Pennsylvania PSSA Exam Overview & Teacher Guide | Middle School Life Science | Grades 6–8

This Pennsylvania PSSA Exam Overview & Teacher Guide Exam Overview & Teacher Guide is a state assessment prep resource for the Pennsylvania PSSA Grade 8 Science exam, written for Middle School Life Science students in grades 6–8 and their teachers.

Sections: Pennsylvania Pssa Science — State Exam Prep; The Exam At A Glance; The 30 Steels Standards In This Category; How This Unit Is Organized; Scoring And Levels; A Suggested Spring Review Sequence.

What's inside: Exam Overview & Teacher Guide (editable .docx + PDF, about 1,826 words, 6 pages); answer key / model answers for the teacher.

Standards: NGSS Middle School Life Science (MS-LS) disciplinary core ideas and the science practices of analyzing data and constructing explanations.

Resource type: State Test Prep. Format: editable Microsoft Word file plus a ready-to-print PDF.

Classroom use: Use it to prepare students for the end-of-course state assessment. Built for Middle School Life Science, grades 6–8.

Format note: These files are delivered in Microsoft Office formats (Word and/or PowerPoint). If you open a worksheet that includes tables in Apple Pages or another non-Microsoft app, table formatting may not display correctly. For best results, use Microsoft Word or PowerPoint (or upload the file to Google Docs). If you run into any formatting issues, contact us and we can send a PDF version.