Education Services
- Staff Members
- PA Core Standards
- School Performance Profile
- High School Program of Studies
- Curriculum Resources
- Assessment Calendars
- State Assessments
- Other Resources
Staff Members
Kara Eckert
Jill Fleming-Salopek
Andrea Huffman
PA Core Standards
The State Board approved the final Chapter 4 regulations on September 12, 2013. The Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) approved the final regulation on November 21, 2013. With publication of Chapter 4 in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, the new regulations took effect on March 1, 2014.
As part of the new regulations, Pennsylvania’s Core Standards offer a set of rigorous, high-quality academic expectations in English Language Arts and Mathematics that all students should master by the end of each grade level. The PA Core Standards are robust and relevant to the real world and reflect the knowledge and skills our young people need to succeed in life after high school, in both post-secondary education and a globally competitive workforce.
For more information about the PA Core Standards, please visit this site: http://www.pdesas.org/Standard/PACore
Implementing the Common Core Standards in PA
School Performance Profile
Overview
The PA School Performance Profile serves several purposes:
- Provide a building level score for educators as part of the Educator Effectiveness System
- Provide parents with comparative measures for schools, neighboring schools, and schools across the state
- Inform the public of the academic performance measures of each school, comprehensive career and technical center, cyber charter and charter school in Pennsylvania
- Offer a resource for LEAs to communicate and compare performance, analyze performance indicators as related to achievement, and encourage best practice
- Employ as an analysis tool to inform goal setting, planning, and allocating resources to improve student achievement
- Compare performance to local schools
- Compare performance to schools with similar demographics
- Communicate performance to various constituencies
Individual School Performance Profiles 2015-2016
Baldwin High School
J.E. Harrison Middle School
McAnnulty Elementary School
W.R. Paynter Elementary School
Whitehall Elementary School
Elementary and Middle Schools: The “View Historical Information” Tab will provide you with the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 data. There is no SPP data for 2014-2015 because this was the baseline year for the PA Core Mathematics and English Language Arts PSSA assessment.
Baldwin High School: The “View Historical Information” Tab will provide you with the 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and the 2014-2015 data for the high school.
Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System (PVAAS)
In early fall, all public school districts, charter schools, cyber charter schools and full time Career and Technology Centers across the Commonwealth receive web-based reporting through the Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System (PVAAS). PVAAS is a statistical analysis of Pennsylvania (PA) state assessment data, and provides Pennsylvania districts and schools with growth data to add to achievement data. This lens of measuring student learning provides educators with valuable information to ensure they are meeting the academic needs of groups of students, as well as individual students. PVAAS is one of the tools in the cadre of tools provided to districts from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Districts and schools are using PVAAS (growth data), in conjunction with achievement data, to make sure students are on the path to proficiency and beyond. Utilizing all the data available (growth and achievement), educators are able to make data-informed instructional decisions to ensure the academic growth and achievement of all students.
Measuring Growth in Science, Writing, and Keystone Content Areas
High School Program of Studies
Curriculum Resources
Please click here to access all resources related to curriculum writing and other department initiatives.