This is the time of year we start taking the PSSA’s, a standardized test required by all public schools within the state. The test serves the purpose of letting the state know how schools are doing but can be used as a measure to accept students into certain schools. What are some pros and cons of standardized testing? Write a 7 sentence response.

How does the author use the character of the nurse to develop the social issue of gender inequality? the nurse’s willingness to take care of nora when nora was little demonstrates a woman’s ability to do difficult work. the nurse’s need to give up a child in order to have a job demonstrates a woman’s inability to support herself. the fact that the nurse’s child wrote to her as a young girl and as an adult demonstrates a woman’s ability to keep friends forever. the nurse’s assurance to nora that her children ask for her often demonstrates women’s role in health care.