Table 2.20. English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics statewide assessments in grades 3–8, by state: 2017

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Table 2.20. English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics statewide assessments in grades 3–8, by state: 2017–18

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State	Assessment name
Alabama	Scantron
Alaska	Performance Evaluation for Alaska’s Schools (PEAKS)
Arizona¹	Arizona’s Measurement of Educational Readiness to Inform Teaching (AzMERIT)
Arkansas	ACT Aspire
California	California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) (Smarter Balanced)
Colorado	Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) as part of Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS)
Connecticut	Smarter Balanced
Delaware	Smarter Balanced
District of Columbia	PARCC
Florida	Florida Standards Assessments (FSA)
Georgia	Georgia Milestones Assessment System
Hawaii	Smarter Balanced
Idaho	Idaho Standards Achievement Tests (ISATs) (Smarter Balanced)
Illinois	PARCC
Indiana	Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress Plus (ISTEP+)
Iowa	Iowa Assessments
Kansas	Kansas Assessment Program
Kentucky²	Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP)
Louisiana	Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP)
Maine	Maine Educational Assessment (MEA)
Maryland	PARCC
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)
Michigan	M-STEP (Smarter Balanced content plus Michigan-developed items)
Minnesota	Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs)
Mississippi	Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP)
Missouri	Missouri Assessment Program (MAP)
Montana	Smarter Balanced
Nebraska³	Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS)
Nevada	Smarter Balanced
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System
New Jersey	PARCC
New Mexico	PARCC
New York	New York State English Language Arts and Mathematics Tests
North Carolina	North Carolina READY End-of-Grade Reading Comprehension and Mathematics Tests
North Dakota	North Dakota State Assessment (NDSA)
Ohio	Ohio State Test
Oklahoma⁴	Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP) Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests
Oregon	Smarter Balanced
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) in English Language Arts and Mathematics
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS)
South Carolina	SC READY
South Dakota	Smarter Balanced
Tennessee	TNReady (ELA plus writing and mathematics)
Texas⁵	State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR)
Utah	Student Assessment of Growth and Excellence (SAGE) Reading, Language, and Listening; Writing; and Mathematics
Vermont	Smarter Balanced
Virginia^{6, 7}	Standards of Learning (SOL)
Washington	Smarter Balanced
West Virginia	West Virginia General Summative Assessment
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Forward Exam
Wyoming	Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (WY-TOPP)

¹ELA includes writing and reading.
² K-PREP tests administered in reading and mathematics for grades 3–8 and writing for grades 5, 6, and 8.
³ NSCAS administered in ELA and mathematics for grades 3–8 and writing for grades 4 and 8.
⁴Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests are administered in reading/language arts and mathematics for grades 3–8 and writing for grades 5 and 8.
⁵ STAAR administered in reading and mathematics for grades 3–8 and writing for grades 4 and 7.
⁶Middle school students taking high school level mathematics courses will be administered the appropriate SOL test.
⁷ In Virginia, students take the SOL in mathematics in grades 3–8, reading in grades 3–8 and writing in grade 8.
SOURCE: Achieve, 2017–18 State ELA and Mathematics Assessments in Grades 3–8, retrieved September 20, 2018 from https://achieve.org/publications/2017–18-state-ela-and-mathematics-assessments-grades-3–8. Data Source

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