list of state achievement tests in the united states
tests by state
Table:
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
Standards-based assessment

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

Standardized Testing and Reporting
California High School Exit Exam

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 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
...

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

[8]

Illinois

Illinois State Board of Education

Illinois Standards Achievement Test[9]
Prairie State Achievement Examination

ISAT
PSAE

[10]

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

[11]

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

[12]
[13]

Maryland

Maryland Department of Education

Maryland School Assessment
High School Assessment

MSA
HSA

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Department of Education

Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System

MCAS

[14]

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
Mississippi Curriculum Test

MFLE
MCT

[15]

Missouri

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Missouri Assessment Program

MAP

Montana

Montana Office of Public Instruction

Montana Comprehensive Assessment System

MontCAS

[16]

Nebraska

Nebraska Department of Education

Nevada

Nevada Department of Education

Nevada Proficiency Examination Program

NPEP

[17]

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Department of Education

New England Common Assessment Program

NECAP

[18]

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
New Mexico Alternate Performance Assessment

NMSBA
NMAPA

[19]

New York

New York State Department of Education

Regents Examinations

Math and English Language Arts Performance Assessment

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

North Dakota State Assessment

[20]

Ohio

Ohio State Board of Education

Ohio Achievement Assessment
Ohio Graduation Test

OAA
OGT

[21]

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State Department of Education

Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests

OCCT

[22]

Oregon

Oregon Department of Education

Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills

OAKS

[23]

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Department of Education

Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
Pennsylvania Alternate School Assessment
Keystone Exam (future)

PSSA
PASA

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

New England Common Assessment Program

NECAP

[24]

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

TCAP

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

[25]

Vermont

Vermont Department of Education

New England Common Assessment Program

NECAP

[26]

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

[27]

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination

WKCE

Wyoming

Wyoming Department of Education

Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students

PAWS

[28]

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