0 0 3 ▁- ▁achieved ▁A Y P ▁ ▁P SS A ▁history ▁Pennsylvania ▁System ▁of ▁School ▁Ass ess ments , ▁commonly ▁called ▁P SS As ▁are ▁No ▁Child ▁Left ▁Be hind ▁Act ▁related ▁exam in ations ▁which ▁were ▁admin ister ed ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁through ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁in ▁all ▁Pennsylvania ▁public ▁high ▁schools . ▁The ▁ex ams ▁were ▁admin ister ed ▁in ▁the ▁Spring ▁of ▁each ▁school ▁year . ▁The ▁goal ▁was ▁for ▁ 1 0 0 % ▁of ▁students ▁to ▁be ▁on ▁grade ▁level ▁or ▁better ▁in ▁reading ▁and ▁mathematics , ▁by ▁the ▁Spring ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁The ▁tests ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁state ' s ▁Academ ic ▁Stand ards ▁for ▁reading , ▁writing , ▁mathematics ▁and ▁science . ▁The ▁Science ▁exam ▁included ▁content ▁in ▁science , ▁technology , ▁e col ogy ▁and ▁the ▁environmental ▁studies . ▁The ▁mathematics ▁exam ▁included : ▁algebra ▁I , ▁algebra ▁II , ▁geometry ▁and ▁trig on ometry . ▁The ▁standards ▁were ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁and ▁are ▁mand ated ▁by ▁the ▁Pennsylvania ▁State ▁Board ▁of ▁Education . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁of ▁Pennsylvania ▁changed ▁its ▁high ▁school ▁assess ments ▁to ▁the ▁Ke yst one ▁Ex ams ▁in ▁Al gebra ▁ 1 , ▁Reading / liter ature ▁and ▁Bi ology 1 . ▁The ▁ex ams ▁are ▁given ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁course , ▁rather ▁than ▁all ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁the ▁student ' s ▁