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Paper Tests for PA Kids
Pennsylvania now requires every child in grades 3-8 to take the PSSA on a screen. This petition asks Governor Shapiro and the PA Department of Education to return to paper tests for grades 3-8 and to give high school students the option of paper Keystone exams. Some students with an IEP or 504 plan need tools that only a digital test provides, such as text-to-speech or a screen reader. We are asking for paper to be the standard PSSA format in grades 3-8, with the digital version available to any student whose IEP or 504 plan calls for it.
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Paper Tests for PA Kids
Pennsylvania now requires every child in grades 3-8 to take the PSSA on a screen. This petition asks Governor Shapiro and the PA Department of Education to return to paper tests for grades 3-8 and to give high school students the option of paper Keystone exams. Some students with an IEP or 504 plan need tools that only a digital test provides, such as text-to-speech or a screen reader. We are asking for paper to be the standard PSSA format in grades 3-8, with the digital version available to any student whose IEP or 504 plan calls for it.
The state has defended the switch as faster and more efficient. Yet nationwide, state education agencies that promised faster results from digital tests now routinely take longer to get scores to families than they did in the paper-and-pencil era.
- Return the PSSA to paper and pencil for students in grades 3-8, and ensure the digital version is available to any student whose IEP or 504 plan calls for it.
- Let high school students have a paper option for the Keystone exams.
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Why This Language Works:
- Focuses on shared values, not technology fears
- Uses inclusive "we" language to build community
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