by KYW’s Tony Romeo
The Pennsylvania Board of Education announced a compromise this past week that may end the controversy over proposed gradation exams for high school students.
Pennsylvania Board of Education Chairman Joe Torsella says starting with the class of 2015, the new graduation exams would count for at least a third of a student’s final class grade:
“We think that the number of a third is the mid-point at which everyone can meet and represents a significant but not entirely determinative percentage of a student’s final grade.”
The new exams would ultimately eliminate 18 hours of 11th grade PSSA testing. But perhaps even more significant is that the proposal was developed with input from lawmakers and other stakeholders. Led by Republican Chairman Jeffrey Piccola, members of the Senate Education Committee from both parties last month ripped the Rendell administration for what they said were unilateral actions on the issue. But Piccola is praising the compromise.
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