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Explore the 2022-23 SPOTlight and School Progress Report on Education & Equity (SPREE)

Explore the 2022-23 SPOTlight and School Progress Report on Education & Equity (SPREE)

The full suite of products related to the 2022-23 School Progress Report on Education & Equity (SPREE) are now available. This blog post provides an overview of the many ways that you can review 2022-23 SPREE data, including our interactive data dashboards, Open Data, and the School Performance Outcomes Table (SPOTlight).

Overview of the 2022-23 School Performance Outcomes Table (SPOTlight) and School Progress Report on Education and Equity (SPREE)

Overview of the 2022-23 School Performance Outcomes Table (SPOTlight) and School Progress Report on Education and Equity (SPREE)

This slide deck provides an overview of the 2022-23 SPOTlight and SPREE for District and charter schools, including the structure, metrics, scoring, and summary of results.

School District of Philadelphia Shows Progress in Post-Pandemic Academic Recovery

School District of Philadelphia Shows Progress in Post-Pandemic Academic Recovery

In January 2024, the Education Recovery Scorecard issued a report on the first year of Covid-related academic recovery for school districts in 30 states. According to the research team, SDP is outpacing other large urban districts nationwide and many districts in Pennsylvania in recovering from the pandemic. In math, Philadelphia students recovered nearly half a grade level of learning during the 2022-2023 school year. In reading, Philadelphia students also made gains over the same period.

2022-23 PSSA Results for District Students Show Improvements in Math and Science, Stability for ELA; Keystone Results Show Declines in Algebra and Biology but Improvement in Literature

2022-23 PSSA Results for District Students Show Improvements in Math and Science, Stability for ELA; Keystone Results Show Declines in Algebra and Biology but Improvement in Literature

On November 8, 2023 PDE published the results of the state standardized tests administered in the 2022-23 school year. Although proficiency rates for SDP students are lower than statewide rates, SDP students’ year-over-year results align with the statewide results, and we see overall signs of post-pandemic improvement, especially in grades 3-8 math and science.

School Progress Report on Education and Equity (SPREE) for School Year 2021-22

School Progress Report on Education and Equity (SPREE) for School Year 2021-22

The School Progress Report on Education and Equity (SPREE) for school year 2021-22 is now available. The SPREE is a yearly report that highlights our overall progress as a District and shows each school’s growth, both in traditional performance measures like proficiency on state assessments and graduation rates, and in additional measures like school climate, culture, and opportunity.

2021-22 PSSA and Keystone Results for District Students Highlight Areas for Post-Covid Recovery and Growth

2021-22 PSSA and Keystone Results for District Students Highlight Areas for Post-Covid Recovery and Growth

The 2021-22 school year was the first year that the PSSAs and Keystones were administered normally since 2018-19 (pre-pandemic). In late November, PDE published the results of the state standardized tests administered in the 2021-22 school year.

2019-20 AEPR reports now available

2019-20 AEPR reports now available

Information about the 2019-20 AEPR reports, including the updated files and resources.

SDP Chromebook Distribution by Zip Code

SDP Chromebook Distribution by Zip Code

In order to help facilitate remote learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, as part of its Continuity of Education plan, the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) distributed Chromebooks to students in grades K-12 in spring 2020. The table below shows the number and percentage of enrolled SDP students in each zip code who have received an SDP Chromebook as of February 9, 2021.

The 2019-20 End-of-Year Report: A System-Level Summary of School Performance During a Year when Full School Progress Reports could not be Published

The 2019-20 End-of-Year Report: A System-Level Summary of School Performance During a Year when Full School Progress Reports could not be Published

The End-of-Year Report presents metrics typically used to calculate the annual School Progress Report (SPR). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many data points that are required to calculate the SPR were not administered during 2019-20; therefore, the traditional school-specific SPR scores could not be calculated for the 2019-20 school year. The data included in this…

SDP’s redesigned School Profiles now include transit maps for high schools

SDP’s redesigned School Profiles now include transit maps for high schools

SDP’s School Profiles, which display District-level data as well as school-level information about SPR scores, climate, and standardized test performance, now have an additional functionality. Thanks to a partnership with the Philadelphia Education Research Consortium (PERC), you may now view expected public transit times to each high school’s physical location from anywhere in the city.