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PA State Testing

Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)

The annual Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) is a standards-based criterion-referenced assessment used to measure a student's attainment of the academic standards while also determining the degree to which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of the standards.  Every Pennsylvania student in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 is assessed in reading and math.  Every Pennsylvania student in grades 5, 8 and 11 is assessed in writing.  Students in grades 4, 8 and 11 are assessed with the state science assessment. 

4th Grade PSSA Sampler (ELA)

4th Grade PSSA Sampler (Math)

3rd Grade PSSA Sampler (ELA)

3rd Grade PSSA Sampler (Math)