House Education Committee holds informational meeting on academic performance, student progress
Rep. Peter G. Schweyer February 3, 2025 | 1:33 PM
HARRISBURG, Feb. 3 – The Pennsylvania House Education Committee convened an informational meeting today to discuss the latest academic results, school progress measures and student success from the Future Ready PA Index.
“Today, we got to take a closer look at the system which measures how schools across Pennsylvania are performing academically and how children are progressing throughout their education,” said Schweyer. “I want to thank all of the testifiers who participated in the discussion, but especially the school superintendents and parents who were able to provide direct impacts of student measurement and examples of student success.”
The discussion featured testifiers from the Pennsylvania Dept. of Education, the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators, the Education Law Center, as well school district officials and parents from across the commonwealth.
“While we have not reached the thresholds from pre-pandemic school years, since the close of the pandemic in the 2020-21 school year, all State Assessment proficiency rates in Reading, Math and Science have increased modestly year over year, “said Dr. Carrie Rowe, Deputy Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Added Schweyer, “It is important to note that the latest results in the Future Ready PA Index are for the 2023-24 school year and do not yet show the impacts last year’s historic education investments that were implemented in the 2024-25 school year.”
“It is clear that school districts are utilizing the funds allocated to them in many effective ways,” said Maura McInerney, Legal Director of the Education Law Center – Pennsylvania. “Some districts have reopened their school libraries, developed curriculum, hired more teachers to reduce classroom sizes, and many districts which did not offer a full-day kindergarten are now able to afford to do so.”
The Future Ready PA Index has been utilized since 2018 to measure student success under three categories: academic performance, student progress and college and career readiness.