WASD Logo

On November 25, SB 1216 was signed into law by Governor Wolf as Act 136 of 2020.  Within this law, Keystone Assessments for the 2019-20 school year have been waived:

The language delays implementation of the Keystones as a graduation requirement or as a benchmark for the need for a project-based assessment until the 2022-23 school year. 

It also makes clear that during the 2019-20 school year and any school year in which federal testing and accountability requirements are waived, students that completed a Keystone exam-related course are not required to take the Keystone exam and shall be deemed proficient as long as the student has successfully completed the local grade-based requirements associated with the content area.

Therefore, the WASD school district will not be administrating the 2019-20 Keystone Assessments in January.

However, Career Technology students (Class of 2023) will be taking the Keystone Assessments in January 2021 as part of the 2020-21 requirement.