The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (9/25, Chute) reports that though student scores on this year's PSSA assessments were low, "at least some of the changes in the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment will make it more difficult to achieve AYP" next year. "The changes include eliminating a version of the test for certain special education students" and "replacing the 11th-grade PSSA exams with the new end-of-course Keystone Exams."
Philadelphia PSSA Scores Plummet.The Huffington Post (9/25) reports, "Following the implementation of unprecedented security measures to fight cheating, 2012 standardized test scores in Philadelphia dropped significantly across every grade level," noting that the drop "reverses a nine-year upward trend. The tests are used in determining whether students in third through eighth grade and 11th grade are performing at grade level." The Ellwood City (PA) Ledger (9/25, Media) and the York (PA) Dispatch (9/25, Shaw) also run local coverage on lagging test scores.
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