PVAAS (The Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System )

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PVAAS(The Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment
System )
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PVAAS IS

• Another tool we can use to look at our school
  data
• A way to determine if students made one years
  worth of growth
• When combined with PSSA scores, we get a clearer
  picture of school achievement

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PVAAS is NOT

• Another Test the data is taken from the PSSA
• A measure for teacher accountability

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Things to Keep in Mind

• PVAAS does not take into account a students
  starting point. It looks at growth over a year.
• PVAAS measures growth, not AYP level
• A Scatter Plot graph combines both

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The Scatter Plot Coordinate System
Vertical Axis PSSA Percent Proficient or Advanced
Horizontal Axis PVAAS Growth Measure
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Scatter Plot Quadrants and Their Meanings
Quadrant 2 Met AYP Negative Growth
Quadrant 1 Met AYP Positive Growth
Quadrant 4 Didnt reach AYP Proficiency
Target Positive Growth
Quadrant 3 Didnt reach AYP Proficiency
Target Negative Growth
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What does PVAAS show?
Looking Forward/Planning PVAAS Projection
Reports For Individual Students and Cohorts of
Students
Looking back
Looking Back/Evaluation Value-added Growth
Reports For Cohorts of Students
Looking ahead
Today
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Value-added Measure of Cohort Growth

• Comparison to a State Growth Standard
• The Growth Standard specifies the minimal
  designated academic gain from grade to grade for
  a cohort of students.
• The use of a Growth Standard creates the
  possibility that ALL schools can demonstrate
  appropriate growth.

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PVAAS Value-added Cohort Growth Descriptors
Favorable Indicator Estimated gain at or above growth standard. Students in this cohort have made at least one year growth. All schools can achieve this rating.
Caution Indicator Estimated gain below growth standard but by less than one standard error. Students in this cohort have grown less than the standard.
Stronger Caution Estimated gain below growth standard by more than one but less than two standard errors. Students in this cohort have fallen behind their peers.
Strongest Warning Estimated gain well below growth standard by more than two standard errors. Students in this cohort have made little progress.
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PVAAS School Report

• This is an example of a School Value Added
  Report.
• It shows us growth by grade level.
• We can also use the chart at the bottom of the
  page to see growth of the same cohort over time.

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PVAAS Performance Diagnostic Report

• This chart is an example of a school performance
  diagnostic report
• We can see the growth for groups of students
• The green line is at zero. This is the growth
  line.
• Everything at or above the line shows that the
  students have made one years worth of growth.
• Everything below the green growth line shows that
  the students slipped from last year. (They did
  not remain in the same position as last year)

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More Detail Diagnostic Report
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Looking at a subgroup
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Your Turn! Your Reports!

• Go to https//pvaas.sas.com
• Login PVAAS.Training
• Password PVAAS
• To view School Value Added Reports
• Under Reports, select School Value Added Reports
• Using the tabs on the top of the page, you can
  change the subject or school
• To View School Performance Diagnostic Reports
• Under Reports, select School Performance
  Diagnostic
• Select Subgroups (this is an optional filter to
  view the diagnostic report for specific subgroups
  of students)

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Questions/Comments about PVAAS Growth Graphs
Looking back
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What does PVAAS show?
Looking Forward/Planning PVAAS Projection
Reports For Individual Students and Cohorts of
Students
Looking back
Looking Back/Evaluation Value-added Growth
Reports For Cohorts of Students
Looking ahead
Today
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Student Projections

• Wouldnt it be great
• to know the likelihood
• that a student will
• be proficient on a
• future PSSA?

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PVAAS Student Projection Report
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PVAAS Projection Reports for Groups of Students
by Subgroup and/or Projected Proficiency Level
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Identified Students Meeting Search Requirements
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Your Turn! Your Reports!

• Go to https//pvaas.sas.com
• Login PVAAS.Training
• Password PVAAS
• Under Reports, select Student Search
• Restrict Search by Grade 8 (this is the grade
  last tested)
• Restrict Search by Projected Proficiency Level
  Test-PSSA,
• Restrict by Subject (level) 11th Math
  Proficient, 0 to 100

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Questions/Comments about PVAAS Prediction Graphs
Looking ahead
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Lets Summarize

• Review Chart on PVAAS