The 2022 results from the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment and Keystone Exams administered last year to public school students have Republicans calling for expanding school choice options.
The dismal scores on the 2022 assessments has Republican lawmakers pushing for government-funded scholarships to expand school choice. But Acting Education Secretary Eric Hagarty said schools are working hard to bring students up to speed.
But House Speaker Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster County, is showing signs that his patience is wearing thin. But a spokeswoman for House Democrats, Nicole Reigelman, fired back, saying Democrats have been champions for students and teachers. She said they fought for increased funding to help students academically as well as “socially and emotionally, and to lessen the reliance on standardized tests when assessing student progress and school success.”
Among the reasons she cited: altered testing environments due to COVID-19 mitigation concerns, the shortage of certified teachers, and the need to address the increased learning and emotional concerns of students. That will have a ripple effect for several years, particularly in Keystone Exam scores, she said. Keystones are administered in middle and high school depending on when students complete the corresponding course and their scores are banked until they are in 11th grade.
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