Anchors+and+Eligible+Content

[|Anchors] What is their value?
 * Links to hold together the state assessment system and curriculum/instructional practices in schools
 * Clarification of standards that are assessed on the PSSA
 * Help prepare for PSSA by tightening focus
 * Better align curriculum
 * Improve student achievement

Eligible Content What is their value?
 * "Assessment Limits"
 * Identifies how deeply to cover an anchor
 * Helps to determine the range of the content to be assessed
 * ie = fair game for test
 * eg = examples
 * or = can be tested on some or all of the elements
 * and = intent to test each element

[|Common Core Standards and Anchors]