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KEY:
Port   Portfolio assessment   Perf  Performance assessment   CRT  Criterion-referenced test   NRT  Norm-referenced test
Wr  Writing assessment.

STATE

GRADES ASSESSMENT 30% OF GRADE
    How does the state measure student performance? (Fall 1998) Which subjects are tested using assessments aligned to state's standards? (Fall 1998)
New York 95 A CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
New Mexico 94 A NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
Maryland 93 A NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
Virginia 92 A- NRT, CRT, Wr Eng, math, sci, ss
Florida 92 A- CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math
West Virginia 92 A- NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
Massachusetts 91 A- NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
Oregon 91 A- CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
Kansas 90 A- CRT, Wr, Perf none
Georgia 89 B+ NRT, CRT, Wr Eng, math, sci, ss
Kentucky 89 B+ NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf, Port Eng, math, sci, ss
North Carolina 89 B+ CRT, Wr Eng, math, sci, ss
Texas 88 B+ CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
Alabama 88 B+ NRT, CRT, Wr Eng, math, sci
Nevada 86 B NRT, CRT, Wr Eng, math
Arizona 86 B NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math
Ohio 86 B CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
Pennsylvania 86 B CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math
South Carolina 85 B NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math
New Hampshire 85 B CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
Delaware 85 B NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
Wisconsin 84 B NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
Illinois 83 B CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
Indiana 81 B- NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math
Michigan 81 B- CRT, Wr, Perf sci, ss
California 80 B- NRT none
Louisiana 80 B- NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math
New Jersey 80 B- CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci
Maine 79 C+ CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
Connecticut 78 C+ CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci
Washington 77 C+ NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math
Mississippi 77 C+ NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
South Dakota 75 C NRT, Wr none
Wyoming 73 C NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math
Colorado 72 C- CRT, Wr, Perf Eng
Nebraska 72 C- none none
Missouri 72 C- CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math, sci, ss
Utah 72 C- NRT none
Arkansas 71 C- NRT, CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math
Oklahoma 70 C- NRT, CRT, Wr Eng, math, sci, ss
Minnesota 70 C- CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math
Rhode Island 70 C- CRT, Wr, Perf Eng, math
Vermont 69 D+ CRT, Wr, Perf, Port Eng, math, sci
Tennessee 68 D+ NRT, CRT, Wr Eng, math, sci, ss
Alaska 67 D+ NRT none
Hawaii 60 D- NRT, CRT none
Idaho 57 F NRT, Wr, Perf none
North Dakota 52 F NRT none
Montana 50 F NRT none
Iowa 39 F none none
U.S.

NOTE:  States are ranked by number grade to the nearest decimal; ties are ranked by alphabetical order.

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(c) 1999 Editorial Projects in Education

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