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Table 149. States that use criterion-referenced assessments aligned to state standards, by subject area and level, and state: 2003-04
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                      |   Aligned to state  |          |     Criterion-referenced assessments,
                      |      standards\1\   |  Off-the-|         by level and subject area
                      |_____________________|    shelf/|____________________________________________
                      |      Test|          |      norm|          |           |          |
                      |   custom-| Augmented|referenced|  English/|           |          |    Social
                      | developed| or hybrid|      test|  language|           |          |  studies/
State                 |     (CRT)|      test|     (NRT)|      arts|Mathematics|   Science|   history
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________
1                     |         2|         3|         4|         5|          6|         7|         8
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________
Alabama ..............|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|        HS|        HS
Alaska ...............|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|          |
Arizona ..............|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|          |
Arkansas .............|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|          |
California ...........|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|        HS|    MS, HS
                      |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Colorado .............|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|        MS|
Connecticut ..........|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|        HS|
Delaware .............|          |        X |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
District of Columbia .|          |          |        X |          |           |          |
Florida ..............|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|
                      |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Georgia ..............|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
Hawaii ...............|          |        X |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|          |
Idaho ................|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|          |
Illinois .............|        X |        X |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
Indiana ..............|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|        ES|
                      |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Iowa .................|          |          |        X |          |           |          |
Kansas ...............|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|          |
Kentucky .............|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
Louisiana ............|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
Maine ................|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|
                      |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Maryland .............|        X |        X |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|        HS|        HS
Massachusetts ........|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|    ES, MS|
Michigan .............|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
Minnesota ............|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|          |
Mississippi ..........|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|        HS|        HS
                      |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Missouri .............|          |        X |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
Montana ..............|          |        X |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|          |
Nebraska .............|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS|           |          |
Nevada ...............|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS|     ES, HS|        MS|
New Hampshire ........|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|          |
                      |          |          |          |          |           |          |
New Jersey ...........|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|        MS|
New Mexico ...........|        X |          |        X |    ES, MS|           |          |
New York .............|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
North Carolina .......|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|        HS|        HS
North Dakota .........|          |        X |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|          |
                      |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Ohio .................|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
Oklahoma .............|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
Oregon ...............|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|
Pennsylvania .........|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|          |
Rhode Island .........|        X |        X |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|          |
                      |          |          |          |          |           |          |
South Carolina .......|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS
South Dakota .........|          |        X |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
Tennessee ............|        X |        X |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|    ES, MS
Texas ................|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|    ES, HS|    MS, HS
Utah .................|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|
                      |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Vermont ..............|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|
Virginia .............|        X |          |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
Washington ...........|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|    MS, HS|
West Virginia ........|        X |          |        X |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
Wisconsin ............|        X |        X |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS|ES, MS, HS
Wyoming ..............|          |        X |          |ES, MS, HS| ES, MS, HS|          |
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________
\1\Custom-developed/criterion-referenced tests (CRTs) are explicitly designed to measure state content standards.
NOTE: ES=elementary school, MS=middle school, and HS=high school.
SOURCE: Editorial Projects in Education (2004). Count Me In: Special Education in an Era of Standards. Education Week, 23(17). (This table was prepared April 2005.)


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