List of state achievement tests in the United States

State achievement tests in the United States are standardized tests required in American public schools in order for the schools to receive federal funding, according to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, in US Public Law 107-110, and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

Tests by state

The following standardized tests are designed and/or administered by state education agencies and/or local school districts in order to measure academic achievement across multiple grade levels in elementary, middle and senior high school, as well as for high school graduation examinations to measure proficiency for high school graduation. Nebraska is the only state that does not have a standardized test.

State	Administrating agency	Test name	Also called...	Source	Available in languages other than English
Alabama	Alabama State Department of Education	Alabama High School Graduation Exam Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test	AHSGE ARMT	[1]	No
Alaska	Alaska Department of Education and Early Development	High School Graduation Qualifying Examination Alaska Measures of Progress (AMP)	HSGQE SBA	[2]	No However "LEP (Limited English Proficiency) students may be allowed to use a word translation finder style dictionary or word-to-word dictionary from first language to English language. Dictionaries that include pictures or word definitions are not allowed."
Arizona	Arizona Department of Education	Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards Arizona’s English Language Learner Assessment National Assessment of Educational Progress	AIMS AZELLA NAEP	[3]	No
Arkansas	Arkansas Department of Education	Augmented Benchmark Examinations		[4]
California	California Department of Education	CAASPP California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress	STaR CAHSEE	[5] [6]	Yes
Colorado	Colorado Department of Education	Colorado Student Assessment Program	CSAP	[7]	Yes
Connecticut	Connecticut Department of Education	Connecticut Academic Performance Test Connecticut Mastery Test	CAPT CMT
Delaware	Delaware Department of Education	Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System	DCAS
District of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	DC Comprehensive Assessment System	DC-CAS
Florida	Florida Department of Education	Florida Standards Assessments Florida Standards Alternate Assessment	FSA FSAA	[8] [9]	No, but Limited English Proficiency (LEP) students are allowed to use a translation dictionary from their first language to the English language approved by the Florida Department of Education. The dictionary may include synonyms and an index, but must not include definition of words. Test administrators or proctors are also not allowed to read aloud to the student any of the questions, passages, prompts, or answer choices in the English language or their first language during the test.
Georgia	Georgia Department of Education	Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests(retired) Georgia Milestones: End of Course Test(grades 9-12) End of Grade Test(grades 3-8) Georgia High School Graduation Test(retired) Georgia Alternate Assessment Georgia Writings Assessments(retired)	CRCT EOCT GHSGT GAA ...	[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Hawaii	Hawaii Department of Education	Hawaii State Assessment Hawaii State Alternative Assessment	HSA/HSAA
Idaho	Idaho State Department of Education	Idaho Standards Achievement Test	I-SAT	[15]
Illinois	Illinois State Board of Education	Illinois Standards Achievement Test[16] Prairie State Achievement Examination	ISAT PSAE	[17]
Indiana	Indiana Department of Education	Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress-Plus	I-STEP+
Iowa	Iowa Department of Education	Iowa Test of Basic Skills Iowa Tests of Educational Development	ITBS ITED
Kansas	Kansas Department of Education	Kansas Mathematics Assessment Kansas Reading Assessment Kansas Writing Assessment Kansas Science Assessment Kansas History, Government, Economics and Geography Assessment		[18]
Kentucky	Kentucky Department of Education	Commonwealth Accountability Testing System	CATS
Louisiana	Louisiana Department of Education	Louisiana Educational Assessment Program Integrated LEAP Graduate Exit Examination	LEAP iLEAP GEE
Maine	Maine Department of Education	Maine Educational Assessment Maine High School Assessment	MEA MHSA	[19] [20]
Maryland	Maryland Department of Education	Maryland School Assessment High School Assessment	MSA HSA
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Department of Education	Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System	MCAS	[21]
Michigan	Michigan Department of Education	Michigan Educational Assessment Program (Administered only to grade 9, 10, and 12) Michigan Merit Exam Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress[22]	MEAP MME M-STEP
Minnesota	Minnesota Department of Education	Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments—Series II	MCA-II
Mississippi	Mississippi Department of Education	Mississippi Functional Literacy Exam Mississippi Curriculum Test	MFLE MCT	[23]
Missouri	Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education	Missouri Assessment Program	MAP
Montana	Montana Office of Public Instruction	Montana Comprehensive Assessment System	MontCAS	[24]
Nebraska	Nebraska Department of Education
Nevada	Nevada Department of Education	Nevada Proficiency Examination Program	NPEP	[25]
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Department of Education	New England Common Assessment Program	NECAP	[26]
New Jersey	New Jersey Department of Education	The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers	PARCC GEPA HSPA
New Mexico	New Mexico Public Education Department	New Mexico Standards-based assessment New Mexico Alternate Performance Assessment	NMSBA NMAPA	[27]
New York	New York State Department of Education	Regents Examinations New York State Examination	Regents NYSE
North Carolina	North Carolina Department of Public Instruction	North Carolina End of Grade Tests (Grades 3-8) End of Course Tests (Grades 9-12)	EOGs EOCs
North Dakota	North Dakota Department of Public Instruction	North Dakota State Assessment		[28]
Ohio	Ohio State Board of Education	Ohio Achievement Assessment Ohio Graduation Test	OAA OGT	[29]
Oklahoma	Oklahoma State Department of Education	Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests	OCCT	[30]
Oregon	Oregon Department of Education	Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills	OAKS	[31]
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Department of Education	Pennsylvania System of School Assessment Pennsylvania Alternate School Assessment Keystone Exam	PSSA PASA
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education	New England Common Assessment Program	NECAP	[32]
South Carolina	South Carolina Department of Education	Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (Grades 3-8) High School Assessment Program (Grades 9-12)	PASS HSAP
South Dakota	South Dakota Department of Education	South Dakota State Test of Educational Progress	DSTEP
Tennessee	Tennessee State Department of Education	Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program	TN Ready
Texas	Texas Education Agency	State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness	STAAR
Utah	Utah State Office of Education	Utah Test of Basic Skills Utah Tests of Educational Development	UTBS UTED	[33]
Vermont	Vermont Department of Education	New England Common Assessment Program	NECAP	[34]
Virginia	Virginia Department of Education	Standards of Learning	SOL
Washington	Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction	Washington Assessment of Student Learning	WASL
West Virginia	West Virginia Department of Education	West Virginia Educational Standards Test	WESTEST	[35]
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction	Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination	WKCE
Wyoming	Wyoming Department of Education	Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students	PAWS	[36]

Additional tests

In addition to the following list some states administer other required examinations. They include Nevada, which administers several tests as part of the Nevada Proficiency Examination Program. They include the High School Proficiency Examination for Reading and Mathematics; the Iowa Test of Basic Skills; Iowa Tests of Educational Development; Criterion-referenced tests in Reading, Mathematics, and Science; Language Proficiency Assessment; Nevada Alternate Scales of Academic Achievement; and National Assessment of Educational Progress. The Prairie State Achievement Exam is used in Illinois, along with the ^[16] Illinois State Achievement Test. Alabama requires the Stanford Achievement Test Series; and in Texas, the Texas Higher Education Assessment. That state has discontinued its usage of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills. Since the 2007–08 school year, Kentucky has required that all students at public high schools take the ACT in their junior year.

See also

• Adequate Yearly Progress
• Standardized test
• List of admissions tests
• Standards-based assessment

References

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13. "The Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA)". www.gadoe.org. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
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27. (nd) NMSBA webpage. Retrieved 5/29/07
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35. West Virginia Department of Education official website. Retrieved 4/1/08.
36. Education, Wyoming Department of. "PAWS Homepage". Retrieved 2009-04-27.