PA School Performance Profile: Great Valley High School

MALVERN, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Education released its 2016-2017 School Performance Profile scores recently. So how did Great Valley High School fare in the most recent data release?

According to the SPP data provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Great Valley High School's unfortunately score dropped from last year's SPP score.

The score went from 2015-2016's 94.3 to 91.3 in 2016-2017.

Great Valley's scores in math, English language arts, and science and biology came in at 83.5, 90.97, and 89.97, respectively. In the 2015-2016 profile, GVHS scored 88.64, 93.73, and 91.17 in those same categories.

The school's graduation rate saw a slight uptick, the data shows. The school's rate went from a 98.62 in 2015-2016 t0 99.64 in 2016-2017.

You can see Great Valley High School's full SPP report here.

How does Great valley HS stack up against nearby schools? Click on the links below for those school's SPP scores:

• Radnor High School
• Lower Merion High School
• Harriton High School
• Conestoga High School
• Haverford High School
• Marple Newtown High School
• Springfield High School
• Penncrest High School

The assessment, done each year, gives each school a score of up to 100 using several factors, including test scores, student improvement from the past year, as well as graduation rates.

Points earned for each data element are calculated by multiplying the performance measure by the factor value. All earned points are then added to determine the total number of points. That total is then divided by the total number of possible points for the school's calculated score. Additional credit is given for advanced achievement to determine a final score.

Officials say the School Performance Profile is just one indicator of how schools are supporting student learning.

SPPs not only just grades schools, it provides information for various purposes such as:

• Provides a building level academic score for educators as part of the Educator Effectiveness System;
• provides information used in determining federal accountability status for Title I schools;
• informs the public of the academic performance measures of each school, comprehensive career and technical center, cyber charter and charter school in Pennsylvania;
• and provides resources to support schools as they seek to improve academic performance.

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