As used in KRS 156.551 to 156.555, unless the context requires otherwise:

1. (1)
2. (2)

3. (3) "Center" means the Center for Middle School Academic Achievement; "Fund" means the Teachers' Professional Growth Fund; "Middle school" means grades five (5) through eight (8), regardless of school or district configuration; and "Reliable, replicable research" means objective, valid, scientific studies that:

   1. (a) Include rigorously defined samples of subjects that are sufficiently large and representative to support the general conclusions drawn;
4. (4)
5. (b) Rely on measurements that meet established standards of reliability and validity;
6. (c) Test competing theories, where multiple theories exist; and
7. (d) Are subjected to peer review before results are published.

Effective: July 14, 2000

History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 527, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000.