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Table 150. States which 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
State                 |_____________________|   shelf/ |____________________________________________
                      |      Test| Augmented|     norm | English/ |Mathematics|  Science |  Social
                      |   custom-| or hybrid|referenced| language |           |          | studies/
                      | developed|      test|     test |     arts |           |          |  history
                      |     (CRT)|          |    (NRT) |          |           |          |
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________
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: Education Week, January 8, 2004, Number 17, Editorial Projects in Education, Count Me In: Special education in an Era of Standards. (This table was prepared April 2005.)