While we will not know how our students performed on this year's PSSA tests until later in the summer, I can report that testing week was a tremendous success. Thank you to our parents for getting your kids to school during testing. We ran at about 98% attendance during testing, which was our highest attendance rate since the first week of school. Our students worked hard and put a solid effort into completing their tests. I am eager to see what the results show when we receive our scores back from the state in July.
Testing week began with a PSSA pep rally on March 24th. Students joined in singing a PSSA song, and also participated in a Jeopardy-style review game. A student-made video asked students what they would like as a reward if they performed well on the test. There were many ideas proposed, from painting Mrs. Ball's classroom pink to having an all-night lock-in. The following day, testing began. We tested in the mornings on six consecutive school days, culminating with a pajama day on the Friday after testing.
Eighth-grade students are currently taking the Writing PSSA this Tuesday and Wednesday, and will take the Science PSSA later this month. Fortunately for 8th grade students, these will be the last PSSA tests that they will take in their school career. They will have three Keystone exams before they graduate, starting with Algebra in either 8th or 9th grade.
Again, thank you to our students, teachers, and parents for helping to make our PSSA testing go smoothly.
