Table 154. | States using minimum-competency testing, by grade levels assessed, and expected uses of standards: 1999-2000 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Expected uses | |_______________________________________________________________________________________ State | Grade levels in |Student|Improve-| | | High | School | Public | | | which students |diagno-|ment of |Program |Student | school | awards | school | Accre- | | are tested on |sis or |instruc-|evalua- | promo- | grad- | or |performance| dita- | Other | at least one |place- |tion\1\ |tion\1\ |tion\2\ |uation\2| recogni- | repor- | tion\3\ | | component |ment\1\| | | | | tion\3\ | ting\3\ | | ________________|__________________|_______|________|________|________|________|___________|___________|_________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 ________________|__________________|_______|________|________|________|________|___________|___________|_________|_________ Alabama ........| K-11 | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | Alaska..........| 3,4,6-8,10 | X | X | | | | | X | | Arizona ........| 2-11 | | X | X | | | | X | | Arkansas .......| 4,5,7,8,10 | X | X | X | | | | | | California .....| 2-12\4\ | | X | X | X | | X | X | | (\5,6\) | | | | | | | | | | Colorado .......| 3-5,7,8 | | X | X | | | | | | Connecticut ....| 4,6,8,10 | X | X | X | | | X | X | | Delaware .......| 3,5,8,10,11 | X | X | | | | | | | Florida ........| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Georgia ........| K,3-6,8,11,12 | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | Hawaii .........| 3,5,8,10 | X | X | X | | | X | X | X | Idaho ..........| 3-11 | | X | X | | | | | | Illinois .......| 3-8,10\7\ | | X | X | X | | | X | | Indiana.........| 3,6,8,10 | X | X | X | | X | X | | X | Iowa ...........| 4,8,11 | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | Kansas .........| 4,5,7,8,10,11 | X | X | X | | | | X | X | Kentucky .......| 3-12 | | X | X | | | X | X | | Louisiana ......| 3-11 | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | Maine...........| 4,8,11\7\ | | X | X | | | | | | Maryland .......| 3,5,7-12 | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | Massachusetts ..| 4,8,10 | X | X | X | | | X | X | | Michigan .......| 4.5,7,8,11 | X | X | X | | | | X | X | Minnesota ......| 3,5,8,10 | X | X | X | | X | | | | Mississippi ....| 3-8,11,12 | X | X | X | | X | | | | Missouri .......|3,4,7,8,10,11\4,7\| X | X | | | | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | Montana.........| 4,8,11 | | X | X | | | | | | Nebraska \8\....| | | | | | | | | | Nevada .........| 4,8,10-12 | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | New Hampshire ..| 3,6,10 | | X | X | | | | X | | New Jersey .....| 4,8,11 | X | X | X | | X | | X | X | (\5,9\) | | | | | | | | | | New Mexico .....| 1-10 | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | New York .......| 4,6,8-12 | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | (\5,6\) North Carolina .| 3-12 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | North Dakota....| 4,6,8,10 | X | X | X | X | | | X | | (\6\) Ohio ...........| 4,6,8-12 | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | (\6\) | | | | | | | | | | Oklahoma .......| 5,8,11 | X | X | X | | | | X | | Oregon .........| 3,5,8,10 | | X | X | | | | X | | Pennsylvania ...| 5,8,11 | | X | | | | X | | | Rhode Island....| 3-5,7-10 | | X | X | | | | X | | South Carolina .| 1,3-8,10-12\7\ | X | X | X | | X | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | South Dakota....| 2,4,5,8,9,11 | X | X | X | | | | | | Tennessee ......| 3-12 | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | (\5\) Texas ..........| 3-12 | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | Utah ...........| 1-9,11\4\ | X | X | X | X | | | X | | Vermont ........| 2,4,8,10 | | X | X | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | Virginia .......| 3-6,8-12 | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | Washington......| 2-4,6,7,9-11\4\ | X | X | X | | | | X | | West Virginia...| 3-12\7\ | X | X | X | | | | X | X | (\5,9\) Wisconsin ......| 3,4,8,10 | X | X | X | | | | X | | Wyoming ........| 4,8-12\7\ | | X | X | | | | X | | ================|==================|=======|========|========|========|========|===========|===========|=========|========= Outlying areas | | | | | | | | | | American Samoa .| 4,7,8,10,12 | X | X | X | | | | | | Puerto Rico ....| K-12 | X | X | X | | | X | | | (\9\) Virgin Islands .| 3,5,6,8,11 | X | X | | | | X | X | | ________________|__________________|_______|________|________|________|________|___________|___________|_________|_________ |
---Not available. \1\Testing program is for instructional purposes. \2\Testing program is for the purpose of student accountability. \3\Testing program is for school accountability. \4\Inclusion is voluntary for students, schools or school districts for one or more grades. \5\Endorsed diploma. \6\Honors diploma. \7\A sample of students is tested for one or more grades. \8\This state did not administer any statewide assessments for the 1999-2000 school year. \9\High school skills guarantee. SOURCE: Council of Chief State School Officers, "Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs, Spring 2002." (This table was prepared July 2002.) |