Pennsylvania Education Quality

You can quickly rank how groups of students have performed on Pennsylvania’s System of State Assessment in comparison to the statewide mean. Students, parents, teachers, school administrators, and school board members as well as state education policy makers should find this tool insightful.

To get started, choose a group to rank below.

PSSA Score Rankings & Analysis

Building Rankings Based on Average PSSA Group Scale Score v. Statewide PSSA Scale Score: Spring 2002 – Spring 2008

1. Choose the groups to rank: Metropolitan Statistical Areas Counties School Districts School Buildings
2. Choose the area in which to rank:

   1. Statewide
   2. MSA:
      AllentownAltoonaErieHarrisburgJohnstownLancasterScrantonPhiladelphiaPittsburghReadingSharonState CollegeWilliamsportYorkBeaverNon-MSA
   3. County:
      AdamsAlleghenyArmstrongBeaverBedfordBerksBlairBradfordBucksButlerCambriaCameronCarbonCentreChesterClarionClearfieldClintonColumbiaCrawfordCumberlandDauphinDelawareElkErieFayetteForestFranklinFultonGreeneHuntingdonIndianaJeffersonJuniataLackawannaLancasterLawrenceLebanonLehighLuzerneLycomingMcKeanMercerMifflinMonroeMontgomeryMontourNorthamptonNorthumberlandPerryPhiladelphiaPikePotterSchuylkillSnyderSomersetSullivanSusquehannaTiogaUnionVenangoWarrenWashingtonWayneWestmorelandWyomingYork
   4. School District:
      Select a county first
3. Select a grade level: Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 11
4. More options (school type, ranking type, year, subject, ethnicity, poverty)…
5. 1. Include students in:

      1. Buildings in School Districts
      2. Intermediate Units
      3. Charter Schools
      4. AVTS
      5. Private Schools and Other
   2. Select the measure to rank on: High Performance Low Performance High Variation (CV) High Variation Between Years
   3. Select school year
      (subject to measure and grade level): 2001 – 2002 2002 – 2003 2003 – 2004 2004 – 2005 2005 – 2006 2006 – 2007 2007 – 2008 2001/02 – 2007/08
   4. Select a subject area: Math Reading Both Reading and Math
   5. Select a race/ethnic group: Asian Black Hispanic Multi Native Indian White Other All
   6. Select a range of poverty levels to include (drag sliders): 0%
      100%
   7. Please choose the number of records to be displayed (drag slider): 10

Bar Chart Analysis of Student Test Scores from the Pennsylvania System of Student Assessment (PSSA): Spring 1995 – Spring 2008

• Statewide
  • General Results (HTML) or (view PDF)
• Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
• County
• Extended Analysis of Selected Districts (includes additional grades 4-7)
  • Philadelphia: General Results (HTML) or (view PDF)
  • Pittsburgh: General Results (HTML) or (view PDF)

Rankings of PA Teacher Preparation Programs by Estimated Employment Rates, 2001 – 2006

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Web design by Todd Eichel, statistical analysis by Jinxiang Liu, and database management by Yue Wang. Financial support from the Heinz Endowments and the William Penn Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.

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