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Standardized Test Options

From Home Education Program | Department of Education | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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The Pennsylvania School Code, 24 P.S. § 13-1327.1(e)(1) states that the portfolio for home education students in grades 3, 5 and 8 must include the results of the statewide tests (PSSAs) for reading/language arts and mathematics or nationally normed standardized achievement tests. If the supervisor of the home education program requests that the student(s) take the statewide tests administered in these grades, the school district must allow the student to take the test at the school building the home education student normally would attend or other accommodations agreed to by the school district and the parent. The Department has approved the use of the most current version of the following nationally normed standardized tests for use by home education programs if they choose not to take the statewide tests:

  1. California Achievement Test

  2. Comprehensive Testing Program (CTPIV)

  3. Iowa Test of Basic Skills

  4. Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)

  5. Metropolitan Achievement Test

  6. Peabody Achievement Individual Test – Revised Version

  7. Stanford Achievement Test

  8. Terra Nova

  9. Woodcock-Johnson Revised Tests of Achievement

  10. Woodcock-Johnson

  11. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test

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Testing Centers and Services

 

This is just a quick-start list—you can find even more options by typing “testing for homeschool students” into your internet browser.

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  • Seton Testing Services—sells the Iowa Assessments Form E paper booklets (K–12), Stanford 10 Online tests (3–12), TerraNova 2nd Edition/California Achievement Test (CAT)/6 (K—12) paper booklets, CAT E/Survey options (4-12), and some test prep materials.

  • Academic Excellence—offers California Achievement Test (CAT)/6 (K–12) Complete Battery Plus and Survey Plus paper booklets, as well as practice exercises.

  • Abeka offers tests and practice tests for the Iowa Assessments Form E paper booklets (K–12) and Stanford 10 Online tests (3–12).

  • Bayside School Services—features the TerraNova 2nd Edition/California Achievement Test (CAT)/6 (K–12) Complete Battery Plus and Survey Plus paper booklets, as well as practice exercises.

  • BJU Press Testing and Evaluation—sells Iowa Assessments Form E paper booklets (K–12), Iowa Assessments Online (1–12), and practice tests (K–12).

 

Also see THIS LINK (HSLDA)

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