Table 155. | States using minimum-competency testing, by government level setting standards, grade levels assessed, and expected uses of standards: 1995-96 |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Expected uses | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________|________________|__________|________|_________|__________|_________|________|_________|____________|____________|___________________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 ___________________|________________|__________|________|_________|__________|_________|________|_________|____________|____________|___________________ 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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\...........| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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\) | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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\) | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | ___________________|________________|__________|________|_________|__________|_________|________|_________|____________|____________|___________________ |
\1\Testing program is for instructional purposes.
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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