Our district consistently has PSSA scores in the top 5 in the state, but the kids do very little preparation. There is no need to prepare if you are teaching grade appropriate material. I think they do a sample test so they are familiar with the format.
The kid I declared "not college material" at age 4 had two years of perfect math PSSAs (all questions correct) and the two times they had the writing PSSA (grades 5 & 8), she had a perfect score on that section too. So, let them know that a "not college material" kid can easily ace the PSSAs.
