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SAN ANTONIO----Leading test
publisher Harcourt Assessment, Inc. An easy-to-navigate answer
document helps students stay on track and fully engaged.

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Jordan and local NAACP leader
Jerry Mondesire will hold a news conference on Monday, June 13, at 3:30 p.

Harcourt Assessment Introduces New Edition of Spanish-Language Achievement Test; Aprenda 3 Incorporates Innovative Design Features of Stanford 10

"We took the innovative design elements of Stanford 10 and applied
them to the completely new content of Aprenda 3 to create a
Spanish-language achievement test like no other," said Don Barfield,
Harcourt Assessment's vice president of educational products.

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Parents, staff, civic groups and union leaders will meet
with the media near the Ontario Street entrance.
For more information, please contact Barbara Goodman , PFT communications
director, at 215-587-6738.
Like Harcourt's innovative English-language Stanford 10, Aprenda 3
resembles instructional materials used in classrooms and is printed in
full color with realistic illustrations.

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Where: Outside of the Webster Comprehensive Early Learning Center
2000 block of Ontario Street, near Frankford Avenue

The PFT represents 18,000 teachers, librarians, counselors, nurses, social
workers, psychologists, classroom assistants, non -teaching assistants,
secretaries, Head Start and Comprehensive Early Learning Center teachers and
staff, professional-technical employees and food service managers working in
Philadelphia public schools.
Aprenda 3 test items are based on a wide range of state and
national content standards , including those of the International
Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English
(NCTE), the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the National
Council for the Social Studies (NCSS).
Through the development of custom statewide educational testing
programs, Harcourt is helping more than 20 states meet the
accountability requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

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The PFT has advocated consistently for expansion of early learning
opportunities because research shows that early childhood education is key to
children's academic success."
The PFT will be working with the NAACP, parents and staff to urge city
and state elected leaders to fund and strengthen the CELC, Teen Parent and
before- and after-school childcare programs.

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"It serves working families who drop off children as early as 6:30 a.

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Harcourt developed Aprenda 3 in cooperation with a wide range of
Spanish-speaking educators to ensure that the test reflects the
diversity of Latino culture .

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They are also based on the
National Science Education Standards and the Benchmarks for Science
Literacy , and conform to the Standards for Educational and
Psychological Testing and the Code of Fair Testing Practices in
Education.

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"If the measure of a society is how it treats its old and young, it is
particularly tragic when - in the face of research showing the enormous value
of early learning - we cut the programs that prepare children for school,"
Jordan added.

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PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
President Ted Kirsch and Vice President Jerry T.

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Webster CELC is located at Webster Elementary School, 3400 Frankford Ave.
The program also includes Teen Parent Centers, which provide childcare so that
young parents can finish high school.
Each section of the Aprenda 3 has a suggested testing time, which
is a guideline to help teachers and administrators plan.
Aprenda 3 items are also based on international standards
established for Spanish-speaking classrooms in Puerto Rico and Mexico.
The company is affiliated with the Harcourt book publishing
companies , and together they form the global education brand of Reed
Elsevier Group plc (NYSE:RUK) (NYSE:ENL ) -- a world-leading publisher
and information provider operating in the science and medical, legal ,
education and business-to-business industry sectors.

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Its Stanford English Language
Proficiency Test (Stanford ELP) enables educators to measure how well
English language learners comprehend and express themselves in
English.

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Educators can use Aprenda 3 to assess student achievement and
critical thinking skills of Spanish-speaking English language learners
in core academic areas, including reading , mathematics, language arts,
science, and social science.

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"CELC provides working parents with safe, supervised, educational settings
in which to leave their infants, toddlers and pre-kindergartners ," he said.

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The School Reform
Commission plans to close the remaining 27 centers by June 30, 2006 .

Sites geared towards parents of school-age children.

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at Ontario Street.
"Parents will be forced to pay thousands of dollars a year out-of-pocket
for babysitting instead of education ," Kirsch said.

has introduced the third edition
of its Spanish-language Aprenda(c) achievement test for grades K - 12. However, the
tests are not timed and students are encouraged to work at their own
pace to answer all of the questions.

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with the staff and parents of the Webster Comprehensive Early Learning Center,
one of 18 centers closing at the end of the school year.

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Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Holds News Conference on Child-Care Program Cuts

"The School District of Philadelphia 's decision to phase out this program
is shortsighted and will hurt children and working parents, widen the
achievement gap and perpetuate the cycle of low-paying, high-turnover
childcare jobs ," Kirsch said. and
provides before- and after-school childcare, where elementary school children
can do homework and socialize under the watchful eyes of trained educators.

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"We are fighting to
maintain high-quality educational opportunities for children provided by
trained, experienced professional staff.

Who: Philadelphia Federation of Teachers with the NAACP, Parents,
Staff
What: News Conference
When: Monday, June 13 3:30 p. Published authors of Spanish children's
literature in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, and
Central and South America contributed original reading passages.
Based in San Antonio, Harcourt Assessment is a leading provider of
high-quality assessment instruments and testing programs used by
educators , psychologists, speech-language pathologists, occupational
therapists, human resource professionals , admissions and credentialing
professionals, and businesses.

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