State Education Department Releases PSSA Test Results

The state Department of Education today released the results of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests for all public schools and districts, showing ones that made adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act.

State Education Secretary Gerald Zahorchak previously revealed that test scores increased in each grade level in reading and math, resulting in a record number of students scoring proficient or better on the exams given in grades 3 through 8 and 11 in the spring.

Today's release includes overall results for individual schools and districts, and the results for racial and economic subgroups, where applicable.

Link: Mt. Lebanon School District test results

Link: www.postgazette.com/pg/09246/995323-100.stm

Lebo and No Child Left Behind

Suburbia Calling pulls off a superb post here, wondering out loud, and with the credibility that only being raised in Mt. Lebanon can supply, how the federal No Child Left Behind educational statute is affecting Mt. Lebanon schools -- especially elementary schools.

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