Pennsylvania Applying for Differentiated Accountability?

I spoke with a source at the Pennsylvania Department of Education about the possibility of Pennsylvania applying for Director Spellings' pilot program of Differentiated Accountability. The source said that it appeared that Pennsylvania had eligibility, but "they" still were not sure if they were going to apply for the pilot program. The program only will accept ten states which makes it competitive, and there was only a short time until the suggested application due date of May 2, 2008. After the May deadline, there may be a press release regarding the decision. Since the source considers bloggers to have "reporter status", that was the only information that I could obtain. I guess we will have to wait and see!