<p>I live in Pennsylvania, and I just got my PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, I'm kind of assuming all states have something of this nature, but I might be wrong) results today. I'm pretty disappointed, but do colleges look at these at all? It would seem like they wouldn't, considering it says SCHOOL Assessment, but I'm really not sure. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.</p>
<p>Nope. In NJ we have HSPA's (High School Proficiency Exam), and it's just to make sure you're smart enough to get a high school diploma (for such a smart state, a hell of a lot of people fail.) NY has Regents exams, which I think are similar. In short, there's no way to compare these tests, and they are only used for state purposes, not college admissions. As long as you did well enough to get your hs diploma, you're all set ;)</p>
<p>I don't think so (though I've heard they look at NY regents). Like we have the 9th grade proficiency or the Ohio Graduation Test and our transcripts just say whether we've passed all 5 parts (simply because it's a graduation requirement).</p>
<p>I got my PSSAs back and I got advanced on Math and Reading and prof. on Writing.....too bad colleges don't look at them :P</p>
<p>ah well I guess ill have to rely on the SATs....</p>
<p>TAKS for Texas</p>
<p>All it says is if you passed, and got commended :-D</p>
<p>My son just graduated in PA, and there was no mention of PSSA status on his transcript nor on his diploma. In fact, I think the PSSAs are more of an evaluation of the school, rather than of the student. I know that there are negative consequences for schools that score poorly on the PSSAs. Sadly, this results in "teaching to the test" which is not necessarily the best teaching.</p>