what changes did the PDE make to testing requirements

CHANGEs-WRAT not accepted for the 09-10 school year.

The WRAT is a wonderful test that is only an hour and done mostly orally one-on-one, but it is no longer on the accepted list of tests for grades 3, 5, & 8.
I have spent a lot of time trying to plead my case, but as of now, no WRAT's can count for the law. I can still give them and some parents have asked for them, but it is a double cost, since you still need to do one that complies with the law. So, here is the list. I recommend you just do it with YHSA (www.yhsa.org) unless I find another test that I am willing to administer.

http://www.pde.state.pa.us/k12/cwp/view.asp?A=11&Q=54281
is the link for the info below.

The Department has approved the following nationally normed standardized tests for use by home education programs if they choose not to take the statewide test:
1. California Achievement Test
2. Comprehensive Testing Program (CTPIV)
3. Iowa Test of Basic Skills
4. Metropolitan Achievement Test
5. Peabody Achievement Individual Test – Revised Version
6. Stanford Achievement Test
7. Terra Nova
8. Woodcock Johnson Revised Tests of Achievement III

The following additional tests will be accepted until June 30, 2009:
1. Comprehensive Testing Program (CTPII)
2. Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills
3. Peabody Individual Test
4. Wide Range Achievement Test
5. Woodcock Johnson Revised Tests of Achievement