State Releases Official Test Scores For East Penn Students

The state Department of Education last week released the official results of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exams given in the 2010-2011 school year, and the data reflected preliminary information.

The results for the East Penn School District are here, and they held both good and bad news.

The good news is that every school exceeded proficiency in both reading and math.

The bad news is that math scores at Emmaus High School and Macungie Elementary School fell short in the IEP-Special Education segment of the academic population which earned “warning” statuses for both schools.

That means the schools “fell short of the Adequate Yearly Progress – AYP – targets, but have another year to achieve them before any consequences are imposed,” according to the state’s standard definition.

District-wide, the 10 schools were looking to achieve 72 percent above proficient in reading and 67 percent above proficient in math.

Overall academic performance exceeded goals across the board.

District-wide Reading scores:

Grades 3-5: 81.6 percent above proficient, up 2.5 percent from 2010.

Grades 6-8: 83.8 percent above proficient, down 0.1 of a percent from 2010.

Grades 9-12: 81.7 percent above proficient, up 5.4 percent from 2010.

District-wide Math scores:

Grades 3-5: 83.6 percent above proficient, up 0.1 of a percent from 2010.

Grades 6-8: 84.1 percent above proficient, up 0.1 of a percent from 2010.

Grades 9-12: 69.3 percent above proficient, up 0.7 of a percent from 2010.

BY SCHOOL:

Alburtis Elementary:

Reading: 81.1 percent above proficient, up 12.2 percent from 2020.

Math: 77.8 percent above proficient, up 3.7 percent from 2010.

Emmaus High School:

Reading: 83.1 percent above proficient, up 5.7 percent from 2010.

Math: 70.9 percent above proficient, up 0.9 of a percent from 2010.

Eyer Middle School:

Reading: 88.2 percent above proficient, down 2.9 percent from 2010.

Math: 88.7 percent above proficient, down 1.4 percent from 2010.

Jefferson Elementary:

Reading: 74.4 percent above proficient, down 1.0 percent from 2010.

Math: 81.6 percent above proficient, up 1.9 percent from 2010.

Lincoln Elementary:

Reading: 78.5 percent above proficient, down 1.1 percent from 2010.

Math: 75.1 percent above proficient, down 6.2 percent from 2010.

Lower Macungie Middle School:

Reading: 81.0 percent above proficient, up 2.3 percent from 2010.

Math: 81.2 percent above proficient, up 1.4 percent from 2010.

Macungie Elementary School:

Reading: 82.0 percent above proficient, down 2.2 percent from 2010.

Math: 86.1 percent above proficient, down 2.8 percent from 2010.

Shoemaker Elementary:

Reading: 85.4 percent above proficient, down 1.8 percent from 2010.

Math: 88.0 percent above proficient, down 1.7 percent from 2010.

Wescosville Elementary:

Reading: 77.4 percent above proficiency, up 2.0 percent from 2010.

Math: 80.7 percent above proficiency, down 1.8 percent from 2010.

Willow Lane Elementary:

Reading: 87.1 percent above proficiency

Math: 90.5 percent above proficiency

There are no previous scores for Willow Lane because the 2010-2011 school year was its first.