PVAAS Reporting
PVAAS provides two types of information, value-added (or growth) data on cohorts of students and student level projection data. The value-added, or growth, analyzes available data from previous years (looking back) to help schools evaluate how much cohorts of students have gained in a school year by answering questions such as: Did a group or subgroup of students make a year’s worth of growth for a year’s worth of schooling?
The projection data uses the data already analyzed to help schools project (looking forward) to the future by answering questions such as: What is the percent likelihood of a student being proficient on a future PSSA? Projection data can be used for intervention planning and resource reallocation.
PVAAS value-added, or growth, data are available for reading and math in grades 4-8 and 11 (this year’s current 5th-9th and 12th graders). In addition, value-added, or growth, data are available for science and writing in grade 11 (this year’s current 12th graders), as well as for science in grades 4 and 8 (this year's current 5th and 9th graders) and for writing in grades 5 and 8 (this year's current 6th and 9th graders). Student level projection data are available for students currently in grades 4-9, providing valuable information regarding the probability of a student's, or cohort of students’, performance on a future PSSA.
Winter 2011 Professional Development
Archived Webinars
Print Resources
- Quick Guide to Performing a Student Search within PVAAS (PDF, 4/11)
- Quick Guide to Generating and Saving PVAAS Student Projections (PDF, 4/11)
- Accessing PVAAS Projection Data on Currently Enrolled Students (PDF, 2/11)
- Assigning Access to PVAAS Web-Based Reports (PDF, 1/11)
- Quick Guide to Using PVAAS Reports for Program Evaluation (PDF, 3/10)
- Quick Guide to Pre-defined Packets: District Improvement Plan/Getting Results! Data Packet (PDF, 3/10)
- Quick Reference Guide to Pre-defined Packets: School Improvement/Getting Results! Data Packet (PDF, 3/10)
- Quick Reference Guide to Pre-defined Packets: Student Projections Data Packets (PDF, 3/10)
- PVAAS Inquiry for District Administrators (PDF, 1/10)
- Quick Guide to Faculty Roll Out at School Level (PDF, 1/10)
- Quick Guide to Faculty Roll Out at District Level (PDF, 1/10)
- Introduction for Teachers (PowerPoint) (Template)
- District Considerations for Implementation & Planning (PDF, updated 8/09)
- PVAAS Line of Inquiry: Guiding Questions (PDF)
- District Stories – districts across the Commonwealth share their experiences regarding the implementation of PVAAS within their district.
Communicating PVAAS: Print Resources
For additional assistance with PA Value-Added Assessment System (PVAAS) website, please contact LIU #13 at Phone: 717-606-1911 or by Email: pdepvaas@iu13.org.
