Enrollment options
From Paper to Pixels: Your Complete Guide to PA’s Online Standardized Assessments
- 1.75 Hours*
Course Description: In Spring 2026, Pennsylvania made the shift to online assessments with the PSSA and Keystone Exams being delivered in an online format to nearly all tested students in the Commonwealth. In this session, you will learn more about the updates to State Assessments including the implementation of primarily online testing, enhancements built into the online testing platform (including the addition of technology-enhanced questions and integrated accessibility tools), and the newly released benchmarking tool (PA Firefly) designed to help educators predict students’ performance on the standardized exams. The session is designed for teachers with students in tested grades/subjects and any educators who work with student data. By the end of this session, you will have a better understanding of the drivers of the change, first-hand experience with the online testing platform, and more answers than questions about the details of these updates.
Presenter: Dr. Gina L. Gullo, Ed.D.
Learning Hours: Members who complete this course ASYNCHRONOUSLY* receive 1.75 HOURS of Act 48 and/or a certificate that may apply for Chapter 14 hours. Your employer has sole discretion to determine if this course qualifies for Chapter 14 hours.*Those who completed the course live in November 2025 received only 1.5 hours because additional content lengthened the asynchronous version of this course after that time.
