How are the Assessment Anchors organized?
The Anchors are only available in Mathematics and Reading in Grades 3 through 8 and 11. In the document you will find the following: Ø Reporting Category. The Anchors are organized by Reporting Category. The Reporting Category appears at the very top of each page. There are five Reporting Categories in Mathematics and two Reporting Categories in Reading. Reporting Categories are important because individual student scores will be reported at this level. District and school reports may include reports by Assessment Anchor if there are enough questions on the PSSA to warrant a valid score by the broad Anchor statement. Ø Assessment Anchor. The Assessment Anchor appears in the shaded bar across the top of the page. You read the Anchor like an outline with the main concept shaded in gray. Just beneath, in the left-hand column, are more specific descriptors that can be used for instructional purposes. Both the concept in the shaded gray area and the descriptors (which appear one per page) a
