The first wave of the winter window of the Keystone Exams administration ended Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. During that wave the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) was able to monitor the administration of the Keystone Exams in many schools across the Commonwealth. One of the concerns PDE heard from Local Education Agencies (LEAs) during the monitoring was that the monitors arrived unannounced. Be advised that all state assessment monitoring visits are unannounced. Also, these unannounced monitoring visits will continue during the second wave of the Keystone Exams winter window, the PSSA window and the spring Keystone Exams window.