In light of Common Core, how should districts move forward as related to Keystone Exams?
Adoption of the Common Core will have minimal impact, if any, on the content of the Keystone Exams. Keystone Exams Assessment Anchor and Eligible Content booklets (http://www.pdesas.org/Assessment/Keystone) detail the Standards, Anchors and Eligible Content to support curriculum alignment to prepare students for success with the assessments. Specifically, in English language arts, the alignment of the Keystone Exams to Common Core is strong, and as districts evaluate their curricula to ensure students are prepared for the Keystone literature and composition assessments, the Assessment Anchor booklets are a solid design tool from which to evaluate course content. In mathematics, the Keystone Exams are organized around the contents of the typical Algebra I, Algebra II and geometry courses.These course categories are independent of grade level designations and therefore fit with Common Core very well.
