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Keystone Literature proficiency

The share of students scoring proficient or advanced on the Keystone Literature exam.

Measured in percent; higher is better.

Identifiers

key keystone_literature_proficiency · unit PERCENT · direction HIGHER_BETTER

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    How it was computedvalue = the state's published percentage for the school × subgroup, as-is
    1. Read the state's wide-format datafile: one row per Pennsylvania school, one column per measure × subgroup (e.g. PercentPersistentAttendance_Black).
    2. Keep Philadelphia rows by mapping the state's AUN + Schl codes to the district's ULCS code through the Master School List.
    3. Unpivot each recognized measure × subgroup column into one served cell; state suppression codes ('IS', '--', '*') are stored as suppressed.

    Algorithms applied downstream: Reading the state's wide-format datafile, Citywide and peer-group percentiles, Peer groups: 40 nearest neighbors on demographics

  2. 2
    The load that wrote it6 data loads wrote this metric
    LoadedSource fileYearsCellsSuppressedFile hashCommit
    2026-09-08futurereadypa_performance_2024-252024-253,5761,639a16ffc40e7d1…c19ea6ec
    2026-09-08futurereadypa_performance_2023-242023-243,5761,65889219f7a7ffb…c19ea6ec
    2026-09-08futurereadypa_performance_2022-232022-233,5641,64381fdf381405c…c19ea6ec
    2026-09-08futurereadypa_performance_2021-222021-223,5281,6244efe1b1b120f…c19ea6ec
    2026-06-04sdp_pssa_keystone_2023-242023-2433844d89570e75caa…de835926
    2026-06-03sdp_pssa_keystone_2024-252024-2533440d040e16c1b88…63ddc08c

    The hash identifies the exact file version read; the commit identifies the exact code. Both are recorded at load time.

    Evidence: futurereadypa_performance.ts · sdp_pssa_keystone_2023-24.ts · sdp_pssa_keystone.ts

  3. 3
    The publisher's file6 publisher files

    Future Ready PA Index datafile, 2024-25Pennsylvania Department of Education (Future Ready PA Index). The state's school-level accountability indicators for every public school in Pennsylvania — test proficiency, growth (PVAAS), persistent attendance, graduation — by subgroup.

    format
    XLSX (wide: one column per measure × subgroup)
    join key
    AUN + Schl (state IDs), mapped to ULCS via the Master School List
    • The chronic-absenteeism column exists in the file but is empty for individual Philadelphia schools; the state reports persistent attendance instead.
    • Publishes no student counts for the attendance measure.
    • Its 90%-attendance figure does not match the district's for the same schools (see the cross-publisher check).

    Future Ready PA Index datafile, 2023-24Pennsylvania Department of Education (Future Ready PA Index). Same structure as the 2024-25 file.

    format
    XLSX (wide)
    join key
    AUN + Schl → ULCS
    • Same as 2024-25.

    Future Ready PA Index datafile, 2022-23Pennsylvania Department of Education (Future Ready PA Index). Same structure as the 2024-25 file.

    format
    XLSX (wide)
    join key
    AUN + Schl → ULCS
    • Same as 2024-25.

    Future Ready PA Index datafile, 2021-22Pennsylvania Department of Education (Future Ready PA Index). Same structure as the 2024-25 file.

    format
    XLSX (wide)
    join key
    AUN + Schl → ULCS
    • Same as 2024-25.

    PSSA & Keystone results, 2023-24School District of Philadelphia (Performance Office). Same structure as the 2024-25 file, one year earlier.

    format
    ZIP of CSVs
    join key
    id_eos (= ULCS Code)
    • Same as the 2024-25 file.

    PSSA & Keystone results, 2024-25School District of Philadelphia (Performance Office). State test results by school, test, subject, grade, and subgroup: counts and shares at each performance level, in two population cuts — the accountability cohort (students enrolled for the full year) and all tested students.

    format
    ZIP of CSVs (accountability-cohort and all-tested cuts)
    join key
    id_eos (= ULCS Code)
    • Two cuts of the same results; the accountability cohort is the canonical one served by default.
    • District-run and alternative schools only; charter results come from the state's Future Ready file.

    Evidence: source registry (sources.yaml) · futurereadypa_performance_2024-25: first-fetch findings · futurereadypa_performance_2023-24: first-fetch findings · futurereadypa_performance_2022-23: first-fetch findings · futurereadypa_performance_2021-22: first-fetch findings · sdp_pssa_keystone_2023-24: first-fetch findings · sdp_pssa_keystone_2024-25: first-fetch findings

  4. 4
    How it was checkedChecks: 0 passed, 1 not run
    • not runBase case against the state file not yet run for this metric (the loader is shared with keystone_algebra_proficiency, whose SDP-side base case passed)
  5. 5
    Assumptions & caveatsAssumptions and caveats

    Assumptions

    • The state's AUN + Schl → ULCS mapping from the 2024-25 Master School List is correct. State rows for schools not in that directory — district schools that closed before 2024-25 — are not loaded, so every year of state data is a survivor-only panel; cyber charters have their own AUNs and are outside the district's directory.
    • Where two directory schools share a state code (a school and its Continuation Academy), the state's single row belongs to the main school (deterministic rule; the full absenteeism QA lists every shared code).

    Caveats

    • The state publishes no student counts for most measures, so served cells carry no denominator.
    • Served from both the district's and the state's files; check the cell's load record.

Coverage by year, sector, and subgroup

Cells served, with how many are suppressed (withheld by the publisher for small groups).

YearSectorGroupCellsSuppressed
2021-22District-runAll students2163
2021-22District-runAmerican Indian / Alaska Native students216216
2021-22District-runAsian students216157
2021-22District-runNative Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students216216
2021-22District-runBlack students21612
2021-22District-runHispanic students216101
2021-22District-runWhite students216140
2021-22District-runStudents of two or more races216174
2021-22District-runEconomically disadvantaged students2164
2021-22District-runEnglish learners216117
2021-22District-runStudents in special education21639
2021-22District-runBlack, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined2160
2021-22CharterAll students772
2021-22CharterAmerican Indian / Alaska Native students7777
2021-22CharterAsian students7763
2021-22CharterNative Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students7777
2021-22CharterBlack students774
2021-22CharterHispanic students7742
2021-22CharterWhite students7757
2021-22CharterStudents of two or more races7760
2021-22CharterEconomically disadvantaged students773
2021-22CharterEnglish learners7749
2021-22CharterStudents in special education774
2021-22CharterBlack, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined770
2021-22Special educationAll students10
2021-22Special educationAmerican Indian / Alaska Native students11
2021-22Special educationAsian students11
2021-22Special educationNative Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students11
2021-22Special educationBlack students10
2021-22Special educationHispanic students11
2021-22Special educationWhite students11
2021-22Special educationStudents of two or more races11
2021-22Special educationEconomically disadvantaged students10
2021-22Special educationEnglish learners11
2021-22Special educationStudents in special education10
2021-22Special educationBlack, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined10
2022-23District-runAll students2182
2022-23District-runAmerican Indian / Alaska Native students218218
2022-23District-runAsian students218158
2022-23District-runNative Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students218218
2022-23District-runBlack students21812
2022-23District-runHispanic students21898
2022-23District-runWhite students218145
2022-23District-runStudents of two or more races218187
2022-23District-runEconomically disadvantaged students2184
2022-23District-runEnglish learners218118
2022-23District-runStudents in special education21836
2022-23District-runBlack, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined2182
2022-23CharterAll students782
2022-23CharterAmerican Indian / Alaska Native students7877
2022-23CharterAsian students7863
2022-23CharterNative Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students7878
2022-23CharterBlack students783
2022-23CharterHispanic students7842
2022-23CharterWhite students7859
2022-23CharterStudents of two or more races7857
2022-23CharterEconomically disadvantaged students782
2022-23CharterEnglish learners7847
2022-23CharterStudents in special education786
2022-23CharterBlack, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined782
2022-23Special educationAll students10
2022-23Special educationAmerican Indian / Alaska Native students11
2022-23Special educationAsian students11
2022-23Special educationNative Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students11
2022-23Special educationBlack students10
2022-23Special educationHispanic students11
2022-23Special educationWhite students11
2022-23Special educationStudents of two or more races11
2022-23Special educationEconomically disadvantaged students10
2022-23Special educationEnglish learners11
2022-23Special educationStudents in special education10
2022-23Special educationBlack, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined10
2023-24District-runAll students3317
2023-24District-runAmerican Indian / Alaska Native students219219
2023-24District-runAsian students219162
2023-24District-runNative Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students219219
2023-24District-runBlack students21912
2023-24District-runHispanic students219100
2023-24District-runWhite students219143
2023-24District-runStudents of two or more races219194
2023-24District-runEconomically disadvantaged students2194
2023-24District-runEnglish learners219121
2023-24District-runStudents in special education21931
2023-24District-runFemale students11218
2023-24District-runMale students11018
2023-24District-runBlack, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined2193
2023-24CharterAll students782
2023-24CharterAmerican Indian / Alaska Native students7877
2023-24CharterAsian students7866
2023-24CharterNative Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students7878
2023-24CharterBlack students783
2023-24CharterHispanic students7839
2023-24CharterWhite students7860
2023-24CharterStudents of two or more races7860
2023-24CharterEconomically disadvantaged students783
2023-24CharterEnglish learners7847
2023-24CharterStudents in special education783
2023-24CharterBlack, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined782
2023-24Special educationAll students32
2023-24Special educationAmerican Indian / Alaska Native students11
2023-24Special educationAsian students11
2023-24Special educationNative Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students11
2023-24Special educationBlack students10
2023-24Special educationHispanic students11
2023-24Special educationWhite students11
2023-24Special educationStudents of two or more races11
2023-24Special educationEconomically disadvantaged students10
2023-24Special educationEnglish learners11
2023-24Special educationStudents in special education10
2023-24Special educationMale students22
2023-24Special educationBlack, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined10
2024-25District-runAll students3317
2024-25District-runAmerican Indian / Alaska Native students219219
2024-25District-runAsian students219166
2024-25District-runNative Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students219219
2024-25District-runBlack students21914
2024-25District-runHispanic students21995
2024-25District-runWhite students219143
2024-25District-runStudents of two or more races219196
2024-25District-runEconomically disadvantaged students2195
2024-25District-runEnglish learners219114
2024-25District-runStudents in special education21927
2024-25District-runFemale students11218
2024-25District-runMale students11018
2024-25District-runBlack, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined2193
2024-25CharterAll students781
2024-25CharterAmerican Indian / Alaska Native students7878
2024-25CharterAsian students7865
2024-25CharterNative Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students7878
2024-25CharterBlack students782
2024-25CharterHispanic students7835
2024-25CharterWhite students7858
2024-25CharterStudents of two or more races7858
2024-25CharterEconomically disadvantaged students783
2024-25CharterEnglish learners7846
2024-25CharterStudents in special education783
2024-25CharterBlack, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined781
2024-25Special educationAll students10
2024-25Special educationAmerican Indian / Alaska Native students11
2024-25Special educationAsian students11
2024-25Special educationNative Hawaiian / Pacific Islander students11
2024-25Special educationBlack students10
2024-25Special educationHispanic students11
2024-25Special educationWhite students11
2024-25Special educationStudents of two or more races11
2024-25Special educationEconomically disadvantaged students10
2024-25Special educationEnglish learners11
2024-25Special educationStudents in special education10
2024-25Special educationBlack, Hispanic, and multi-racial students combined10

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