State achievement tests in the United States are
standardized test
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s required in American
public schools
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in order for the schools to receive federal funding, according to the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, in
US Public Law 107-110, and the
No Child Left Behind Act
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of 2001.
Tests by state
The following
standardized test
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s are designed and/or administered by
state education agencies and/or local
school districts in order to measure
academic achievement
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across multiple grade levels in
elementary,
middle
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and
senior high school, as well as for
high school graduation examinations to measure proficiency for
high school graduation.
Nebraska is the only state that does not have a standardized test.
Additional tests
In addition to the following list some states administer other required examinations. They include Nevada, which administers several tests as part of the
Nevada Proficiency Examination Program. They include the
High School Proficiency Examination for Reading and Mathematics; the
Iowa Test of Basic Skills
The Iowa Assessments (previously the Iowa Test of Basic Skills and originally Iowa Every Pupil Test of Basic Skills) also known informally as the Iowa Tests, formerly known as the ITBS tests or the Iowa Basics, are standardized tests provided as a ...
;
Iowa Tests of Educational Development The Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) are a set of standardized tests given annually to high school students in many schools in the United States, covering Grades 9 to 12. The tests were created by the University of Iowa's College of Edu ...
;
Criterion-referenced test
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s in Reading, Mathematics, and Science;
Language Proficiency Assessment;
Nevada Alternate Scales of Academic Achievement; and
National Assessment of Educational Progress. The
Prairie State Achievement Exam
The Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) was a two-day standardized test taken by all high school Juniors in the U.S. state of Illinois. On the first day, students take the ACT, and on the second day, a WorkKeys examination and Illinois ...
is used in
Illinois, along with the
Illinois State Achievement Test. Alabama requires the
Stanford Achievement Test Series; and in Texas, the
Texas Higher Education Assessment. That state has discontinued its usage of the
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills. Since the 2007–08 school year, Kentucky has required that all students at public high schools take the
ACT in their junior year.
See also
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Adequate Yearly Progress
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing ac ...
*
Standardized test
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*
List of admissions tests
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Standards-based assessment
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