The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is pleased to announce the Phase II release of PVAAS reporting based on SY23-24, which includes the following:

• LEA/District and School Value-Added & Diagnostic Reports based on SY23-24 local assessments (for LEAs/districts that submitted this data to PIMS)
• Student enrollment update with the most recent enrollment file (for access to Student Projections and Projection Summary Reports based on currently enrolled students)
• Release of the 2023-24 PVAAS Public Site

STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL PVAAS RELEASES AND UPDATES THIS SCHOOL YEAR:

(1) PVAAS Phase III Release (Mid-December): PEERS pre-population with SY24-25 School and Staff Data

(2) Additional Student Enrollment Updates and Pre-Populated Custom Student Reports for teachers for their enrolled students (Late January/Early February)

(3) 2024-25 Roster Verification Phase Dates:

• Preview Phase - April 17, 2025, to April 30, 2025
• Teacher Verification - May 1, 2025, to May 14, 2025
• School Verification - May 15, 2025, to May 28, 2025
• District/LEA Verification - May 29, 2025, to June 20, 2025

For PVAAS resources specific to your role within your LEA/district or school, go to the PVAAS login page and select the appropriate link.

E-LEARNING AND PVAAS VIRTUAL LIBRARY
Visit https://pvaas.sas.com/e/eLearn.html?&w4=79 for self-paced learning on understanding, using, and navigating PVAAS reports, as well as electronic resources in the PVAAS Virtual Library.

The PVAAS online Help, accessible throughout the application, provides detailed information about each report in the system, including explanations of how the reports are generated and guidance for interpreting and using the data effectively.

For assistance with account management, navigation, and for help on specific questions about the reporting, click Contact Us on any PVAAS page. If you have policy questions, contact the PDE PVAAS team at pdepvaas@iu13.org.

The Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool (ELIT) is a federally-directed effort to collect information from all public school districts in the Mid-Atlantic region every two years to monitor the status of environmental literacy efforts at a district level. The results from these data help the Chesapeake Bay Program Education Workgroup most effectively support local efforts to implement strategies that support students’ environmental literacy.

We request that you – or the appropriate district staff person – complete the ELIT by November 30, 2024. This will provide critical information about district-wide environmental literacy curriculum and planning activities in your state. Results help the Chesapeake Bay Program Education Workgroup most effectively support local efforts to implement strategies that support students’ environmental literacy.

Follow this link to the ELIT questionnaire: ELIT 2024

Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser: https://jsicklerconsulting.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1RHJPI6YW2ipMgK

The ELIT takes an average of about 60 minutes to complete, which includes the time to obtain needed information about district-wide activities. To review the questions ahead of time to help you find the information or identify the right staff person to complete the survey, click here: PDF of ELIT Questions

If your district has previously completed the ELIT, you can look up and view past answers here – search for documents labeled “Response Summaries”: https://www.chesapeakebay.net/who/publications-archive/education_workgroup

These past responses can allow you to simply update any information changes since past ELIT surveys (2022, 2019, or 2017).

Who should complete the ELIT for your district? Only one person per district should complete the ELIT. The best respondent is someone who works at the district level and is most familiar with environmental education activities across the district. If your district does not have a position similar to an environmental education coordinator, consider a science curriculum coordinator or similar role. Teachers, principals, or staff from just one school or grade range would have difficulty completing these questions.

An editable Workbook of the ELIT questions (to complete before submitting the data) is also available here: Workbook of ELIT Questions (Word format)

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire. If you have any concerns, reach out to TPeffer@pa.gov.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education and College Board are partnering together to expand access to Advanced Placement throughout the Commonwealth in the 25-26 school year. We have a shared goal to increase the number of students who have the opportunity to take at least one AP class before graduating from high school.

To help support your schools and districts, the College Board has offered a professional development incentive for Pennsylvania schools and districts to train new teachers in 4 AP courses. The four courses are:

AP African American Studies

AP Seminar (or English 10: AP Seminar)

AP Precalculus

AP Computer Science Principles

Each of these courses has been proven to expand access to unique groups of students who may never have seen themselves as advanced students before and has high rates of students scoring a 3 or higher on their corresponding AP exams.

You will receive AP Summer Institute scholarships for your new teachers in each of these 4 courses. Please note, teachers must be new to these courses in order to take advantage of this offer.

For AP African American Studies, AP Seminar, and AP Precalclus:

In order to take advantage of this offer from College Board, we need to secure 100 new teachers per course across the state. To help us gauge interest, please have your school or district leaders complete this survey before leaving for winter break: https://forms.office.com/r/CcFxC6PTkA. This is not a binding commitment at this time. We will send out an email in mid-December to let you know if we have received enough interest. If we do, we will ask you to submit the names and email addresses of the teachers by January 15. Scholarships will be distributed directly to the teachers and they will have their choice of location and dates (including both in-person and virtual options).

We will also be holding an informational session for school or district leaders to learn more about these 3 AP courses and to answer any questions they might have.

• Tuesday, December 3 at 9am – Register at https://collegeboard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsdOyvrz4qHt1s4fTSkyn_0nersBRFyFmU

Feel free to reach out to Mike Webb at mwebb@mciu.org or Eliza Vagni at evagni@iu19.org with any questions you might have.

For AP Computer Science Principles

For more information on the incentive offer for AP Computer Science Principles, please visit: https://secure.smore.com/n/g3n28. Participating districts will receive a scholarship for each new AP CSP teacher to attend an APSI of their choice in summer 2025, along with a $250 stipend and one year of Plus membership to the Computer Science Teachers Association. Again, we need to secure 100 new teachers across the state to take advantage of this offer.

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