NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Eligibility Tests for Classroom Plus--Pennsylvania's Education Support Services Program
[32 Pa.B. 623] The act of May 17, 2001 (P. L. 4, No. 4) (Act 4) established Classroom Plus--Pennsylvania's Education Support Services Program (Program).
To be eligible for the Program, a student in the third, fourth, fifth or sixth grade must meet the eligibility requirements set forth in the Program guidelines issued by the Department of Education (Department).
The act also requires the Department to publish annually a list of approved tests that may be used to determine eligibility for the program.
In September 2001, the Department published a list of approved tests for the 2001-02 school year. Various tests, however, also have been added since publication of the initial list.
Therefore, the complete test list for the 2001-02 school year 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, Eighth Edition (SAT 8)--Harcourt Educational Measurement
* Stanford Achievement Test Series, Ninth Edition (SAT 9)--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
* Metropolitan Achievement Tests, Seventh Edition (MAT 7)--Harcourt Educational Measurement
* Metropolitan Achievement Tests, Eighth Edition (MAT 8)--Harcourt Educational Measurement
* Performance Assessments for ITBS, TAP and ITED--Riverside Publishing
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, Eighth Edition (SAT 8)--Harcourt Educational Measurement
* Stanford Achievement Tests Series, Ninth Edition (SAT 9)--Harcourt Educational Measurement
* Metropolitan Achievement Tests, Seventh Edition (MAT 7)--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
* New Standards Reference Exam--Harcourt Educational Measurement
* Performance Assessments for ITBS, TAP and ITED--Riverside Publishing
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
* Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment
For more complete information, refer to the updated version of the Program guidelines issued by the Department.
CHARLES B. ZOGBY,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-178. Filed for public inspection February 1, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]
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