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EOCA, Mid-terms, and Keystone Assessments

End-of-Course (EOCA), Midterm, and Keystone Assessments:

What You Need to Know

2020-21 EOCAS - UPDATED 02.02.2021

BASH, in conjunction with the BASD Office of Teaching and Learning, has made the decision to cancel EOCAs (final exams) for the 2020-2021 school year.  However, we would like to emphasize that we are not setting a precedent for future years by canceling the EOCAs. It is important that we use this opportunity to address formative & summative assessments, priority standards, and alignment as we think about the 21-22 school year. Data from these assessments are critical to understanding modification of instruction, alignment of curriculum, identification of priority standards, and recognition of curricular gaps.

Therefore, many projects and assessments will still be embedded into instructional plans and activities, but will not count for 10% or 20% of the final course grade as originally planned.  These projects and assessments will be factored in the quarter grades. 

Keystone exams in Biology, ELA 10, and Algebra I are used as final exams with a final grade for these courses.  For this year, the Keystone exam grade will not count towards the students’ final grade, but will have graduation implications depending on the students’ grade level (for updated information on Keystone exams and graduation requirements, please join us on January 28 for our Program of Studies/ Scheduling presentation where we will review this; logistical details forthcoming).  In the event that the PA Dept. of Education suspends the spring Keystones in May of 2021, students will take a CDT as a culminating assessment, but those, as well, will not have an impact on their final grade.

AP Classes, as of now, are scheduled to take their AP Exams in May as normal, but those scores have never impacted students’ grades.  In addition, Dual Enrollment classes will continue to embed their assessments into quarter grades as usual. 

Should you have specific questions pertaining to this, please contact your child’s teacher or grade level principal directly. 

Resources:

BASD Website, BASH Website, BCIU Graphic of Pathways, New Law 

Act 158 (high school students) (pa.gov)

Regular Session 2019-2020 Senate Bill 1216 P.N. 2126 (state.pa.us)