Data

The following are images of the data charts for 8th grade and 11th grade readinga and math. Districts analyzed their PSSA data from 2004-2008. They were looking for patterns and trends across the years in their overall student population, IEP students and Economically Disadvantaged students. 
 * Regional Data Analysis 7/29/08 **
 * **What We Want to Accomplish as a Steering Committee?** From 7/29/08 Steering Committee meeting ||
 * Share resources ||
 * Provide tools to teachers to address changes in delivery of instruction ||
 * Provide tools to teachers to enhance career exploration ||
 * Identify and provide professional development to address desired changes in practice. ||
 * **Active Engagement** for all students ||
 * Personalize and develop relationships ||
 * Provide opportunities for career exploration ||
 * Integration of 21st century skills into the curriculum ||
 * Coaching (literacy, math and technology coaching) ||
 * Stable leadership ||
 * Change philosophy of assessment and grading ||
 * **Promote philosophy that ALL Kids Can Learn** ||
 * How to involve parents ||
 * Blue represented overall student population
 * Red represented IEP students
 * Yellow represents economically disadvantaged students

Figure 1: 8th Grade Math Figure 2: 8th Grade Reading 


 * 8th grade math showed a greater increase of students' proficient and advanced over the 5 years compared to the 11th grade results
 * 8th grade ED and IEP subgroup showed some recent increases for proficient and advanced students in math
 * 8th grade reading overall student population is strong.
 * 8th grade IEP show some districts showing improvement but still drastically lower than overall student population.

 Figure 3: 11th Grade Math Figure 4: 11th Grade Reading


 * 11th grade math scores over the 5 years have been flat. (not much of an increase)
 * 11th grade math scores in IEP showed very little change.
 * 11th grade reading for IEP showed that some were decreasing and there was very little to no increase over time.
 * 11th grade economically disadvantaged subgroup showed a slight increase.

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 * National Statistics**