State's Final Assessment System Under - (NCLB)
Decision Letters on Each State’s Final Assessment System Under No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
These are the NCLB Standards and Assessment Approval Letters. Each of the States will have more than one approval letter over the next year or so.
See also: Decision Letters on Each State’s Final Assessment System Under IASA.
Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming
Alabama (November 10, 2005) Alabama 2 (June 29, 2006) Alabama 3 (June 28, 2007) Alabama 4 (October 25, 2007) Alabama Science (October 1, 2008) Alabama 5 (February 3, 2010) Alabama 6 (January 6, 2017) Alabama 7: General English Language Proficiency Assessment (July 12, 2019)
Alaska (January 25, 2006)
Alaska 2 (June 12, 2006)
Alaska 3 (September 13, 2006)
Alaska 4 (October 5, 2006)
Alaska Science (September 26, 2008)
Alaska Science 2
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PDF (728K) (January 13, 2009)
Alaska 5
PDF (237K) (January 16, 2009)
Alaska 6
PDF (257K) (June 25, 2009)
Alaska 7: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics–General Assessments and Alternate Assessments (November 9, 2018)
Alaska 8: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (July 2, 2019)
Arizona (March 30, 2006)
Arizona 2 (June 30, 2006)
Arizona Science (July 21, 2008)
Arizona 3
PDF (June 29, 2009)
Arizona 4
PDF (April 7, 2011)
Arizona 5
PDF (November 28, 2011)
Arizona 6
PDF (December 2, 2016)
Arizona 7
PDF (June 29, 2018)
Arizona 8: Letter lifting high risk status regarding Arizona’s high school assessments (July 2, 2019)
Arkansas (June 22, 2006) Arkansas 2 (December 19, 2006) Arkansas Science (July 21, 2008) Arkansas 3 (January 13, 2017) Arkansas 4 (May 2, 2018) Arkansas 5 (May 10, 2018) Arkansas 6: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (August 13, 2019)
California (June 28, 2006)
California 2 (March 9, 2007)
California 3 (June 29, 2007)
California 4 (February 6, 2008)
California 5 (June 30, 2008)
California 6 (November 21, 2008)
California Science (July 21, 2008)
California 7
PDF (2M) (January 15, 2009)
California Science (February 23, 2010)
California 8 (January 18, 2017)
California 9: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics–General Assessments and Alternate Assessments (August 30, 2018)
Colorado (March 23, 2006)
Colorado 2 (June 27, 2006)
Colorado 3
PDF (458K) (December 18, 2006)
Colorado 4
HTML (July 19, 2010)
Colorado 5 (January 6, 2017)
Colorado 6 (May 10, 2018)
Colorado 7: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (August 27, 2019)
Connecticut (May 22, 2006)
Connecticut 2 (December 19, 2006)
Connecticut 3
PDF (458K) (April 10, 2006)
Connecticut Science (September 30, 2008)
Connecticut Science 2
PDF (340K) (January 15, 2009)
Connecticut 4 (January 6, 2017)
Connecticut 5 (August 14, 2018)
Connecticut 6 General English Language Proficiency Assessment (August 28, 2019)
Delaware (March 10, 2006) Delaware 2 (April 6, 2007) Delaware 3 (January 13, 2017) Delaware 4: General assessments in mathematics and reading/language arts in grades 3-8 and high school; general assessments in science in grades 5/8 and 10 (October 30, 2018) Delaware 5: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (August 26, 2019)
District of Columbia (June 29, 2006)
District of Columbia 2 (June 29, 2007)
District of Columbia 3 (November 28, 2007)
District of Columbia 4 (April 25, 2008)
District of Columbia Science (October 16, 2008)
District of Columbia Memo of Agreement
PDF (3.9M) (October 3, 2008)
District of Columbia Memo of Agreement 2
PDF (1M) (January 15, 2009)
District of Columbia
PDF (2.9M) (June 25, 2009)
District of Columbia (January 6, 2017)
Letter identifying OSSE as high-risk grantee due to science assessments
PDF (February 7, 2018)
District of Columbia 7: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics–General and Alternate Assessments
PDF (August 28, 2018)
District of Columbia 8 (August 28, 2019)
General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment
Florida (April 19, 2006)
Florida 2 (June 28, 2006)
Florida 3 (June 27, 2007)
Florida 4 (June 11, 2008)
Florida Science (July 21, 2008)
Florida 5 (January 6, 2017)
Florida 6 (May 18, 2018)
Florida 7: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (August 26, 2019)
Georgia (June 30, 2006)
Georgia 2 (June 29, 2007)
Georgia 3 (October 5, 2007)
Georgia Science
PDF (729K) (September 18, 2008)
Georgia 4 (November 10, 2009)
Georgia 5 (April 18, 2018)
Georgia 6: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (September 12, 2019)
Hawaii (March 24, 2006)
Hawaii 2 (June 29, 2006)
Hawaii 3 (October 27, 2006)
Hawaii 4 (July 23, 2007)
Hawaii 5 (October 30, 2007)
Hawaii Science
PDF (810K) (November 13, 2008)
Hawaii 6 (January 18, 2017)
Hawaii 7: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics–General Assessments and Alternate Assessments; Science 5/8 and High School General and Alternate Assessments; Reading/Language Arts, Mathematics and Science General Native Language Assessments (January 24, 2019)
Hawaii 8: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 19, 2019)
Idaho (December 9, 2005) Idaho 2 (June 28, 2006) Idaho 3 (November 16, 2006) Idaho Science (September 26, 2008) Idaho 4 (January 13, 2017) Idaho 5: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics–General Assessments and Alternate Assessments; Science High School General Assessments (August 30, 2018) Idaho 6: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (September 12, 2019)
Illinois (June 23, 2006) Illinois 2 (September 8, 2006) Illinois 3 (June 29, 2007) Illinois 4 (January 4, 2008) Illinois Science (July 21, 2008) Illinois 5 (August 18, 2008) Illinois 6 (January 6, 2017) Illinois 7: Reading/Language Arts, Mathematics and Science–General Assessments and Alternate Assessments for Grades 3-8 and high school (January 3, 2019) Illinois 8: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 12, 2019)
Indiana (March 21, 2006)
Indiana 2 (June 28, 2006)
Indiana 3 (January 6, 2017)
Indiana 4: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics—General and Alternate Assessments; General High School Science and Grades 4, 6 and 10 Alternate Assessments (September 24, 2018)
Indiana 5: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 24, 2019)
Iowa (March 30, 2006) Iowa 2 (June 28, 2006) Iowa 3 (October 24, 2006) Iowa 4 (November 29, 2006) Iowa Science (January 15, 2009) Iowa 5 (January 13, 2017) Iowa 6: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (July 9, 2019)
Kansas (March 24, 2006)
Kansas 2 (June 27, 2006)
Kansas 3 (September 28, 2006)
Kansas 4 (May 25, 2007)
Kansas Science (July 21, 2008)
Kansas 5
PDF (658K) (January 15, 2009)
Kansas 6
PDF (October 26, 2009)
Kansas 7
PDF (March 13, 2017)
Kansas 8: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics—General and Alternate Assessments
PDF (August 28, 2018)
Kentucky (May 4, 2006)
Kentucky 2 (June 22, 2006)
Kentucky 3
PDF (2M) (November 9, 2006)
Kentucky 4 (June 29, 2007)
Kentucky 5 (December 18, 2007)
Kentucky Science (August 4, 2008)
Kentucky 6 (January 6, 2017)
Kentucky 7: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 20, 2019)
Louisiana (June 29, 2006)
Louisiana 2 (April 19, 2007)
Louisiana 3 (June 29, 2007)
Louisiana 4
PDF (729K) (January 8, 2009)
Louisiana 5
PDF (246K) (March 9, 2010)
Louisiana 6
PDF (April 13, 2018)
Louisiana 7: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (September 30, 2019)
Maine (April 7, 2006) Maine 2 (June 29, 2006) Maine 3 (December 20, 2006) Maine 4 (June 29, 2007) Maine 5 (August 23, 2007) Maine 6 (April 24, 2008) Maine Science (July 21, 2008) Maine 8 (August 27, 2009) Maine 9 (October 21, 2011) Maine 10 (June 5, 2018) Maine 11: Reading/language arts and mathematics high school general assessments (January 3, 2019) Maine 12: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 24, 2019)
Maryland (June 17, 2005)
Maryland 2 (June 12, 2006)
Maryland Science (September 26, 2008)
Maryland Science 2
PDF (476K) (January 15, 2009)
Maryland 3
PDF (December 2, 2016)
Maryland reading/language arts and mathematics general assessments
PDF (January 11, 2018)
PDF (May 4, 2018)
Maryland reading/language arts and mathematics alternate assessments
Maryland 6: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (August 26, 2019)
Massachusetts (June 12, 2006) Massachusetts 2 (October 19, 2006) Massachusetts 3 (February 28, 2007) Massachusetts 4: Reading/language arts and mathematics general assessments for grades 3-8 (October 19, 2018)
Michigan (March 23, 2006)
Michigan 2 (June 20, 2006)
Michigan 3 (September 13, 2006)
Michican 4
PDF (458K) (November 1, 2006)
Michigan 5
PDF (729K) (August 29, 2008)
Michigan Science (July 21, 2008)
Michigan 6
PDF (August 10, 2010)
Michigan 3: Reading/language arts and mathematics general assessments for high school (November 28, 2018)
Michigan 8: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (October 11, 2019)
Minnesota (March 22, 2006)
Minnesota 2 (June 22, 2006)
Minnesota 3 (November 6, 2006)
Minnesota 4 (April 30, 2007)
Minnesota 5 (June 27, 2007)
Minnesota 6 (December 17, 2007)
Minnesota Science (July 21, 2008)
Minnesota 7 (August 27, 2008)
Minnesota Science 2
PDF (March 13, 2009)
Minnesota 8 (January 6, 2017)
Minnesota 9 (March 5, 2018)
Mississippi (June 30, 2006) Mississippi 2 (August 6, 2007) Mississippi 3 (June 13, 2008) Mississippi Science (July 21, 2008) Mississippi 4 (April 17, 2018)
Missouri (June 20, 2006)
Missouri 2 (April 6, 2007)
Missouri 3 (October 3, 2007)
Missouri Science
PDF (767K) (September 23, 2008)
Missouri 4 (January 13, 2017)
Missouri 5: Reading/language arts, mathematics and science general assessments in high school; science general assessments in grade 5 and 8; and reading/language arts and mathematics alternate assessments in grades 3-8 and high school (September 25, 2018)
Montana (May 18, 2006) Montana 2 (June 22, 2006) Montana 3 (October 3, 2006) Montana 4 (March 2, 2007) Montana 5 (November 29, 2007) Montana Science (July 21, 2008) Montana Science 2 (October 7, 2008) Montana 6 (PDF) (December 9, 2010) Montana 7: Reading/language arts and mathematics general and alternate assessments for grades 3-8 and high school (PDF) (January 16, 2019)
Nebraska (December 9, 2005) Nebraska 2 (June 30, 2006) Nebraska 3 (September 15, 2006) Nebraska 4 (June 29, 2007) Nebraska 5 (August 9, 2007) Nebraska 6 (October 11, 2007) Nebraska Science (December 15, 2008) Nebraska 7 (September 15, 2011) Nebraska 8 : Reading/language arts general and alternate assessments for grades 3-8; Reading/language arts, mathematics and science general assessments for high school; and Reading/language arts alternate assessments for high school (October 19, 2018) Nebraska 9: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (September 12, 2019)
Nevada (March 21, 2006 Nevada 2 (June 20, 2006) Nevada 3 (April 25, 2007) Nevada 4 (July 13, 2007) Nevada 5 (September 21, 2007) Nevada 6 PDF (678K) (July 13, 2009) Nevada 7 PDF (875K) (July 24, 2018)
New Hampshire (June 27, 2006) New Hampshire 2 (June 29, 2007) New Hampshire 3 (September 28, 2007) New Hampshire Science (July 21, 2008) New Hampshire 5 (February 14, 2011) New Hampshire 6 (September 14, 2012) New Hampshire 7 (June 27, 2017) New Hampshire 8: Reading/language arts and mathematics high school general assessments (January 24, 2019) New Hampshire 9: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 20, 2019)
New Jersey (June 27, 2007)
New Jersey 2 (June 27, 2006)
New Jersey Science (September 29, 2008)
New Jersey 3 (January 6, 2017)
New Jersey 4 (May 18, 2018)
New Mexico (May 8, 2006)
New Mexico 2 (June 22, 2006)
New Mexico 3 (April 18, 2007)
New Mexico 4 (June 15, 2007)
New Mexico 5 (June 9, 2008)
New Mexico 6 (December 23, 2009)
New Mexico Science (July 21, 2008)
New Mexico 7
PDF (December 2, 2016)
New Mexico 8
PDF (July 30, 2018)
New York (June 27, 2006) New York 2 (June 8, 2007) New York 3 (February 26, 2008) New York 4 (January 13, 2017) New York 5: Reading/language arts and mathematics grades 3-8 and high school general assessments (October 5, 2018) New York 6: Reading/language arts and mathematics grades 3-8 and high school general assessments (June 4, 2019) New York 7: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (July 1, 2019)
North Carolina (June 17, 2005)
North Carolina 2 (June 29, 2006)
North Carolina Science (July 21, 2008)
North Carolina Science 2
PDF (2M) (January 15, 2009)
North Carolina 3
PDF (400K) (March 23, 2009)
North Carolina 4
PDF (398K) (October 22, 2010)
North Carolina 5
PDF (December 2, 2016)
North Carolina 6
PDF (June 5, 2018)
North Dakota (June 22, 2006)
North Dakota 2 (April 26, 2007)
North Dakota 3 (June 29, 2007)
North Dakota Science (October 8, 2008)
NorthDakota Science 2
PDF (315K) (January 9, 2009)
North Dakota 4 (January 13, 2017)
North Dakota 5 (March 5, 2018)
North Dakota 6 (May 10, 2018)
North Dakota 7 (April 9, 2019)
North Dakota 8: Grades 3-8 and 10 Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics General Assessments (June 24, 2018)
Ohio (June 27, 2006) Ohio 2 (November 15, 2006) Ohio 3 (January 13, 2017) Ohio 4: Reading/language arts and mathematics grades 3-8 and high school general assessments, grades 5/8 and high school science assessments, and reading/language arts, mathematics and science alternate assessments (January 28, 2019) Ohio 5: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (September 20, 2019)
Oklahoma (June 30, 2006)
PDF (305K)Oklahoma Locally Selected, Nationally Recognized Assessments (April 6, 2018)
PDF (215K) Oklahoma 3: Reading/language arts and mathematics grades 3-8 and high school general assessments, grades 5/8 and high school science assessments, and reading/language arts, mathematics and science alternate assessments (October 4, 2018)
PDF (248K)Oklahoma 4: Reading/language arts and mathematics locally selected, nationally recognized high school assessments (March 20, 2019)
Oregon (January 25, 2006)
Oregon 2 (June 22, 2006)
Oregon 3 (June 29, 2007)
Oregon 4 (December 3, 2007)
Oregon Science
PDF (727K) (September 11, 2008)
Oregon 5
PDF (727K) (March 13, 2009)
Oregon 6
PDF (March 13, 2017)
Oregon 7: Reading/language arts and mathematics grades 3-8 and high school general assessments, and reading/language arts, mathematics and science alternate assessments (January 28, 2019)
Pennsylvania (May 8, 2006)
Pennsylvania 2 (June 20, 2006)
Pennsylvania 3 (April 2, 2007)
Pennsylvania 4 (August 28, 2007)
Pennsylvania Science (July 21, 2008)
Pennsylvania 5
PDF (June 25, 2009)
Pennsylvania 6 (January 6, 2017)
PDF Pennsylvania General Assessment (February 23, 2018)
PDF Pennsylvania Alternate Assessment (April 3, 2018)
Puerto Rico (June 29, 2006) Puerto Rico 2 (March 21, 2007) Puerto Rico 3 (July 5, 2007) Puerto Rico Science (July 21, 2008) Puerto Rico 4 (April 20, 2018)
Rhode Island (June 23, 2006)
Rhode Island 2 (June 27, 2007)
Rhode Island 3 (May 20, 2008)
Rhode Island Science (July 21, 2008)
Rhode Island 4
PDF (3.9M) (June 24, 2009)
Rhode Island 5 (January 6, 2017)
South Carolina (June 17, 2005)
South Carolina 2 (February 15, 2006)
South Carolina Science (October 8, 2008)
South Carolina 3 (April 13, 2018)
South Dakota (October 25, 2005) South Dakota 2 (May 23, 2006) South Dakota 3 (June 29, 2006) South Dakota 4 (November 22, 2006) South Dakota 5 (May 25, 2007) South Dakota 6 (July 13, 2007) South Dakota 7 (October 28, 2008) South Dakota 8 (January 13, 2017) South Dakota 9: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics–General Assessments and Alternate Assessments (August 30, 2018)
Tennessee (April 24, 2006) Tennessee 2 : Reading/language arts and mathematics general assessments for grades 3-8; Reading/language arts, mathematics and science general assessments for high school (October 10, 2018)
Texas (June 17, 2005)
Texas 2 (June 22, 2006)
Texas 3 (October 27, 2006)
Texas 4 (May 7, 2008)
Texas Science (July 23, 2008)
Texas 5
PDF (670K) (January 15, 2009)
Texas 6
PDF (599K) (June 23, 2009)
Texas 7
PDF (December 2, 2016)
Texas 8 : General assessments in mathematics and reading/language arts in grades 3-8 and high school; general assessments in grades 5/8 and high school; alternate assessments in mathematics, reading/language arts in grades 3-8 and high school, and science for grades 5/8 and high school (October 30, 2018)
Texas 9: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (September 19, 2019)
Utah (May 8, 2006)
Utah Science
PDF (909K) (January 16, 2009)
PDF (439K) (March 7, 2011)
Utah
PDF (March 13, 2017)
Utah 3: Reading/language arts and mathematics general and alternate assessments in grades 3-8 and high school; Science general assessments in grades 4, 8 and high school (November 28, 2018)
Vermont (June 28, 2006)
Vermont 2 (June 28, 2007)
Vermont 3 (December 19, 2007)
Vermont
PDF (February 21, 2017)
Vermont 4 (May 18, 2018)
Virginia (March 22, 2006)
Virginia 2 (June 28, 2006)
Virginia 3 (August 31, 2006)
Virginia 4 (February 27, 2007)
Virginia 5 (April 26, 2007)
Virginia 6 (December 18, 2007)
Virginia Science
PDF (1M) (January 16, 2009)
Virginia
PDF (May 24, 2017)
Virginia 9: Reading/language arts and mathematics grades 3-8 and high school general assessments, grades 5/8 and high school science assessments, and reading/language arts, mathematics and science alternate assessments (February 5, 2019)
Washington (May 5, 2006) Washington 2 (June 22, 2006) Washington 3 (December 21, 2006) Washington 4 (March 30, 2007) Washington 5 (June 29, 2007) Washington 6 (August 24, 2007) Washington 7 (August 6, 2008) Washington 8 (March 13, 2017) Washington 9: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics–General Assessments (August 28, 2018) Washington Science (September 25, 2008) Washington 10: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 19, 2019)
West Virginia (June 17, 2005)
West Virginia 2 (June 26, 2006)
West Virginia Science (July 21, 2008)
West Virginia Science 2 (October 30, 2008) Virginia Science (July 21, 2008)
West Virginia Science 2 (October 30, 2008) Virginia Science (July 21, 2008)
West Virginia Science 2 (October 30, 2008)
West Virginia 4
PDF (1M) (May 22, 2009)
West Virginia 5
PDF (1M) (May 22, 2009)
West Virginia 6 (January 18, 2017)
West Virginia 7 (April 12, 2018)
PDF (497K) West Virginia 8: Reading/language arts and mathematics locally selected, nationally recognized high school assessments (March 20, 2019
West Virginia 9: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (September 24, 2019)
Wisconsin (June 29, 2006) Wisconsin 2 (February 12, 2007) Wisconsin 3 (June 21, 2007) Wisconsin 4 (June 4, 2008) Wisconsin 5 (December 2, 2008) Wisconsin 6 (January 13, 2017) Wisconsin 7: General assessments in mathematics and reading/language arts in grades 3-8 and high school; science general assessments in grades 4 and 8; alternate assessments in mathematics, reading/language arts in grades 3-8 and high school (November 9, 2018)
Wyoming (May 10, 2006)
Wyoming 2 (June 22, 2006)
Wyoming 3 (April 26, 2007)
Wyoming 4 (July 13, 2007)
Wyoming Science (August 25, 2008)
Wyoming 5
PDF (December 2, 2016)
