WILKES-BARRE CITIZENS VOICE Editorial: Parents who choose to use an opt-out provision for their children scheduled to take the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exam may be doing a disservice to the children and education in general.
The exams are given annually to students in grades 3 to 8 and grade 11. Reading skills and mathematics are covered every year. Writing and natural sciences are tested in some years during the cycle…
The standardized testing allows parents to gauge their own child’s achievements or lack thereof. The test results also are important to school districts who use them as internal barometers and to determine placement in the federal benchmark known as “adequate yearly progress.” … (more)
