Q: I heard something about a big state test that is happening at my son’s school. He is in fifth grade, and he has to take it. I want him to do well, and I can tell he is upset. What can I do to help ...

The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment test — PSSA — has become an important four-letter word in school districts. PSSA results in schools determine eligibility for grants and funding, rankings, ...

HARRISBURG (AP) – Pennsylvania’s largest teachers union says the Corbett administration is unfairly trying to shift the blame for declining student test scores. The Pennsylvania State Education ...

With the current publication by the Department of Education of school district PSSA results for 2008, we have the confusion (and controversy) of No Child Left Behind in the head-lines again. It is ...

HARRISBURG — Student scores in Pennsylvania System of School Assessment testing last spring improved statewide from 2022, according to results released by the Pennsylvania Department of Education this ...

According to a June 28 article in The Morning Call, 60 percent of Americans support a measure that ties teacher pay to student performance on standardized tests. I have another idea. Let’s tie parents ...

Should students attend graduation ceremonies if they do not meet state math and reading proficiency levels? The Pennsbury school board will consider implementing a graduation requirement, which would ...

With funding, rankings and legal requirements based increasingly on the results of standardized tests, the stakes are higher than ever for public schools to show students are doing well. But in at ...

Although Upper Moreland’s reading scores went down for the second year in a row at the elementary level, the district continues to meet and exceed requirements measured by the Pennsylvania System of ...