Assessing the Pennsylvania State Assessment” Material compiled and written by Kim Geyer and updated from 1999’s initial position paper to 2004.
. History of the PSSA
. Questionable Standards
. Questionable Regulations
. Similar Schools Scoring Band
. What’s The Score? What are the Stakes to High Stakes Testing?
. Performance Levels of PSSA
. What Should Education Be For? What’s the Agenda? Is there One?
. The State Will and Is Deciding Who Graduates?
. Breach of Confidentiality?
. Adequate Yearly Progress and the PSSA
. Can Parents Opt Their Children Out of the PSSA?
. What Can Parents Do?
. The Lowest Common Denominator
. Mandating the PSSA as a High School Graduation Requirement