PVAAS Update:

Data Release

Laurie Kolka, Lancaster-Lebanon IU13

Jen Ross, Lancaster-Lebanon IU13

PVAAS Statewide Team for PDE

November 14, 2024

and the PVAAS Statewide Team for PDE presents

Today’s slides will be posted in the chat. For a copy by email, contact pdepvaas@iu13.org

Watch for a survey link after today’s session!

Today’s Areas of Focus:

• Review the PVAAS data release
• Build an understanding of common misconceptions
• Inform your plan for supporting LEAs

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PVAAS Data Release

What was released?

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PVAAS Phase I Release (October)  �

• PVAAS LEA/District, School, and Teacher growth reports based on SY23-24 state assessments
• PVAAS LEA/District and School growth reports based on SY23-24 CDT data
• Student data backpacks updated with assessment history and projections for upcoming assessments
• Student projections and enrollment updates for access to the October PIMS student enrollment file and updated assessment history
• NOTE: Projection Summaries only available for those with the September or October student enrollment data submitted
• PEERS: Updated Act 13 2024 Building Level Scores (BLS)
• PEERS: Act 13/Teacher-Specific 3-Year Score
• PEERS: Act 13/Teacher-Specific Achievement Score (% Proficient or Advanced)

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Ask Your Principals to Check Out

NEW Pre-Populated Custom Student Reports (CSRs) for teachers

• Enables teachers to easily view longitudinal data for their currently enrolled students from PSSAs, Keystones, AP Exams, PSAT, ACT, SAT, ACCESS for ELLs, CDT, and other local assessments (as available), as well as PVAAS Student Projections on the redesigned PVAAS Student Report
• This was an optional collection, so not all LEAs will have these available—but 214 LEAs have them! If you want to know which LEAs in your region, let us know!

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Two Truths & a Lie

Can you spot the truths?

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Achievement

1. Achievement describes the attainment of standards at a point in time using words such as: “Advanced,” “Proficient,” “Basic,” and “Below Basic.”
2. Many students who perform at the highest point in the Advanced range on the PSSA in any subject, often do it the next year, too.
3. Students from low-income families often start at a point of lower achievement compared to students who are not from low-income families.

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PVAAS Growth

1. The entering and exiting achievement in PVAAS represents the percentage of students reaching proficiency.

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1. Entering achievement for a group of students is based on their available assessment history in PSSAs & Keystones.

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1. The exiting achievement of a group of students is compared to their own entering achievement.

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Growth Paired with Achievement

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1. Students at all achievement levels can show growth.

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1. Both English Learners and students with IEPs traditionally have lower growth than their peers.

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1. “Green” growth means that a student group with a history of lower achievement has maintained lower achievement.

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Resources to Build Understanding

Topics in PVAAS Reporting

• Addresses common questions regarding student populations, assessments, and the Value-added modeling approach

High Achievement & High Growth: Can It Be Done?

• PDF outlining how often students score at the top of the scale and addresses common questions

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An Old Favorite… Remastered!

Want to explain how achievement & growth work together to provide a more complete picture of an educational system?

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Check out the new look to an old classic!

Baseball and PVAAS Powershot Video

Companion Guide

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How could this video be helpful in your work with leaders, teacher leaders, & teachers?

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Meeting Request!

PVAAS is growing as a tool to support data-driven decision-making, and we'd like your input!

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Invite us to join (virtually) your Curriculum role-alike meetings for 30 minutes in February, March, or April. Please click https://PDE1on1DataSession.as.me/IUCurrRoleAlike

to choose a time!

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Professional�Learning

Resources for you &

the LEAs you serve

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Check Out e-Learning!

Visit e-Learning for on demand access to desk references, data reflection guides, and e-Learning modules.

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NEW: Check out the new Scatterplots Guided Tour as a resource to support the utilization of data in your region!

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Upcoming Webinars

Join us!

Click to register:

https://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Assessment%20and%20Accountability/PVAAS/ProfLearning/Pages/CurrentProfessionalLearning.aspx

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Thank you!

The mission of the Department of Education is to ensure that every learner has access to a world-class education system that academically prepares children and adults to succeed as productive citizens. Further, the Department seeks to establish a culture that is committed to improving opportunities throughout the commonwealth by ensuring that technical support, resources, and optimal learning environments are available for all students, whether children or adults.

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and the �PVAAS Statewide Team for PDE

For more information about PVAAS, visit PDE’s website at www.education.pa.gov

For questions about PVAAS, contact the PVAAS Statewide Team at pdepvaas@iu13.org