Key to the tables
School: Schools are listed alphabetically. Name is in color if school met all of its 2004 AYP targets.
Targets met/total: The number of AYP targets the school met, followed by the total number of targets. Schools have targets for test score performance and test participation in reading and math, and either attendance rate (at elementary and middle schools) or graduation rate (at high schools). But the total number of targets varies from school to school. This is because schools must meet the targets associated with any subgroups that have more than 40 students in the school. For a school or district to meet AYP, all AYP targets must be met.
AYP status: See above for definitions of "Warning," "School Improvement," and "Corrective Action" status. Schools labeled as having "Met AYP" met all their AYP targets in 2004 and either met AYP or had "Warning" status in 2003. Schools that are "Making Progress" met all their test performance and participation targets in 2004 but were in School Improvement or Corrective Action in 2003; their prior year AYP status is shown in parentheses (SI I = School Improvement I; CA II = Corrective Action II). A "Making Progress" school that fails to meet its target in 2005 will move down to the next level of the school improvement cycle.
How achieved: For schools that met all their AYP targets, the symbols indicate whether a school's test results met the state's proficiency standards or whether the school achieved AYP through "safe harbor" or the appeals process.
= Met all the proficiency targets - with or without
the help of a confidence interval.
= Achieved AYP through safe harbor, reducing the
percentage of below-proficient students - with or
without the help of a confidence interval.
= Met AYP targets through the appeals process
of the PA Department of Education.
% proficient - reading: The percent of all tested students who scored proficient or above on the 2004 PSSA reading exam.
% proficient - math: The percent of all tested students who scored proficient or above on the 2004 PSSA math exam.