PSSA+Item+Sampler

The 2009–2010 Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement for Mathematics, Reading, Writing, and Science displays released items from the 2009 PSSA operational test. They are tools to assist you with your instructional program and the state assessments. The samplers include test items written to focus on items that will be asked on the upcoming PSSA tests in mathematics, reading, writing, and science. Please click on the following links for your samples. They are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

 Mathematics [|2009-2010 Grade 3 Mathematics Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement]  [|2009-2010 Grade 4 Mathematics Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement]  [|2009-2010 Grade 5 Mathematics Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement]  [|2009-2010 Grade 6 Mathematics Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement]  [|2009-2010 Grade 7 Mathematics Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement]  [|2009-2010 Grade 8 Mathematics Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|2009-2010 Grade 11 Mathematics Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement]   <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Reading <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|2009-2010 Grade 3 Reading Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|2009-2010 Grade 4 Reading Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|2009-2010 Grade 5 Reading Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|2009-2010 Grade 6 Reading Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|2009-2010 Grade 7 Reading Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|2009-2010 Grade 8 Reading Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|2009-2010 Grade 11 Reading Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement]

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|2009-2010 Grade 4 Science Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|2009-2010 Grade 8 Science Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|2009-2010 Grade 11 Science Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Science Assessment Glossary]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Writing [|2009-2010 Grade 5 Writing Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement] [|2009-2010 Grade 8 Writing Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement] [|2009-2010 Grade 11 Writing Item and Scoring Sampler Supplement] [|Standards-Aligned Strategies and Lesson Plans for the Teaching of Writing] [|PSSA Writing Scoring Guidelines] //These mode-specific scoring guidelines are used for scoring the PSSA Writing Assessment.// [|Writing Domain Scoring Guide]