Table 41. Percentage of public school districts that required all schools to participate in state or district assessments, that required all schools except charter schools to participate, that permitted schools to participate on a voluntary basis, and that had no state or district-level assessment program, by state: 2003

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Table 41. Percentage of public school districts that required all schools to participate in state or district assessments, that required all schools except charter schools to participate, that permitted schools to participate on a voluntary basis, and that had no state or district-level assessment program, by state: 2003–04

State	Districts that required all schools with designated students to participate	Districts that required all schools, except charter schools, with designated students to participate		Districts that permitted schools with designated students to participate on a voluntary basis		Districts that did not have a state or district-level assessment program
United States	98.2	0.3		0.8		0.7

Alabama	100.0	#		#		#
Alaska	100.0	#		#		#
Arizona	97.7	0.3		0.9	!	1.2	!
Arkansas	100.0	#		#		#
California	99.1	0.9		#		#

Colorado	100.0	#		#		#
Connecticut	98.7	#		1.3	!	#
Delaware	100.0	#		#		#
District of Columbia	100.0	#		#		#
Florida	100.0	#		#		#

Georgia	100.0	#		#		#
Hawaii	100.0	#		#		#
Idaho	99.1	0.9		#		#
Illinois	94.9	#		2.3	!	2.8	!
Indiana	95.9	0.7	!	#		3.5	!

Iowa	97.4	1.4	!	#		1.1	!
Kansas	99.6	0.4		#		#
Kentucky	100.0	#		#		#
Louisiana	93.2	#		5.3	!	1.5	!
Maine	97.5	#		#		2.5	!

Maryland	100.0	#		#		#
Massachusetts	99.6	0.4		#		#
Michigan	95.4	#		3.3	!	1.3	!
Minnesota	99.6	0.4		#		#
Mississippi	95.7	#		#		4.3	!

Missouri	100.0	#		#		#
Montana	92.0	#		6.9	!	1.1	!
Nebraska	99.6	0.4	!	#		#
Nevada	100.0	#		#		#
New Hampshire	100.0	#		#		#

New Jersey	98.9	#		1.1	!	#
New Mexico	97.1	2.9	!	#		#
New York	99.4	0.6	!	#		#
North Carolina	98.4	1.6		#		#
North Dakota	98.2	#		#		1.8	!

Ohio	99.5	0.5		#		#
Oklahoma	96.9	0.2		0.9	!	2.0	!
Oregon	99.3	0.7		#		#
Pennsylvania	97.8	1.4	!	0.8	!	#
Rhode Island	100.0	#		#		#

South Carolina	100.0	#		#		#
South Dakota	95.5	#		2.2	!	2.3	!
Tennessee	100.0	#		#		#
Texas	100.0	#		#		#
Utah	94.3	3.3		#		2.5

Vermont	‡	‡		‡		‡
Virginia	89.3	#		5.2	!	5.6	!
Washington	99.0	#		1.0	!	#
West Virginia	100.0	#		#		#
Wisconsin	98.5	#		#		1.5	!
Wyoming	100.0	#		#		#

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.

‡ Reporting standards not met. The base-weighted unit response rate was below 50 percent.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, District Data File, 2003–04.

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