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The tests may have changed to reflect tougher education standards, but students at Wycallis Elementary in the Dallas School district seemed to shrug it off, posting the best results for all three state tests &#8212; math, science and English Language Arts (ELA, formerly reading) &#8212; in data released this morning.Wycallis had 84.2 percent of all students score proficient or advanced in ELA, 83.1 percent in math, and 98.9 percent in science.Dallas Elementary had the second best results in ELA at 82.9 percent and science at 95.8 percent. Crestwood&#8217;s Fairview school narrowly outdid Dallas elementary for second place in math, posting 67 percent proficient or better compared to 66.6 percent.Wilkes-Barre Area School District had the four lowest-performing schools countywide in ELA: Heights-Murray elementary at 22.1 percent proficient or better, GAR High School at 22.7 percent, Dodson Elementary at 30 percent, and Meyers High School at 31.1 percent.GAR also posted the poorest county results in math, hitting single digits at 3.6 percent. Two other schools also were in single digits, Greater Nanticoke Area High School at 7.2 percent and Meyers High school at 8.6 percent.GAR and Meyers were the two lowest-scoring schools in science as well at 24.1 percent and 37.7 percent respectively. Greater Nanticoke Area High School had the third lowest at 38.1 percent.The state has warned for months that scores would drop compared to previous years because the new standards are more rigorous. As a result, the state and district superintendents have stressed this year&#8217;s scores cannot be compared to last year. In fact, the change was so substantial the state is not releasing &#8220;School Performance Profile&#8221; scores this year for schools that only administer the Pennsylvania System of Scholastic Assessment tests, given in grade 3 through eight. High schools also administer three end-of-course &#8220;Keystone Exams.&#8221;Here areBEAR CREEK COMMUNITY CS 67.7CRESTWOODCRESTWOOD MS 64.1FAIRVIEW EL SCH 76.1RICE EL SCH 79.7DALLASDALLAS EL SCH 82.9DALLAS MS 74.6WYCALLIS ELEM 84.2GREATER NANTICOKE AREAGNA ELEM CTR 47.2GREATER NANTICOKE AREA ED CTR 46.2NANTICOKE HS 40.8HANOVER AREAHANOVER AREA JSHS 45.0HANOVER AREA MEMORIA 53.2LEE PARK EL SCH 44.3HAZLETON AREADRUMS ELEM/MIDDLE SCHOOL 73.2FREELAND EL/MS 51.1HAZLETON ELEM/ MS 32.2HEIGHTS TERRACE EL/MIDDLE 41.4MAPLE MANOR EL/MS 40.1MCADOO-KELAYRES EL/MS 51.9VALLEY EL/MS 73.2WEST HAZLETON EL/MS 38.4LAKE-LEHMANLAKE-LEHMAN JSHS 62.5LAKE-NOXEN EL SCH 63.4LEHMAN-JACKSON EL SC 75.5ROSS EL SCH 54.8NORTHWEST AREANORTHWEST AREA HS 56.2NORTHWEST AREA INTERMEDIATE SC 55.2PITTSTON AREAPITTSTON AREA MS 59.8PITTSTON CITY INTRMD CTR 52.9TUNKHANNOCK AREAEVANSFALLS EL SCH 61.7MEHOOPANY EL SCH 62.1MILL CITY EL SCH 75.3ROSLUND EL SCH 62.0TUNKHANNOCK MS 56.0WILKES-BARRE AREADANIEL J FLOOD EL SC 32.7DODSON EL SCH 30.0DR DAVID W KISTLER E 41.4ELMER L MEYERS JSHS 31.1G A R MEMORIAL JSHS 22.7HEIGHTS-MURRAY EL SCH 22.1SOLOMON/PLAINS EL SCH 59.9SOLOMON/PLAINS JHS 51.2WYOMING AREAKENNEDY EL CTR 80.0MONTGOMERY AVENUE EL 63.9SARA J DYMOND EL SCH 71.6TENTH STREET EL SCH 67.8WYOMING AREA SEC CTR 53.9WYOMING VALLEY WESTCHESTER STREET EL SC 72.4DANA EL CTR 56.4SCHUYLER AVENUE EL S 40.5STATE EL CTR 41.9THIRD AVENUE EL SCH 46.5WYOMING VALLEY WEST MS 51.9MathBEAR CREEK COMMUNITY CS 35.4CRESTWOODCRESTWOOD MS 42.5FAIRVIEW EL SCH 67.0RICE EL SCH 60.4DALLASDALLAS EL SCH 66.6DALLAS MS 37.0WYCALLIS ELEM 83.1GREATER NANTICOKE AREAGNA ELEM CTR 17.8GREATER NANTICOKE AREA ED CTR 14.0NANTICOKE HS 7.2HANOVER AREAHANOVER AREA JSHS 11.3HANOVER AREA MEMORIA 19.7LEE PARK EL SCH 15.6DRUMS ELEM/MIDDLE SCHOOL 36.1FREELAND EL/MS 20.8HAZLETON ELEM/ MS 10.6HEIGHTS TERRACE EL/MIDDLE 19.5MAPLE MANOR EL/MS 11.9MCADOO-KELAYRES EL/MS 19.0VALLEY EL/MS 45.2WEST HAZLETON EL/MS 13.4LAKE-LEHMANLAKE-LEHMAN JSHS 29.1LAKE-NOXEN EL SCH 44.2LEHMAN-JACKSON EL SC 55.9ROSS EL SCH 33.5NORTHWEST AREANORTHWEST AREA HS 15.2NORTHWEST AREA INTERMEDIATE SC 27.2PITTSTON AREAPITTSTON AREA MS 27.9PITTSTON CITY INTRMD CTR 45.6TUNKHANNOCK AREAEVANSFALLS EL SCH 42.4MEHOOPANY EL SCH 35.5MILL CITY EL SCH 64.7ROSLUND EL SCH 38.9TUNKHANNOCK MS 35.6WILKES-BARRE AREADANIEL J FLOOD EL SC 18.7DODSON EL SCH 14.7DR DAVID W KISTLER E 23.7ELMER L MEYERS JSHS 8.8G A R MEMORIAL JSHS 3.6HEIGHTS-MURRAY EL SCH 13.2SOLOMON/PLAINS EL SCH 45.7SOLOMON/PLAINS JHS 15.2WYOMING AREAKENNEDY EL CTR 57.5MONTGOMERY AVENUE EL 47.8SARA J DYMOND EL SCH 37.4TENTH STREET EL SCH 33.1WYOMING AREA SEC CTR 30.9WYOMING VALLEY WESTCHESTER STREET EL SC 52.7DANA EL CTR 26.4SCHUYLER AVENUE EL S 20.4STATE EL CTR 20.8THIRD AVENUE EL SCH 19.7WYOMING VALLEY WEST MS 17.9ScienceBEAR CREEK COMMUNITY CS 86.5CRESTWOODCRESTWOOD MS 69.7FAIRVIEW EL SCH 95.7RICE EL SCH 94.0DALLASDALLAS EL SCH 95.8DALLAS MS 75.2WYCALLIS ELEM 98.9GREATER NANTICOKE AREAGNA ELEM CTR 74.7NANTICOKE HS 38.1HANOVER AREAHANOVER AREA JSHS 47.1HANOVER AREA MEMORIA 67.6HAZLETON AREADRUMS ELEM/MIDDLE SCHOOL 75.7FREELAND EL/MS 64.0HAZLETON ELEM/ MS 39.5HEIGHTS TERRACE EL/MIDDLE 47.6MAPLE MANOR EL/MS 64.2MCADOO-KELAYRES EL/MS 55.0VALLEY EL/MS 84.8WEST HAZLETON EL/MS 47.8LAKE-LEHMANLAKE-LEHMAN JSHS 65.0LAKE-NOXEN EL SCH 91.5LEHMAN-JACKSON EL SC 94.2ROSS EL SCH 78.3NORTHWEST AREANORTHWEST AREA HS 63.0NORTHWEST AREA INTERMEDIATE SC 85.9PITTSTON AREAPITTSTON AREA MS 77.8PITTSTON CITY INTRMD CTR 73.5TUNKHANNOCK AREAEVANSFALLS EL SCH 87.6MEHOOPANY EL SCH 88.9MILL CITY EL SCH 91.1ROSLUND EL SCH 84.8TUNKHANNOCK MS 57.9WILKES-BARRE AREADANIEL J FLOOD EL SC 71.4DODSON EL SCH 49.3DR DAVID W KISTLER E 68.0ELMER L MEYERS JSHS 37.7G A R MEMORIAL JSHS 24.1HEIGHTS-MURRAY EL SCH 56.3SOLOMON/PLAINS EL SCH 93.1SOLOMON/PLAINS JHS 50.7WYOMING AREAMONTGOMERY AVENUE EL 86.0SARA J DYMOND EL SCH 88.9TENTH STREET EL SCH 94.0WYOMING AREA SEC CTR 56.9WYOMING VALLEY WESTCHESTER STREET EL SC 82.4DANA EL CTR 75.5SCHUYLER AVENUE EL S 48.4STATE EL CTR 75.1THIRD AVENUE EL SCH 85.0WYOMING VALLEY WEST MS 54.7ntage scoring proficient or advanced for Luzerne County schools, and Tunkhannock Area School District:English Language Arts<table border="0" class="mceItemTable"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 7350; width: 151pt;" span="2"> <col style="width: 48pt;"> </colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 151pt;" height="20" width="201">DALLAS&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65" style="width: 151pt;" width="201">WYCALLIS ELEM</td><td class="xl64" style="width: 48pt;" align="right" width="64">83.1</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">CRESTWOOD&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">FAIRVIEW EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">67.0</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">DALLAS&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">DALLAS EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">66.6</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">TUNKHANNOCK AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">MILL CITY EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">64.7</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">CRESTWOOD&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">RICE EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">60.4</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WYOMING AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">KENNEDY EL CTR</td><td class="xl64" align="right">57.5</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">LAKE-LEHMAN&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">LEHMAN-JACKSON EL SC</td><td class="xl64" align="right">55.9</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WYOMING VALLEY WEST&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">CHESTER STREET EL SC</td><td class="xl64" align="right">52.7</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WYOMING AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">MONTGOMERY AVENUE EL</td><td class="xl64" align="right">47.8</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WILKES-BARRE AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">SOLOMON/PLAINS EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">45.7</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">PITTSTON AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">PITTSTON CITY INTRMD CTR</td><td class="xl64" align="right">45.6</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">HAZLETON AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">VALLEY EL/MS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">45.2</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">LAKE-LEHMAN&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">LAKE-NOXEN EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">44.2</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">CRESTWOOD&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">CRESTWOOD MS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">42.5</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">TUNKHANNOCK AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">EVANSFALLS EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">42.4</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">TUNKHANNOCK AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">ROSLUND EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">38.9</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WYOMING AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">SARA J DYMOND EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">37.4</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">DALLAS&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">DALLAS MS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">37.0</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">HAZLETON AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">DRUMS ELEM/MIDDLE SCHOOL</td><td class="xl64" align="right">36.1</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">TUNKHANNOCK AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">TUNKHANNOCK MS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">35.6</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">TUNKHANNOCK AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">MEHOOPANY EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">35.5</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">BEAR CREEK COMMUNITY CS</td><td class="xl65">BEAR CREEK COMMUNITY CS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">35.4</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">LAKE-LEHMAN&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">ROSS EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">33.5</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WYOMING AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">TENTH STREET EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">33.1</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WYOMING AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">WYOMING AREA SEC CTR</td><td class="xl64" align="right">30.9</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">LAKE-LEHMAN&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">LAKE-LEHMAN JSHS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">29.1</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">PITTSTON AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">PITTSTON AREA MS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">27.9</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">NORTHWEST AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">NORTHWEST AREA INTERMEDIATE SC</td><td class="xl64" align="right">27.2</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WYOMING VALLEY WEST&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">DANA EL CTR</td><td class="xl64" align="right">26.4</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WILKES-BARRE AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">DR DAVID W KISTLER E</td><td class="xl64" align="right">23.7</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">HAZLETON AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">FREELAND EL/MS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">20.8</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WYOMING VALLEY WEST&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">STATE EL CTR</td><td class="xl64" align="right">20.8</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WYOMING VALLEY WEST&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">SCHUYLER AVENUE EL S</td><td class="xl64" align="right">20.4</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">HANOVER AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">HANOVER AREA MEMORIA</td><td class="xl64" align="right">19.7</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WYOMING VALLEY WEST&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">THIRD AVENUE EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">19.7</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">HAZLETON AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">HEIGHTS TERRACE EL/MIDDLE</td><td class="xl64" align="right">19.5</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">HAZLETON AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">MCADOO-KELAYRES EL/MS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">19.0</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WILKES-BARRE AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">DANIEL J FLOOD EL SC</td><td class="xl64" align="right">18.7</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WYOMING VALLEY WEST&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">WYOMING VALLEY WEST MS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">17.9</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">GREATER NANTICOKE AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">GNA ELEM CTR</td><td class="xl64" align="right">17.8</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">HANOVER AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">LEE PARK EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">15.6</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WILKES-BARRE AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">SOLOMON/PLAINS JHS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">15.2</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">NORTHWEST AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">NORTHWEST AREA HS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">15.2</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WILKES-BARRE AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">DODSON EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">14.7</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">GREATER NANTICOKE AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">GREATER NANTICOKE AREA ED CTR</td><td class="xl64" align="right">14.0</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">HAZLETON AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">WEST HAZLETON EL/MS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">13.4</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WILKES-BARRE AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">HEIGHTS-MURRAY EL SCH</td><td class="xl64" align="right">13.2</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">HAZLETON AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">MAPLE MANOR EL/MS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">11.9</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">HANOVER AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">HANOVER AREA JSHS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">11.3</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">HAZLETON AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">HAZLETON ELEM/ MS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">10.6</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WILKES-BARRE AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">ELMER L MEYERS JSHS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">8.8</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">GREATER NANTICOKE AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">NANTICOKE HS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">7.2</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.0pt;"><td class="xl65" style="height: 15.0pt;" height="20">WILKES-BARRE AREA&nbsp;</td><td class="xl65">G A R MEMORIAL JSHS</td><td class="xl64" align="right">3.6</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Mark Guydishmguydish@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Mark Guydish at 570-991-6112 or on Twitter @TLMarkGuydish</shirttailMeta></div>

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