 5 18 Proficient Advanced Total Johnsonburg Area School 55 39 94 District Colonial School District 34 56 90
Upper Saint Clair School District 32 55 87
Fairview School District 34 52 86
Spring-Ford Area School District 27 58 86 State Top 10 Cumberland Valley School 32 53 85 District 2017 Biology Lower Merion School District 30 54 84 Hampton Township School 34 49 84 District Tredyffrin-Easttown School 28 55 84 District Fox Chapel Area School District 32 50 82
CBSD : 22nd of 571 Biology Keystone Accountability Biology Spring Administrations 100 100 90 89 90 90 83 81 79 79 80 78 80 74 80 70 70
60 60 48 48 49 50 50
40 40
30 30 20 20 +32 +30 +32 10 10
0 0 CB East CB South CB West 2016 2017 2018 2017 2018 Biology CB Biology State LITERATURE GROWTH V. ACHIEVEMENT 3 YEAR AVERAGE Proficient Advanced Total New Hope-Solebury School District 75 12 87 Central Bucks School District 67 19 86 Council Rock School District 64 15 78 Pennsbury School District 58 17 75 Palisades School District 59 14 73 Quakertown Community School District 54 15 69 Pennridge School District 60 8 68 BCIU 2017 Neshaminy School District 56 10 66 Bensalem Township School District 57 8 65 Literature Centennial School District 54 5 59 Bristol Borough School District 48 6 54 Morrisville Borough School District 48 2 51 Bristol Township School District 41 2 43 School Lane Charter School 36 3 39 Bucks County Technical High School 38 0 38 Center for Student Learning Charter School 24 0 24 Proficient Advanced Total Fairview School District 71 25 96
Upper Saint Clair School District 71 21 92 Unionville-Chadds Ford School 61 30 91 District Tredyffrin-Easttown School 66 24 90 District State Top 10 Franklin Regional School District 69 20 89 Hampton Township School 57 32 89 2017 Literature District Southern Lehigh School District 72 16 88 Evergreen Community Charter 71 18 88 School
North Allegheny School District 58 30 88
Great Valley School District 64 24 88
CBSD : 14th of 563 Literature Keystone Accountability Literature Spring Administrations
100 94 100 92 87 89 90 86 85 90 86 85 85 80 80
70 70 59 60 60 57 58
50 50
40 40
30 30 +27 +28 +27
20 20
10 10
0 0 CB East CB South CB West 2016 2017 2018 2017 2018 Literature CB Literature State