PSSA Accommodations Guidelines for Students with IEPs and

Pennsylvania Department of Education
Accommodations Guidelines for Students with IEPs and Students with 504 Plans
Use the following links to access:
Pennsylvania Academic Standards
Assessment Anchor Content Standards
Pennsylvania Alternate Academic Content Standards
In 1999, Pennsylvania adopted academic standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking and
Listening, and Mathematics. Academic Standards for Science became final in January, 2002.
These standards identify what a student should know and be able to do at varying grade levels.
School districts may design curriculum and instruction to ensure that students meet or exceed
the standards' expectations.
The Assessment Anchor Content Standards clarify the standards assessed on the PSSA or PSSA-
M and can be used by educators to help prepare their students for the PSSA or PSSA-M
Click here:
http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/state_academic_standards/19721
Like the PSSA and PSSA-M, the PASA is designed to take a snapshot of students' typical performance
on a small sample of academic skills from the PA Alternate Standards, which were derived
from the PA Academic Standards. The PA Alternate Standards were developed by the PASA Project
Team in collaboration with content area experts, and were validated through field tests.
Click here:
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/special_education/7465/pasa_informati
on/619900
The Keystone Exams are aligned to the Pennsylvania Keystone Course Standards, Curriculum
Frameworks and Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content. All were developed by Pennsylvania
educators. The Pennsylvania Keystone Course Standards, Curriculum Frameworks, and Assessment
Anchors/ Eligible Content are available on the Standards Aligned System (SAS) website at
www.pdesas.org.
Click here:
http://www.pdesas.org/Assessment/Keystone
The Keystone Exams will not be administered 2011-2012 10 1/24/2012