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Chief academic officer cites online testing, low participation after junior high falls into bottom 15%
Summary
At a board meeting, the district’s chief academic officer reported Midland County Junior High was in the bottom 15% for PSSA achievement, explained the Opportunity Scholarship letter that followed, and said mandatory online testing and sub‑95% participation may have driven the dip; administrators promised more disaggregated data and intervention plans.
Chief Academic Officer Mr. Yarmouth told the Mifflin County School Board that Midland County Junior High fell into the bottom 15% of schools on the state PSSA measure, triggering a required letter to families about eligibility for the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit program.
The letter, Mr. Yarmouth said, alerts families that students in schools designated in the bottom 15% of achievement on combined math and reading may be eligible to apply for scholarships to attend other public or non‑public schools. "The Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit program enables eligible students residing within the boundaries of low‑achieving schools to apply for a scholarship to attend another public or nonpublic school," he said.
Why the junior high dropped, he told the board, is not a single factor. He and board members…
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