What’s your least favorite aspect about the PSSAs?
Eighth grade teacher Makenzie Negri said, “I think the PSSA’s are like a necessary evil… they show the areas that our students need to improve on, I just wish they were not tied to high stakes funding as well as so much pressure on the kids. I wish it was just for kids to feel comfortable and show us the data that we can learn from. I just don’t like how much pressure they put on you guys and how long they take… there are good and bad parts to both.”







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Eli • May 12, 2022 at 11:56 am
the pssas just let the government know how much money is is made
swayam • May 9, 2022 at 10:00 pm
cool