NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Eligibility Tests for the Education Support Services Program
[31 Pa.B. 5375] Act 4 of 2001 established the Education Support Services Program (ESSP). In order to be eligible for this program, a student in the third, fourth, fifth or sixth grade must meet the eligibility requirements set forth in the ESSP Guidelines issued by the Department of Education (Department). The act also requires the Pennsylvania Department of Education to publish annually a list of approved tests that may be used to determine eligibility for the Program. The list is as follows:
The following tests administered in the third grade may be used to determine eligibility for students who score at or below the 25th percentile:
* Stanford Achievement Test Series, Ninth Edition (SAT 9)--Harcourt Educational Measurement
* Metropolitan Achievement Tests, Eighth Edition (MAT 8)--Harcourt Educational Measurement
* Terra Nova--CTB McGraw-Hill
* Terra Nova, 2nd Edition--CTB McGraw-Hill
* Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, Fourth Edition (CTBS 4)--CTB McGraw-Hill
* California Achievement Tests, Fifth Edition (CAT 5)--CTB McGraw-Hill
* Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)--Riverside Publishing
* Comprehensive Testing Program III--Educational Records Bureau
* Northwest Evaluation Associate Achievement Level Test (NWEAALT)--Northwest Evaluation Association
* Measures of Academic Progress--Northwest Evaluation Association
The following tests administered in the fourth grade may be used to determine eligibility for students who score at or below the 25th percentile:
* Stanford Achievement Test Series, Ninth Edition (SAT 9)--Harcourt Educational Measurement
* Metropolitan Achievement Tests, Eighth Edition (MAT 8)--Harcourt Educational Measurement
* Terra Nova--CTB McGraw-Hill
* Terra Nova, 2nd Edition--CTB McGraw-Hill
* Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, Fourth Edition (CTBS 4)--CTB McGraw-Hill
* California Achievement Tests, Fifth Edition (CAT 5)--CTB McGraw-Hill
* Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)--Riverside Publishing
* Comprehensive Testing Program III--Educational Records Bureau
* Northwest Evaluation Associate Achievement Level Test (NWEAALT)--Northwest Evaluation Association
* Measures of Academic Progress--Northwest Evaluation Association
The following tests administered in the fifth grade may be used to determine eligibility for students who score below the basic level of proficiency:
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)
Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA)
* For more complete information, please refer to the Education Support Services Program Guidelines issued by the Department. Guidelines are forthcoming and will be available from the Department of Education. For further information, please contact the Department at (717) 783-9285.
CHARLES ZOGBY,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-1726. Filed for public inspection September 21, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
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