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PA Assessment Update

This update highlights the changes to the 2015 PSSA assessments, including the combining of PSSA Reading and Writing into PSSA ELA, separate booklets and testing windows, and new reporting categories and item types.

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PA Assessment Update

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  1. PA Assessment Update 2014-15

  2. 2015 PSSA Changes • Keystone Exams: no change • PSSA Science: no change • PSSA Reading: now combined with Writing as PSSA ELA with separate booklet and testing window • PSSA Writing: now combined with Reading as PSSA ELA with separate booklet and testing window • PSSA Math: now PSSA Math with separate booklet and testing window Quick Overview

  3. PSSA MathAssessment2015 2015 PSSA Changes

  4. 2015 PSSA Changes Reporting Categories A = Numbers and Operations — A‐T = Numbers and Operations in Base Ten (Grades 3–5) — A‐F = Numbers and Operations – Fractions (Grades 3–5) — A‐N = The Number System (Grades 6–8) — A‐R = Ratios and Proportional Relationships (Grades 6, 7) B = Algebraic Concepts — B‐O = Operations and Algebraic Thinking (Grades 3–5) — B‐E = Expressions and Equations (Grades 6–8) — B‐F = Functions (Grade 8) C = Geometry — C‐G = Geometry (Grades 3–8) D = Data Analysis and Probability — D‐M = Measurement and Data (Grades 3–5) — D‐S = Statistics and Probability (Grades 6–8)

  5. Item Types and Points All grades: 2015 PSSA Changes

  6. 2015 PSSA Changes

  7. Math 2015 2015 PSSA Changes

  8. Math 2015 2015 PSSA Changes

  9. 2015 PSSA Changes

  10. English Language Arts Test 2015 PSSA Changes

  11. ELA Reporting Framework 2015 PSSA Changes

  12. Item Types and Points 2015 PSSA Changes

  13. Grade 3 Format 2015 PSSA Changes

  14. Grades 4-8 Format 2015 PSSA Changes

  15. Grade 4 Evidence Based Selected Response (3 pts.)

  16. Grade 8 Language Multiple Choice (1 pt.)

  17. Sample Grade 7 Writing Prompt (4 pts.)

  18. Sample Grade 7 Text Dependent Analysis Essay (4 pts.)

  19. How Are TDA Responses Scored? 2015 PSSA Changes

  20. Important Documents • PSSAs • PDE Resources • Keystone Exams • PDE Resources • SAS Portal • PBAs

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