MORE STATE TESTING ON HORIZON FOR STUDENTS THIS

Eleanor Chute.  "MORE STATE TESTING ON HORIZON FOR STUDENTS THIS YEAR. " Pittsburgh Post - Gazette  20  Sep. 2010,US & Midwestern Newspapers, ProQuest. Web.  6 Oct. 2010.

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 For about 15 years, the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment Exams have been the norm of standardized testing in the state.There are two ways that other high schools in different states can implement the graduation exams.They can use  the Successful Course Completion which is where a Keystone Exam is the final exam and counts for at least one-third of the grade for that course. The state plans to develop 10 Keystone Exams in math, English, social studies and science. As Pennsylvania moves ahead with the Keystone Exams, other tests also could be in the state's future. The U.S. Department of Education funded two national programs that are developing ways to assess student learning in math and English Language Arts from grade 3 through high school.