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WHEREAS, In 2012, the Keystone Exams were implemented as both
a component of Pennsylvania's system of assessment for Federal
accountability and as a high school graduation requirement, with
the exams being end-of-course assessments designed to ultimately
assess proficiency in numerous subjects: algebra I, algebra II,
geometry, literature, English composition, biology, chemistry,
United States history, world history and civics and government;
and
WHEREAS, By 2015, the time, resources and energy required for
implementation of supplemental instruction and the administering
and scoring of project-based assessment alternatives and exams
proved to be a substantial and growing burden on students,
schools and educators; and
WHEREAS, In February 2016, the Governor signed Act 1 of 2016
into law, which law delayed the Keystone Exam/PBA graduation
requirement for a period of two years to give policymakers an
opportunity to thoughtfully consider options for students to
demonstrate readiness for postsecondary success in addition to
Keystone Exams; and
WHEREAS, Act 1 of 2016 also required the Department of
Education of the Commonwealth to investigate alternative options
for a State-level graduation requirement and to provide
recommendations to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Act 55 of 2017 further delayed the requirement that
Keystone Exams be used as a graduation requirement or as a
benchmark for the need to participate in a project-based
assessment until the 2019-2020 school year, as the
recommendations of the Act 1 of 2016 report have yet to be
implemented; and
WHEREAS, It has been widely recognized that multiple valid
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