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 |
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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 |
Virginia6, 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) |
1 ELA 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. | |
4 Oklahoma 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. | |
6 Middle 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 |