Home About What is PASA? Who is PASA for? What is Assessed with PASA? How is PASA linked to PA State Standards? Administering Introduction Determine Eligibility for the PASA Enroll Students Get Trained Secure Test Materials Schedule Test Administration during Test Window Date of Test 2008-09 Administer the Test Return Test and Materials Scoring Criteria Rubric Description of Scores Performance Levels Scoring Conference Scoring Student Performance Conference Dates Application to be a Scorer Preparation for the Scoring Conference Curriculum Guidelines Standards Based Curriculum Pennsylvania Standards Pennsylvania Alternate Content Standards Process of Alternate Standard Development Pennsylvania Alternate Standards Balancing Functional and Acaddemic Curriculum Providing Access to General Education Curriculum Teaching Reading to Students with Severe Disabilities Teaching Math to Students with Severe Disabilities Curriculum Resource Reports 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 FAQ Eligibility Participation Preparation Administration of the Assessment IEP Issues Videotaping Scoring of the Assessment Contact Accessibility Help
	The PASA is an assessment of a sampling of reading, math, and science skills of students with severe disabilities. There are three different task levels, varying in complexity, for each task. Level A contains the least complex skills; Level B, intermediate skills; and Level C, the most complex skills. Students will be assigned to one level for reading and one level for math and one level for science. Like the PSSA, the PASA is designed to take a snapshot of students' typical performance on a small sample of academic skills from the PA Alternate Standards, which was derived from the PA Academic Standards. The PA Alternate Standards were developed by the PASA Project Team in collaboration with content area experts, and were validated through field tests.     Teaching to the standards
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