Monday, March 11, 2019

What Tests Does Each State Require?

 | Updated: March 5, 2019

What Tests Does Each State Require?

Education Week has tracked states’ testing plans in math and English/language arts since 2014. This year’s survey found a continued, steady erosion in the number of states using the PARCC or Smarter Balanced common-core-aligned tests: five fewer than in 2017. The number of states requiring students to take college-admissions tests, or pass an exit exam to graduate, is holding steady. (For an interactive breakdown of states' 2016-17 testing plans, click here.)

Below are highlights from the latest survey of testing plans. Scroll down to see the full results for 2019.


Which States Use PARCC or Smarter Balanced?

Only ONE-THIRD of the states use the PARCC or Smarter Balanced tests.

  • Fifteen states and the District of Columbia will administer PARCC or Smarter Balanced tests in the spring of 2019. That’s five fewer than in 2016 and 2017.
  • Thirty-two states use tests they designed or bought.
  • Three states give hybrid tests. Two mix their own questions with items from the PARCC/New Meridian item bank, and one adds its own questions onto the full Smarter Balanced test.
  • Read more about the current state of common-core tests.

Learn more about the states using PARCC or Smarter Balanced tests. 
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Learn more about the states using non-consortium tests. 
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Learn more about the states mixing PARCC and Smarter Balanced with their own items. 
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Which States Require Students to Take the SAT or ACT?

Requiring the ACT or SAT is HOLDING STEADY after a rise in popularity.

  • Twenty-five states require students to take the SAT or ACT, the same number as in 2016 and 2017. That number had been climbing steadily—from seven states a decade ago— as states looked for ways to encourage students to go to college.

Learn more about the states that require SAT or ACT. 
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Which States Require Exit Exams?

Requiring exit exams is HOLDING STEADY after a decline.

  • Thirteen states require students to pass a test to get a high school diploma, one more than in 2017. In some states, students can use projects or portfolios to meet this requirement. Exit exams used to be more popular: In 2002, more than half the states required them.

Learn more about the states that require exit exams. 
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What tests are states requiring in 2018-19?

Below is a complete breakdown of results from our state survey.


State Name3-8 TestHigh School TestExit Exam?Notes
AlabamaScantronpre-ACT, ACT, ACT WorkKeysNo 
AlaskaPerformance Evaluation for Alaska's Schools (PEAKS)PEAKSNo 
ArizonaAZMeritAZMerit end-of-course exam or substitutesNoDistricts may substitute other tests, such as SAT, ACT, IB or AP, for high school AZMerit.
ArkansasACT AspireACT AspireNoAll districts must offer ACT, but students not required to participate.
CaliforniaSmarter BalancedSmarter BalancedNo 
ColoradoColorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS)PSAT, SATNoCMAS is a mix of questions developed by Colorado and by PARCC/New Meridian.
ConnecticutSmarter BalancedSATNo 
DelawareSmarter BalancedPSAT, SATNo 
District of ColumbiaPARCCPARCC, SATNo 
FloridaFlorida Standards Assessments (FSA)FSAYesStudents must pass exit exams or achieve specified scores on ACT or SAT.
GeorgiaGeorgia MilestonesGeorgia Milestones end-of-course examsNo 
HawaiiSmarter BalancedSmarter Balanced, ACTNo 
IdahoSmarter BalancedSmarter Balanced, SAT or ACTNo 
IllinoisPARCCPSAT, SATNo 
IndianaILEARNISTEP+Yes 
IowaIowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP)ISASPNo 
KansasKansas Assessment Program (KAP)KAPNo 
KentuckyKentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP)K-PREP, ACTNo 
LouisianaLouisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP)LEAP end-of-course testsYesLEAP is a mix of questions designed by Louisiana and by PARCC/New Meridian. Students may substitute WorkKeys for ACT.
MaineMaine Educational Assessment (MEA)SATNo 
MarylandPARCCPARCCYes 
MassachusettsMassachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)MCASYes 
MichiganMichigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP), PSATPSAT, SAT, ACT WorkKeysNoM-STEP includes Michigan-designed questions and the Smarter Balanced test.
MinnesotaMinnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA)MCANo 
MississippiMississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP)MAAP, ACTYesStudents must pass MAAP end-of-course exams, or use other options, including achieving specified scores on the ACT or grades in dual-credit courses.
MissouriMissouri Assessment Program (MAP)MAP end-of-course testsNo 
MontanaSmarter BalancedACTNo 
NebraskaNebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS)ACTNo 
NevadaSmarter BalancedACTNo 
New HampshireNew Hampshire Statewide Assessment System (NHSAS), *Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE) (some districts)SATNo*11 districts give NHSAS in grades 3-4 and 6-8, and use locally designed performance assessments (PACE) in other tested grades.
New JerseyPARCCPARCCYesStudents must pass PARCC or use other options, including achieving specified scores on the ACT or SAT.
New MexicoPARCCPARCCYes 
New YorkNew York State AssessmentsRegents ExaminationsYes 
North CarolinaNorth Carolina End-of-Grade TestsNorth Carolina End-of-Course Tests, ACTNoWorkKeys required of students completing career-technical education courses of study.
North DakotaNorth Dakota State Assessment (NDSA)NDSANoStudents must take ACT or WorkKeys. Districts may substitute ACT for state high school test.
OhioOhio's State TestsOST end-of-course exams, ACT or SATYesStudents must pass end-of-course exams, or achieve specified scores on other tests, such as ACT or SAT.
OklahomaOklahoma School Testing ProgramACT or SATNoDistricts choose between ACT and SAT.
OregonSmarter BalancedSmarter BalancedNo 
PennsylvaniaPennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)Keystone end-of-course testsNo 
Rhode IslandRhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS)PSAT, SATNo 
South CarolinaSCReadyend-of-course tests, Ready to WorkNo 
South DakotaSmarter BalancedSmarter BalancedNo 
TennesseeTNReadyTNReady end-of-course tests, ACT or SATNoDistricts choose between ACT or SAT.
TexasState of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR)STAAR end-of-course testsYes 
UtahReadiness Improvement Success Empowerment (RISE)Utah Aspire Plus, ACTNoUtah Aspire Plus blends Utah-developed items and items from ACT Aspire.
VermontSmarter BalancedSmarter BalancedNo 
VirginiaStandards of Learning (SOL)SOL end-of-course examsYesStudents must pass SOL exams or achieve specified scores on other tests, including ACT, SAT, AP or IB.
WashingtonSmarter BalancedSmarter BalancedYesStudents must pass Smarter Balanced, or use other options, including achieving specified scores on ACT, SAT, AP or IB.
West VirginiaWest Virginia General Summative AssessmentSATNo 
WisconsinWisconsin ForwardACT Aspire, ACT, ACT WorkKeysNo 
WyomingWyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (WY-TOPP)WY-TOPP, ACTNo 



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