State Standardized Tests
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Curious about the challenges your child will face on the state standardized test? Find your state below for information on its unique testing process to help your child get a head start.

Alabama
Alabama Reading and Mathematics Tests (ARMT)
Alabama High School Graduation Exam (AHSGE)

Alaska
High School Graduation Qualifying Examination (HSGQE)
Standards-Based Assessment (SBA)

Arizona
Arizona’s Instrumental to Measure Standards (AIMS)

Arkansas
Augmented Benchmark Examinations (ABE)

California
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)

Colorado
Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP)

Connecticut
Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT)
Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT)

Delaware
Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS)

Florida
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)

Georgia
Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT)

Hawaii
Hawaii State Assessment (HAS)

Idaho
Idaho Standards Achievement Tests (I-SAT)

Illinois
Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT)
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)

Indiana
Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress-Plus (I-STEP+)

Iowa
Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)
Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED)

Kansas
Kansas State Assessment (KSA)

Kentucky
Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS)

Louisiana
Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP)
Integrated LEAP (iLEAP)
Graduate Exit Examination (GEE)

Maine
Maine Education Assessment (MEA)
Maine High School Assessment (MHSA)

Maryland
Maryland School Assessment (MSA)
High School Assessment (HSA)

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)

Michigan
Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP)
Michigan Merit Exam (MME)

Minnesota
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment System (MCA-II)

Mississippi 
Mississippi Functional Literacy Exam (MFLE)
Mississippi Curriculum Test (MCT)

Missouri
Missouri Assessment Program (MAP)

Montana
Montana Comprehensive Assessment System (MontCAS)

Nebraska
Nebraska State Accountability Assessments (NeSA)

Nevada
Nevada Proficiency Examination Program (NPEP)

New Hampshire
New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP)

New Jersey
New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJASK)
Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA)
High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA)

New Mexico
New Mexico Standards-Based Assessment (NMSBA)
New Mexico Alternate Performance Assessment (NMAPA)

New York
New York State Testing Program (NYSTP)

North Carolina
North Carolina End of Grade Tests (Grades 3-8)
North Carolina End of Grade Tests (Grades 9-12)

North Dakota
North Dakota State Assessment (NDSA)

Ohio
Ohio Achievement Assessments (OAA)
Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT)

Oklahoma
Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests (OCCT)

Oregon
Oregon Statewide Assessment System (OAKS)

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)

Rhode Island
New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP)

South Carolina
Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (Grades 3-8) (PASS)
High School Assessment Program (Grades 9-12) (HSAP)

South Dakota
South Dakota State Test of Educational Progress (Dakota STEP)

Tennessee
Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP)

Texas
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STARR)

Utah
Utah Test of Basic Skills (UTBS)
Utah Tests of Education Development (UTED)

Vermont
New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP)

Virginia
Standards of Learning (SOL)

Washington
Measurement of Student Progress (MSP)
High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE)

West Virginia
West Virginia Educational Standards Test (WESTEST)

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Knowledge and Concept Evaluation (WKCE)

Wyoming
Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students (PAWS)