No one was charged and the Department never took any action. This led to greater test security , a video, and more calls to the Department of Education. PSSA is very different. It is a school based test rather than an individual test. It is broader based in math, reading and writing.
All districts now take the test and it is normed every year.
You cannot compare one year to the next. Content specialists invented the questions. The Department inspects the reliability and validity of the test. The outside contractor does the results and sends it to the districts. Free and reduced lunch students are the way in which poverty is determined.