1. Edward G. Rendell, Governor ▪ Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak, Secretary of Educationwww.education.state.pa.us Pennsylvania’s Standards Aligned System CELEBRATE CELEBRATE!!! 1 We have come a long way, PA!!! Thank You for Being a Friend to Every Child By Name!!!

2. Edward G. Rendell, Governor ▪ Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak, Secretary of Educationwww.education.state.pa.us Pennsylvania’s Standards Aligned System Let’s See How Far We Have Come! Post-Test

3. Edward G. Rendell, Governor ▪ Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak, Secretary of Educationwww.education.state.pa.us Pennsylvania’s Standards Aligned System SAS Statistics! Visits 10,048 Page Views102,747 Unique Users 2160 Concurrent Users at 661 12:44 AM on 12/8/2009

4. Edward G. Rendell, Governor ▪ Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak, Secretary of Educationwww.education.state.pa.us Pennsylvania’s Standards Aligned System Distribution of Visits in PA 9,446 Visits from 395 different Cities Countries: US; Russia; Iran; Thailand; Singapore; and Australia.

5. Edward G. Rendell, Governor ▪ Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak, Secretary of Educationwww.education.state.pa.us Pennsylvania’s Standards Aligned System 5 OUR VISION Every Child by Name 2 Things: 1.Build SAS 2.Build Resiliency These are Fundamentals of School!! Academic and Emotional Proficiency

6. Edward G. Rendell, Governor ▪ Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak, Secretary of Educationwww.education.state.pa.us Pennsylvania’s Standards Aligned System Can you identify what we are doing in PA??? We are building ________________ and _____________________!!!

7. Edward G. Rendell, Governor ▪ Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak, Secretary of Educationwww.education.state.pa.us Pennsylvania’s Standards Aligned System TOGETHER WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE CHOOSE TO DO!!! LET’S CHOOSE WISELY!!! It IS All About SAS!!!