PSSA Scores Absent From Schools' Report Cards

Aligned with with the Common Core for the first time, this year's PSSAs were so tough that the results won't be used in assessing the performance of Pennsylvania's elementary and middle schools. 

Students in grades 3 to 8 scored an average of 35 percent lower in math and 9 percent lower in English this year. As a result, the U.S. Department of Education granted a one-year waiver in September.

High schools continue to receive their state report card scores. Instead of PSSAs, those students now take the Keystone Exams when they complete Algebra I, Literature and Biology. Beginning with the class of 2017, students will be required to pass those exams in order to graduate.

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