Contrary to the Reading Eagle’s headline, maybe Berks County students aren’t doing so well on the PSSAs.
I looked at eighth-grade math scores, which seem important. We can’t compare scores from year to year, but we can see how Berks students do relative to state averages.
The scores show Berks students declining compared to the state.
Eighth graders in three more Berks County districts scored below the state average in math than did five years ago, according to standardized PSSA test scores the state released this week.
In the 2009-2010 school year, three Berks districts' eighth graders scored below the state average in math: Hamburg, Antietam and Reading. Those districts had about 1,270 eighth-graders.
In 2014-2015, Hamburg eighth-graders scored above the state average, but those in Tulpehocken, Brandywine Heights, Kutztown, Muhlenberg, Antietam and Reading did not. Those districts had about 1,720 eighth-graders.
No comments:
Post a Comment