PSEA is a community of education professionals who make a difference in the lives of students every day.
PSEA is working with elected officials from both parties to reduce high-stakes standardized testing in our schools. A package of bills introduced in April 2017 will help move Pennsylvania toward that goal.
Contact your state senator and representative to urge them to support the five-bill package or individual pieces of legislation important to you.
On April 24, 2017, PSEA joined a bipartisan group of legislators to introduce a standardized testing reform package that will make our state’s testing policies work for students and support teaching and learning.
Please take a few moments to email your state legislators, asking them to support the standardized testing reform package.
Send a message to your state lawmakers to support a component of PSEA's testing reform legislative package that will prevent the state from requiring graduating students to pass the Keystone Exams to get their diplomas. The bill instead gives local school boards the authority to decide the academic impact of the Keystones.
Send a message to your state lawmakers to support a component of PSEA's testing reform legislative package that will require that PSSA and Keystone Exam test results are used only to comply with federal law and for growth score calculations.
Send a message to your state lawmakers to support a component of PSEA's testing reform legislative package that will require the PA Department of Education to revise the PSSA testing schedule so that PSSAs are given three weeks prior to Memorial Day. The bill also requires all PSSA and Keystone Exam results to be provided to a chief school administrator no later than Aug. 15.
Send a message to your state lawmakers to support a component of PSEA's testing reform legislative package that will prohibit public school entities from purchasing assessments from a private vendor that are designed to predict a student’s ability to succeed on the PSSA or Keystone Exams (commonly known as benchmark assessments).
