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     State      |                  |Student|Improve-|        |Student |       | High  |School  |  Public   |       |
                |      Grade       |diagno-|ment of |Program |diagno- |Student|school | awards |  school   |Accre- |
                |      levels      |sis or |instruc-|evalua- |sis or  |promo- |gradua-|   or   |performance| dita- |
                |     assessed     |place- |tion\1\ |tion\1\ |place-  |tion\2\|tion\2\|recogni-|  repor-   |tion\3\| Other
                |                  |ment\1\|        |        |ment\2\ |       |       |tion\3\ |  ting\3\  |       |
________________|__________________|_______|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|___________|_______|_______
       1        |        2         |   3   |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7   |   8   |   9    |    10     |  11   |  12
________________|__________________|_______|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|___________|_______|_______
Alabama ........|       3-12       |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |   X   |        |     X     |       |
Alaska..........|  4,5,7,8,10,11   |   X   |   X    |        |        |       |       |        |     X     |       |
Arizona ........|       3-12       |       |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |     X     |       |
Arkansas .......|    4,5,7,8,10    |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |           |       |
California .....|     2-12\4\      |       |   X    |   X    |   X    |   X   |       |   X    |     X     |       |(\5,6\)
                |                  |       |        |        |        |       |       |        |           |       |
Colorado .......|      3-5,7       |       |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |           |       |
Connecticut ....|     4,6,8,10     |   X   |   X    |   X    |   X    |       |       |   X    |     X     |       |
Delaware .......|     3,5,8,10     |   X   |   X    |        |        |       |       |        |           |       |
Florida ........|   4,5,8,10,11    |       |   X    |   X    |        |       |   X   |   X    |     X     |       |
Georgia ........|    K,3,5,8,11    |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |   X   |   X   |        |     X     |       | (\5\)
                |                  |       |        |        |        |       |       |        |           |       |
Hawaii .........|    3,5,7,9-12    |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |   X   |   X    |     X     |   X   |(\5,6\)
Idaho ..........|       3-11       |       |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |           |       |
Illinois .......|   3,5,8,10\7\    |       |   X    |   X    |        |   X   |       |        |     X     |       |
Indiana.........|     3,6,8,10     |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |   X   |   X    |           |   X   |
Iowa ...........|      4,8,11      |       |        |        |        |       |       |        |     X     |       |
                |                  |       |        |        |        |       |       |        |           |       |
Kansas .........|    3-5,7,8,10    |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |     X     |   X   |
Kentucky .......|       3-12       |       |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |   X    |     X     |       |
Louisiana ......|       3-11       |   X   |        |        |        |   X   |   X   |        |           |       |
Maine...........|    4,8,11\7\     |       |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |           |       |
Maryland .......|      3,5,8       |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |   X   |   X    |     X     |       |
                |                  |       |        |        |        |       |       |        |           |       |
Massachusetts ..|      4,8,10      |       |        |        |        |       |       |        |           |       |
Michigan .......|    4,5,7,8,11    |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |     X     |   X   |
Minnesota ......|     3,5,8,10     |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |   X   |        |           |       |
Mississippi ....|    4-9,11,12     |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |   X   |        |           |       |
Missouri .......|3,4,7,8,10,11\4,7\|   X   |   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 .....|       8,11       |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |   X   |        |     X     |   X   |(\5,9\)
                |                  |       |        |        |        |       |       |        |           |       |
New Mexico .....|   1,2,4,6,8,10   |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |   X   |   X    |     X     |   X   |
New York .......|     4-6,8-12     |   X   |   X    |   X    |   X    |   X   |   X   |        |     X     |       |(\5,6\)
North Carolina .|       3-12       |   X   |   X    |   X    |   X    |   X   |   X   |   X    |     X     |       |
North Dakota....|     4,6,8,10     |   X   |   X    |   X    |   X    |   X   |       |        |     X     |       | (\6\)
Ohio ...........|     4,6,8-12     |       |   X    |   X    |   X    |       |   X   |   X    |     X     |       | (\6\)
                |                  |       |        |        |        |       |       |        |           |       |
Oklahoma .......|    3,5,7,8,11    |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |   X   |       |        |     X     |       |
Oregon .........|     3,5,8,10     |       |   X    |   X    |   X    |       |       |        |     X     |       |
Pennsylvania ...|    5,6,8,9,11    |       |        |        |        |       |       |   X    |           |       |
Rhode Island....|     3-5,7-10     |       |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |     X     |       |
South Carolina .|    1,3-12\7\     |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |   X   |        |     X     |       | (\6\)
                |                  |       |        |        |        |       |       |        |           |       |
South Dakota....|   2,4,5,8,9,11   |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |           |       |
Tennessee ......|       3-12       |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |   X   |   X    |     X     |       | (\5\)
Texas ..........|    3-8,10-12     |   X   |   X    |   X    |   X    |       |   X   |   X    |     X     |   X   |
Utah ...........|   1-6,8,11\4\    |   X   |   X    |   X    |   X    |       |       |        |     X     |       |
Vermont ........|    2,4,6,8,10    |       |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |     X     |       |
                |                  |       |        |        |        |       |       |        |           |       |
Virginia .......|       3-12       |   X   |   X    |   X    |   X    |   X   |   X   |        |     X     |       |
Washington......| 2,4,7,8,10,11\4\ |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |     X     |       |
West Virginia...|       3-11       |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |     X     |   X   |(\5,9\)
Wisconsin ......|     3,4,8,10     |   X   |        |   X    |        |       |       |        |     X     |       |
Wyoming ........|    4,8-12\7\     |       |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |     X     |       |
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 Outlying areas |                  |       |        |        |        |       |       |        |           |       |
American Samoa .|  3,5,7,8,10-12   |       |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |        |           |       |
Puerto Rico ....|     3,6,9,11     |   X   |   X    |   X    |        |       |       |   X    |           |       | (\9\)
Virgin Islands .|    3,5,6,8,11    |   X   |   X    |        |   X    |       |       |   X    |           |       |
________________|__________________|_______|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|___________|_______|_______

\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\Endorsed diploma.
\6\Honors diploma.
\7\A sample of students is tested for one or more grades.
\8\This state did not administer any statewide assessments for the 1998-99 school year.
\9\High school skills guarantee.

SOURCE: Council of Chief State School Officers, "Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs, Spring 2001." (This table was prepared August 2001.)