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Register for the 2026 SAS Institute!
Register for the 2026 SAS Institute!
Registration opens today, September 16th, 2026!
The 2026 SAS Institute brings Pennsylvania’s educational leaders together for four days of purposeful learning designed to strengthen the systems and relationships that help people and organizations flourish.
Standards Aligned System (SAS) Redesign Announcement
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is pleased to share an important update regarding the Commonwealth’s Standards Aligned System (SAS), a foundational digital resource supporting LEAs statewide. SAS has long served as a central hub for academic standards, assessments, curriculum frameworks, instructional materials, professional development, and statewide initiatives. To continue meeting the needs of today’s educators, SAS has undergone a full redesign for the first time in nearly seven years.
Transition of SAS RSS Feed to SAS News Community
To ensure a more reliable, modern, and user-friendly approach to sharing SAS updates, PDE is transitioning away from the SAS RSS Feed and launching the new SAS News Community.
SAS News
See All NewsLast year's Statewide STEELS PLC was a huge success, bringing together hundreds of teachers and school leaders from ac...
There are 15,000 manufacturers in Pennsylvania. These companies collectively employ tens of thousands of workers and con...
The Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool (ELIT) is a federally-directed effort to collect information from all public L...
Standards Aligned System
Standards
Assessments
- Assessment Center
- Assessment Literacy
- Classroom Diagnostic Tools (CDT)
- Early Learning: Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 3 OCDEL
- Firefly
- Keystone Exams
- PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA)
- Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System (PVAAS)
- Project Based Assessment
- Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)
Curriculum Framework
Instruction, Materials & Resources
Professional Development
Curriculum Resource Toolkits
- Act 35 Civic Toolkit
- CPR Toolkit
- Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Toolkit
- Information and Media Literacy Toolkit
- PA Disability Inclusive Curriculum Toolkit
- Pennsylvania High School Graduation Requirements
- Seal of Biliteracy Toolkit
- September 11 Resource Toolkit
- Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Toolkit
- USA's 250th Toolkit
