Table 1.8. Alignment of state high school standards, graduation requirements, and assessment systems with Common Core State Standards/College- and Career-Ready Standards, by state: 2014
State | State has a policy in place to | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Align high school standards with the expectations of college and career |
Align high school courses/content with college- and career- ready standards |
Develop college- and career-ready assessment systems1 |
||
United States2 | 51 | 24 | 36 | |
Alabama | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Alaska | Yes | No | No | |
Arizona | Yes | Yes | No | |
Arkansas | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
California | Yes | No | Yes | |
Colorado | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Connecticut | Yes | No | Yes | |
Delaware | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
District of Columbia | Yes | Yes | No | |
Florida | Yes | No | No | |
Georgia | Yes | Yes | No | |
Hawaii | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Idaho | Yes | No | Yes | |
Illinois | Yes | No | Yes | |
Indiana | Yes | Yes | No | |
Iowa | Yes | No | No | |
Kansas | Yes | No | No | |
Kentucky | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Louisiana | Yes | No | Yes | |
Maine | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Maryland | Yes | No | Yes | |
Massachusetts | Yes | No | Yes | |
Michigan | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Minnesota | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Mississippi | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Missouri | Yes | No | Yes | |
Montana | Yes | No | Yes | |
Nebraska | Yes | Yes | No | |
Nevada | Yes | No | Yes | |
New Hampshire | Yes | No | Yes | |
New Jersey | Yes | No | Yes | |
New Mexico | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
New York | Yes | No | Yes | |
North Carolina | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
North Dakota | Yes | No | Yes | |
Ohio | Yes | Yes | No | |
Oklahoma | Yes | Yes | No | |
Oregon | Yes | No | Yes | |
Pennsylvania | Yes | No | No | |
Rhode Island | Yes | No | No | |
South Carolina | Yes | No | Yes | |
South Dakota | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Tennessee | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Texas | Yes | No | No | |
Utah | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Vermont | Yes | No | Yes | |
Virginia | Yes | No | No | |
Washington | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
West Virginia | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Wisconsin | Yes | No | Yes | |
Wyoming | Yes | No | Yes | |
1 These assessments are either aligned to state standards, or are used for college admissions. 2 National total reflects the number of "Yes" responses for each column. SOURCE: Achieve, Closing the Expectations Gap: 2014 Annual Report on the Alignment of State K-12 Policies and Practice with the Demands of College and Careers, retrieved March 4, 2015 from http://achieve.org/files/2014ClosingtheExpectationsGapReport.pdf. Data Source |