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.
State Administrating agency Tests name Also called... SourceAvailable in languages other than English Alabama Alabama State Department of Education Alabama High School Graduation Exam Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test AHSGE ARMTAlabama State Department of Education No Alaska Alaska Department of Education and Early Development High School Graduation Qualifying Examination Alaska Measures of Progress (AMP) HSGQE SBA 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 StandardsArizona's English Language Learner AssessmentNational Assessment of Educational Progress AIMSAZELLANAEP AZMERITNo Arkansas Arkansas Department of Education Augmented Benchmark Examinations California California Department of Education CAASPP California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress SBAC (previous tests were STAR and CAHSEE)California Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/STaR Program Website http://www.startest.org/sts.html (accessed 4 Aug. 2013)Yes Colorado Colorado Department of Education Colorado Measures of Academic Success CMASYes Connecticut Connecticut Department of Education Connecticut Academic Performance Test Connecticut Mastery Test CAPTCMT Delaware Delaware Department of Education Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System DCAS District of Columbia District of Columbia Public Schools Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career PARCC Florida Florida Department of Education Florida Standards Assessments Florida Standards Alternate Assessment Florida Assessment of Standards Test FSA FSAA FASTfsassessments.orgNo, 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 AssessmentGeorgia Writings Assessments (retired) CRCTEOCTGHSGTGAAGMAS Hawaii Hawaii Department of Education Hawaii State AssessmentHawaii State Alternative Assessment HSA/HSAA Idaho Idaho State Department of Education Idaho Standards Achievement Test I-SAT (nd) webpage. Retrieved 6/24/07 Illinois Illinois State Board of Education Illinois Standards Achievement Test(nd) ISAT webpage. Retrieved 5/29/07Prairie State Achievement Examination ISATPSAE PSAE webpage. Retrieved 01/02/08 Indiana Indiana Department of Education Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress-Plus I-STEP+ New Test as of 2019 - ILearn 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 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 Maryland Maryland Department of Education Maryland School AssessmentHigh School Assessment MSA HSA Massachusetts Massachusetts Department of Education Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System MCAS Michigan Michigan Department of Education Michigan Educational Assessment Program (retired)Michigan Merit ExamMichigan Student Test of Educational ProgressMichigan Department of Education. "http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-22709_70117---,00.html". Retrieved 2015-4-16. 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 Missouri Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Missouri Assessment Program MAP Montana Montana Office of Public Instruction Montana Comprehensive Assessment System MontCAS Nebraska Nebraska Department of Education Nevada Nevada Department of Education Nevada Proficiency Examination Program NPEP New Hampshire New Hampshire Department of Education New England Common Assessment Program NECAP New Jersey New Jersey Department of Education The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers NJSLA NJGPA New Mexico New Mexico Public Education Department New Mexico Standards-based assessmentNew Mexico Alternate Performance Assessment NMSBANMAPA (nd) NMSBA webpage. Retrieved 5/29/07 New York New York State Department of Education Regents Examinations New York State Examination RegentsNYSEYes, translation is available for all Regents exams except for language exams. For English exams, a glossary is available, while foreign language exams have none. 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 North Dakota CAT Ohio Ohio State Board of Education Ohio’s State Tests OST (Many districts incorrectly refer to as the "AIR Test") (nd) OAT webpage. Retrieved 5/29/07 Oklahoma Oklahoma State Department of Education Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests OCCT Merit Software: The Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests (OCCT) website (accessed July 1, 2007) Oregon Oregon Department of Education Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills OAKS Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Department of Education Pennsylvania System of School AssessmentPennsylvania Alternate School AssessmentKeystone Exam PSSAPASA Rhode Island Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System RICAS Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) RIDE publishes a list of bilingual dictionaries and glossaries that current and former English Learner students may use on RICAS assessments. There are Spanish versions of the Mathematics tests. 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 EducationStudent Assessment of Growth and Excellence SAGE Vermont Vermont Department of Education Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC 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 General Summative Assessment WVGSA (Previously WESTEST) West Virginia Department of Education Wisconsin Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination WKCE Wyoming Wyoming Department of Education Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students PAWS
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 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. From the 2007–08 school year, Kentucky required that all students at public high schools take the ACT in their junior year. Beginning in 2026, students will take the SAT . Some school districts in Florida also require the ACT.
See also Adequate Yearly Progress Standardized test List of admissions tests Standards-based assessment
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