PDE SAS: Assessment Builder
Do you know how to access and use the PDE SAS Assessment builder to create pre-tests or exit tests that will help you know if students are demonstrating standards-based achievement?
- PDE SAS Assessment builder contains hundreds of assessment items including PSSA and Keystone sampler questions and items from previous assessments.
- Built assessments can be used electronically or printed.
- Questions aligned to Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies can be found in this assessment builder.
- The assessment builder can only be accessed by verified teachers who are logged in to the SAS portal.
Learn how to use the PDE SAS Assessment builder with this video tutorial.
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Types of Curriculum
As you work through curriculum review cycles, it may be important to reference resources in committees that help others gather a deeper understanding of curriculum. Allan Grathon, an education researcher and author, has identified seven types of curriculum. However, three of the most common curricula he has identified include the written curriculum, the taught curriculum, and the assessed curriculum. As you read about the three different types of curriculum, consider how they align to your understanding and teaching of the curriculum. You can also watch this brief video clip on the 7 Types of Curriculum(Opens in a new window.) (Run Time: 1:43) by Francine Banton.