Table 154. | States using minimum-competency testing, by grade levels assessed, expected uses of standards, and state or jurisdiction: 1999-2000 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Expected uses | |_______________________________________________________________________________________ State | Grade levels in |Student|Improve-| | | High | School | Public | | or jurisdiction | 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. SOURCE: Council of Chief State School Officers, "Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs, Spring 2002." (This table was prepared July 2002.)
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