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| Table 156. | States using minimum-competency testing, by government level setting standards, grade levels assessed, and expected uses of standards: 1995-96 |
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State | | Student |Improve-| | Student | | High | Student | Public | |
| Grade |diagnosis |ment of | Program |diagnosis | Student | school | awards | school | |
| levels |or place- |instruc-| evalua- |or place- | promo- |gradua- |or recog-|performance | Accredita- |
| assessed | ment\1\ |tion\1\ | tion\1\ | ment\2\ |tion \2\ |tion\2\ |nition\3\|reporting\3\| tion\3\ | Other
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
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Alabama ...........| 3-12 | X | X | X | | | X | | X | |
Alaska.............| 4,8,11 | | X | | | | | | X | |
Arizona ...........| 4,7,10 | X | X | X | | | | | X | |
Arkansas ..........| 4,5,7,10,11 | X | X | X | | | | | X | |
California ........| 9-12 \4\ | X | | | X | | | | | |
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Colorado \5\.......| | | | | | | | | | |
Connecticut .......| 4,6,8,10 | X | X | X | X | | | X | X | |
Delaware ..........| 3,5,8,10 | X | X | X | | | | | | |
Florida ...........| 4,8,10,11 | | X | X | | | X | | | |
Georgia ...........| K,3,5,8,11,12 | X | X | X | | | X | | X | |
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Hawaii ............| 3,6,8,10-12 | X | X | X | | | X | X | X | |
Idaho .............| 3-11 | | X | | | | | | X | |
Illinois ..........| 3,4,6-8,10,11 | | | | | | | | | X |
Indiana............| 3,6,10 | X | X | X | | | | X | X | X |
Iowa \5\...........| | | | | | | | | | |
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Kansas ............| 3-5,7,8,10 | X | X | X | | | | | X | X |
Kentucky ..........| 4,8,11,12 | | X | X | | | | X | | |
Louisiana .........| K,3-7,10,11 | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | |
Maine..............| 4,8,11 | | X | X | X | | | | | |
Maryland ..........| 3,5,7-12 | X | X | X | | | X | | X | X | (\6\)
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Massachusetts .....| 4,8,10 | | X | | | | | | X | |
Michigan ..........| 4,5,7,8,11 | | X | X | X | | | X | X | X | (\7\)
Minnesota \5\......| | | | | | | | | | |
Mississippi .......| 4-9,11 | X | X | X | | | X | | X | X | (\6\)
Missouri ..........|3,5,6,8,10,11\8\| | X | X | | | | | X | X |
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Montana............| 4,8,11 | | X | X | | | | | | |
Nebraska \5\.......| | | | | | | | | | |
Nevada ............| 4,8,11,12 | X | X | X | | | X | | X | |
New Hampshire .....| 3,6,10 | | X | X | | | | | | |
New Jersey ........| 8,11,12 | X | X | | | | X | | X | X |
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New Mexico ........| 1-6,8,10-12 | X | X | X | | | X | | X | | (\6\)
New York ..........| 3-6,8-12 | | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | (\7,9\)
North Carolina ....| 3-10 | | X | X | X | X | X | | | |
North Dakota.......| 3,6,8,11 | X | X | X | X | | | | | |
Ohio ..............| 4,6,8-12 | | X | X | | | X | X | X | |
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Oklahoma ..........| 3,5-9,11,12 | X | X | X | | | | | X | X |
Oregon ............| 3,5,8,11 | | X | X | | | | | X | |
Pennsylvania ......| 5,6,8,9,11\8\ | X | X | | | | | | X | |
Rhode Island.......| 4,8,10 | | X | X | | | | | X | |
South Carolina ....| 3-11 | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | | (\6\)
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South Dakota.......| 4,8,11 | | X | X | | | | | | |
Tennessee .........| 2-9,11 | X | X | X | | | X | | X | | (\7\)
Texas .............| 3-8,10-12 | X | X | X | X | | X | | X | X |
Utah ..............| 1-12 \4\ | X | X | X | X | | | | X | |
Vermont ...........| 4,8,10 \4\ | X | X | X | | | | | X | |
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Virginia ..........| 4,6-12 | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | |
Washington.........| 4,8,11 | X | X | X | | | | | X | |
West Virginia..... | 1-11 | | X | | | | | | | X | (\6\)
Wisconsin .........| 3,4,8,10 | | | X | | | | | X | |
Wyoming ...........| 9-12 \8\ | | X | X | | | | | | |
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\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\States did not administer any statewide assessments for the 1995-96 school year. \6\High school skills guarantee. \7\Endorced diploma. \8\A sample of students is tested for one or more grades. \9\Honors diploma. SOURCE: Council of Chief State School Officers/North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, "Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs, Fall 1996." (This table was prepared July 1997.)
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