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The following are steps that will guide you through accessing proficiency levels for
schools within the Hill District. They can also be used to find levels within other
schools in the country.
What is the percent of African-American students in my chosen school
who are proficient and above?
- Click on this link: http.paayp.emetric.net
- find the search bar in the upper left part of the page. Underneath it, select
"Allegheny" for your county - next select Pittsburgh School District for your district
- Select Vann Elementary School
- Find the "Overview" tab in the top middle of the page. To the right of it is a tab
marked "Report Card." Click "Report Card." - Read the paragraph. Then click "View 2007-08 Report Card." A PDF file will
be downloaded to your computer. - Go to the 3rd page, "Accountability." On this page, you will find the school's
overall results in math. The scores will be broken down so that you can see
scores for African-Americans in this school. You will see the percent of African-
Americans who are proficient and above in math, in red, in the middle. - On the 4th page, you will find the percent proficient in Reading.
- You can browse through the rest of the document if you like.
- Follow the above steps to find the percent proficient for Weil Technology
Institute and also Miller African-Centered Academy.
How do I find the percent of achievement gap between whites and blacks?
- Many schools have enough of the white population to report scores for whites.
In this case you simply subtract the percent score for blacks from the percent
score for whites. However, in the case of the schools within the Hill District, the
schools are predominately black. For this instance, you can locate the percent
proficient for the "white" subgroup for the PA state report card. Again, you
would subtract the percent of black students in Vann Elementary who are
proficient from the percent of white students who are proficient for the state of
Pennsylvania. - To find the percent proficient for the state of Pennsylvania, go back to the main
page, or click on http://paayp.emetric.net - Click on the tab at the top right that says "State Report."
- Click "the tab on the right that says "Report Card."
- Click the link for the state report card.
- Go to page 3 "Accountability" and find the percent proficient for white students.
- Subtract the percent proficient of African-American students at Vann
Elementary from the percent proficient of white students on the state report
card. - This is the academic achievement gap for African-American students at Vann
Elementary compared to white students across the state of Pennsylvania. - You can repeat this step to find similar gaps at the other public schools within
the Hill District, or for any school that does not have enough white students to
report their scores.
What are my chosen schools current year's scores?
- Each year, PSSA scores are given to each school district around summer
time. These scores are then reported by the district to the Pennsylvania
Department of Education. It usually takes some time before those scores are
processed into databases such as School Matters, School Data Direct, and
other databases. So, the scores on the Pennsylvania Department of Education
website for the state report cards are as up to date as they can be at this time.
What are other public schools within your county, state or within the nation?
- Click on the following link: www.schooldatadirect.org
- Choose either a school or district to search. For example, if you would like to search for other
schools in the Pittsburgh School District, you would choose "district." - Then type in "Pittsburgh School District." For the city, type "Pittsburgh" and choose "Pa" for state.
Then click "Go." - Next click on "Pittsburgh School District" to view its information.
- Finally, explore specific schools in the district by clicking "View schools in the district."
What is the percent of African-American students in my chosen school who are proficient and
above?
- Click on this link: http.paayp.emetric.net
- find the search bar in the upper left part of the page. Underneath it, select "Allegheny" for your county
- next select Pittsburgh School District for your district
- Select Vann Elementary School
- Find the "Overview" tab in the top middle of the page. To the right of it is a tab marked "Report
Card." Click "Report Card." - Read the paragraph. Then click "View 2007-08 Report Card." A PDF file will be downloaded to your
computer. - Go to the 3rd page, "Accountability." On this page, you will find the school's overall results in math.
The scores will be broken down so that you can see scores for African-Americans in this school.
You will see the percent of African-Americans who are proficient and above in math, in red, in the
middle. - On the 4th page, you will find the percent proficient in Reading.
- You can browse through the rest of the document if you like.
- Follow the above steps to find the percent proficient for Weil Technology Institute and also Miller
African-Centered Academy.
How do I find the percent of achievement gap between whites and blacks?
- Many schools have enough of the white population to report scores for whites. In this case you
simply subtract the percent score for blacks from the percent score for whites. However, in the case
of the schools within the Hill District, the schools are predominately black. For this instance, you
can locate the percent proficient for the "white" subgroup for the PA state report card. Again, you
would subtract the percent of black students in Vann Elementary who are proficient from the percent
of white students who are proficient for the state of Pennsylvania. - To find the percent proficient for the state of Pennsylvania, go back to the main page, or click on
- Click on the tab at the top right that says "State Report."
- Click "the tab on the right that says "Report Card."
- Click the link for the state report card.
- Go to page 3 "Accountability" and find the percent proficient for white students.
- Subtract the percent proficient of African-American students at Vann Elementary from the percent
proficient of white students on the state report card. - This is the academic achievement gap for African-American students at Vann Elementary compared
to white students across the state of Pennsylvania. - You can repeat this step to find similar gaps at the other public schools within the Hill District, or for
any school that does not have enough white students to report their scores.
What are my chosen schools current year's scores?
- Each year, PSSA scores are given to each school district around summer time. These scores are
then reported by the district to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. It usually takes some
time before those scores are processed into databases such as School Matters, School Data
Direct, and other databases. So, the scores on the Pennsylvania Department of Education website
for the state report cards are as up to date as they can be at this time.
- Click on this link: www.schooldatadirect.org
- In the box under "Name" type in Vann Elementary School. In the box under "City" type in Pittsburgh.
Select "PA" from the drop down box under "State." Then click "Go." - Next, click on the link for Vann Elementary School.
- You will see a set of tabs under "Vann Elementary School" beginning with "Overview." Click on the
one that says "Analytics." A window will pop up. Simply click "Close." - Follow the steps in 1d to find the percent proficient for African-Americans for each year you would
like to compare. - To find scores for whites in the state of Pennsylvania, go back to the main page: or click
- Under the word "Search" you will find a box that says "Educators," "Researchers," and
"Policymakers." Under that box you will see "National Information" and "State Information." Click on
"State Information." - A window will pop up. Select "Pennsylvania."
- Under "Pennsylvania Public Schools" you will see a set of tabs beginning with "Overview."
- On the far right, there is a tab for "Anaylitics." Click "Analytics."
- This will give you a table of scores dating back to 2003. You can compare the African-American
scores from your school with scores for whites from the state if your school did not have enough
whites to report their scores.