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State achievement tests in the United States achievement measures and 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.
State | Administrating agency | Test name | Also called... | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | Alabama State Department of Education | Alabama High School Graduation Exam Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test |
AHSGE ARMT |
[1] |
Alaska | Alaska Department of Education and Early Development | High School Graduation Qualifying Examination | HSGQE | |
Arizona | Arizona Department of Education | Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards | AIMS | |
Arkansas | Arkansas Department of Education | |||
California | California Department of Education | Standardized Testing and Reporting California High School Exit Exam |
STaR CAHSEE |
|
Colorado | Colorado Department of Education | Colorado Student Assessment Program | CSAP | |
Connecticut | Connecticut Department of Education | Connecticut Academic Performance Test Connecticut Mastery Test |
CAPT CMT |
|
Delaware | Delaware Department of Education | Delaware Student Testing Program | DSTP | |
District of Columbia | District of Columbia Public Schools | DC Comprehensive Assessment System | DC-CAS | |
Florida | Florida Department of Education | Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test | FCAT | |
Georgia | Georgia Department of Education | Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests End-Of-Course Tests Georgia High School Graduation Test Georgia Alternate Assessment Georgia Writings Assessments |
CRCT EOCT GHSGT GAA ... |
|
Hawai'i | Hawai'i Department of Education | Hawaii State Assessment Hawaii State Alternative Assessment |
HSA/HSAA | |
Idaho | Idaho Department of Education | Idaho Standards Achievement Test | I-SAT | [2] |
Illinois | Illinois State Board of Education | Illinois Standards Achievement Test[3] Prairie State Achievement Examination |
ISAT PSAE |
[4] |
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 | |||
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 | |||
Maryland | Maryland Department of Education | Maryland State Assessment | MSA | |
Massachusetts | Massachusetts Department of Education | Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System | M-CAS | |
Michigan | Michigan Department of Education | Michigan Educational Assessment Program Michigan Merit Exam |
MEAP MME |
|
Minnesota | Minnesota Department of Education | Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments—Series II | MCA-II | |
Mississippi | Mississippi Department of Education | Mississippi Functional Literacy Exam | MFLE | |
Missouri | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | Missouri Assessment Program | MAP | |
Montana | Montana Office of Public Instruction | |||
Nebraska | Nebraska Department of Education | |||
Nevada | Nevada Department of Education | Nevada Proficiency Examination Program | NPEP | [5] |
New Hampshire | New Hampshire Department of Education | |||
New Jersey | New Jersey Department of Education | New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment High School Proficiency Assessment |
NJASK GEPA HSPA |
|
New Mexico | New Mexico Public Education Department | New Mexico Standards Based Assessment | NMSBA | [6] |
New York | New York State Department of Education | Regents Examinations | Regents | |
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 | |||
Ohio | Ohio State Board of Education | Ohio Achievement Test Ohio Graduation Test |
OAT OGT |
[7] |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma State Department of Education | Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests | OCCT | [8] |
Oregon | Oregon Department of Education | |||
Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Department of Education | Pennsylvania System of School Assessment | PSSA | |
Rhode Island | Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | |||
South Carolina | South Carolina Department of Education | Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test (Grades 3-8) High School Assessment Program (Grades 9-12) |
PACT 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 | TCAP | |
Texas | Texas Education Agency | Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills | TAKS | |
Utah | Utah State Office of Education | Iowa Test of Basic Skills Iowa Tests of Educational Development |
ITBS ITED |
[9] |
Vermont | Vermont Department of Education | |||
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 | [10] |
Wisconsin | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction | Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination | WKCE | |
Wyoming | Wyoming Department of Education |
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 for Educational Progress. The Prairie State Achievement Exam is used in Illinois, along with the [11] 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.
See also[]
- Adequate Yearly Progress
- Standardized test
- List of admissions tests
- Standards-based assessment
References[]
- ↑ Alabama State Department of Education
- ↑ (nd) [1] webpage. Retrieved 6/24/07
- ↑ (nd) ISAT webpage. Retrieved 5/29/07
- ↑ PSAE webpage. Retrieved 01/02/08
- ↑ Nevada Department of Education
- ↑ (nd) NMSBA webpage. Retrieved 5/29/07
- ↑ (nd) OAT webpage. Retrieved 5/29/07
- ↑ Merit Software: The Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests (OCCT) website (accessed July 1, 2007)
- ↑ Utah State Office of Education -- Assessment
- ↑ West Virginia Department of Education official website. Retrieved 4/1/08.
- ↑ (nd) ISAT webpage. Retrieved 5/29/07
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