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The Common Core Standards & Assessment Landscape

As of January 2017

JANUARY 2017

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Table of Contents

1 Common Core State Standards and Assessments Maps | 2016-17

2 Appendix | 2014-15 & 2015-16 Maps

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1| Common Core State Standards and Assessment Maps2016-17

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Status of Common Core State Standards ImplementationAs of January 2017

States undertaking review of CCSS while implementing:

State revising standards as a result of CCSS review (6)

State readopted new standards to replace CCSS (4)

Legislatively-mandated (1)

State board-, state department of education- or governor-led (5)

State implementing CCSS or a variation of CCSS (31)

State never adopted CCSS (4)

Sources: NCSL, “State Actions on Common Core 2015” (2015), https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1CdF2_ZHKFllyPfJiRLqpAiqQVoJdsZBnmAOgLfuwwpk/edit?pref=2&pli=1.NCSL, “College and Career Readiness Standards Legislation 2016 Dashboard (2016), http://www.ccrslegislation.info/legislation-by-year/2016/dashboard; The Collaborative for Student Success, Activity Report Dec. 1- Jan. 8 (2016).

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Alabama Alabama College- and Career-Ready Standards

Colorado Colorado Academic Standards

Connecticut Connecticut Core Standards

Florida Florida Sunshine State Standards

Georgia Georgia Standards of Excellence

Hawaii Hawaii Common Core Standards

Idaho Idaho Core Standards for Learning

Illinois Illinois Learning Standards

Iowa Iowa Core

Kansas Kansas College and Career Ready Standards

Kentucky Kentucky Academic Standards

Maine Maine Learning Results

Maryland Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards

State Variations of Common Core State Standards

STATE STANDARDS

Massachusetts Massachusetts Curriculum Framework

Minnesota Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards

Montana Montana Common Core Standards

Nevada Nevada Academic Content Standards

New York New York State Learning Standards

North Dakota North Dakota Academic Content Standards

Ohio Ohio Learning Standards

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Core Standards

South Dakota South Dakota Content Standards

Tennessee Tennessee State Standards

Utah Utah Core Standards

West Virginia Next Generation Content Standards

Wyoming Wyoming Content & Performance Standards

STATE STANDARDS

Sources: State Education Agency (SEA) websites

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States’ Assessments for 2016-17Grades 3-8 ELA and MathThis map is current as of January 2017 and will be updated as new information becomes available.

Administering Smarter Balanced (14)ACT Aspire (2)

Measured Progress (2)

AIR (4)

Pearson (4)ETS (2)

Embedding Smarter Balanced items in state-specific test (1)Member of Smarter Balanced but administering state-specific test in 2017 (1)

Embedding PARCC items in state-specific test (1)

Other vendor or state-designed (5)

Smarter Balanced*Administering PARCC (7, including D.C.)

PARCC* Other AssessmentsQuestar Assessment Inc. (2)Data Recognition Corp.** (6)

Other – see note in box at right (1)

*All PARCC states use Pearson as their vendor for test administration. Smarter Balanced states procure their own test administration vendors. ** Includes state contracts acquired from CTB/McGraw-Hill

Sources: Achieve, Inc., States’ Grades 3-8 ELA and Math Assessments (2016), http://www.achieve.org/files/Grades_3-8_ELA_Math_Assessments_Table_2015-16.pdf; https://www.educateiowa.gov/article/2015/11/18/state-board-education-votes-adopt-new-state-assessment; action.forstudentsuccess.org/page/m/3e07c86b/1c71d153/360e2108/3ab6ac0f/4044058800/VEsEBw. Education Week, “State Testing: An Interactive Breakdown of 2015-16 Plans,” accessed July 28, 2016, http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/state-testing-an-interactive-breakdown-of-2015-16.html?qs=state+assessment. State education agency websites.

Notes: Iowa voted to adopt Smarter

Balanced to replace the current Iowa Assessments beginning in 2017-18.

North Carolina is a Smarter Balanced Affiliate Member but will administer its own state-specific tests in 2016-17.

Louisiana law states that it cannot include more than 49.9% of questions based on the “blueprint or intellectual property developed by” PARCC or any other federally funded consortium on its state-specific test.

Michigan plans to use a portion of Smarter Balanced items in its state-specific test.

Massachusetts will move to a new test, MCAS 2.0, comprised of a portion of PARCC items in spring 2017.

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States’ Assessments for 2016-17High School PARCC or Smarter Balanced ELA and MathThis map is current as of January 2017 and will be updated as new information becomes available.

Administering Smarter Balanced (10) Administering national (ACT or SAT), state-specific end of course or other summative assessments (33)

Smarter Balanced*

Administering PARCC (4, including D.C.)

PARCC* Other Assessments

Other – see note in box at right (3)

*All PARCC states use Pearson as their vendor for test administration. Smarter Balanced states procure their own test administration vendors.

Sources: Achieve, Inc., 2015-16 State Summative High School Math Assessments (2016), http://www.achieve.org/files/HS_Math_Assessments_Table_2015-16.pdf and 2015-16 State Summative English Language Arts/Literacy Assessments (2016), http://www.achieve.org/files/HS_ELA_Assessments_Table_2015-16_0.pdf. Education Week, “State Testing: An Interactive Breakdown of 2015-16 Plans,” accessed July 28, 2016, http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/state-testing-an-interactive-breakdown-of-2015-16.html?qs=state+assessment. State education agency websites.

Notes: AK students must choose to take one of

three tests prior to graduation: SAT, ACT or WorkKeys.

CO is administering PARCC in grades 3-9 only.

HI administers the SBAC in ELA and math to all students in 11th grade. In addition, students take EOCs in Algebra I and Expository Writing and the ACT Plus Writing.

ID students must choose to take one of three tests prior to graduation: ACT, SAT or COMPASS.

The MI Merit Examination is made up of the SAT with Essay, ACT WorkKeys, and the M-STEP summative assessments in science and social studies.

MA will move to a new test comprised of a portion of PARCC items in spring 2017. Districts that administered PARCC in spring 2015 will do so again in spring 2016. Others can choose PARCC or the current MCAS in spring 2016.

ND administers the SBAC in ELA and math to all students in 11th grade. In addition, students must take either the ACT or WorkKeys prior to graduate.

In NJ, to graduate, students must produce threshold scores on a test of their choice: PARCC, ACT, ACT Aspire, PSAT, SAT, Accuplacer, or ASVAB-AFQT, or demonstrate mastery by portfolio.

In NH, in eight districts, students take Smarter Balanced once each in elementary, middle, and high school, and PACE assessments in all other grades.

Other – see note in box at right (1)

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State requires ACT (15)State requires SAT (6)State requires students choose between ACT, SAT or another test (3)State requires neither ACT nor SAT (27, including D.C.)

Alaska: ACT, SAT or WorkKeysIdaho: ACT, SAT or ACT CompassNorth Dakota: ACT or WorkKeys

States Requiring ACT or SAT for High School Students2016-17

Source: State education agency websites.

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State administers EOC assessments (12, including DC)State administers grade-level assessments (22)State administers both EOC and grade-level assessments (9)

States Administering End of Course vs. Grade-level Mathematics and ELAHigh School Assessments2016-17

Sources: State education agency websites, Achieve, Inc., 2015-16 State Summative High School Math Assessments (2016), http://www.achieve.org/files/HS_Math_Assessments_Table_2015-16.pdf and 2015-16 State Summative English Language Arts/Literacy Assessments (2016), http://www.achieve.org/files/HS_ELA_Assessments_Table_2015-16_0.pdf.

Other – see notes (8)

Notes: AL students take grade-level

assessments in math and ELA with local option EOCs in both.

DE students take the PSAT in 9th & 10th grade and the SAT in 11th

grade; in math, there is also a local option to administer an EOC.

FL students take EOC assessments in math and a grade-level assessment in ELA.

IL students take EOC assessments in math and grade-level in ELA.

MD students take EOC assessments in math and grade-level in ELA.

MA will create a “next generation” MCAS to include both MCAS and PARCC items. It will be administered beginning in Spring 2017.

SC did not select a vendor for high school assessments. The legislature could intervene in January to select an assessment, which could be SAT or ACT or a continuation of currently administered EOCs.

WA students take both EOC and grade-level assessments in math and grade-level in ELA.

See Achieve’s State Assessment Resources for more details, such as grade levels of each test.

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No student stakes (31, including DC)Score factored into student’s course grade (6) Passing score required for student to graduate (8)

States’ High School Mathematics and ELA Assessments: Student Stakes2016-17

Sources: State education agency websites, Achieve, Inc., 2015-16 State Summative High School Math Assessments (2016), http://www.achieve.org/files/HS_Math_Assessments_Table_2015-16.pdf and 2015-16 State Summative English Language Arts/Literacy Assessments (2016), http://www.achieve.org/files/HS_ELA_Assessments_Table_2015-16_0.pdf.

Other – see notes (7)

Notes: NJ students in the classes of 2016, 2017,

2018, and 2019 can meet the requirements of demonstrating proficiency in math in several ways, including by achieving a passing score on PARCC Algebra I, Geometry or Algebra II or a Substitute Competency Test; or meeting the criteria of the NJDOE Portfolio Appeal. The state plans to require all students to take the Algebra II EOC prior to graduation. For ELA, students may achieve a passing score on a PARCC ELA assessment in grades 9, 10 or 11 or a Substitute Competency Test or meet the criteria of the NJDOE Portfolio Appeal.

NY students must take and pass Regents exams in ELA and math. See Achieve’s State Assessment Resources for more details about course and test alignment.

OK students must pass 4 out of 7 end-of-instruction tests (EOIs) to graduate: Algebra I and English II plus a combination of 2 of the following: Algebra II, Biology I, English III, and US History.

OR students can demonstrate Essential Skills graduation requirements in several ways, including achieving a passing score on statewide assessments.

SC did not select a vendor for high school assessments. The legislature could intervene in January to select an assessment, which could be SAT or ACT or a continuation of currently administered EOCs.

TN districts have the option to factor EOC scores into course grades.

WA EOC exams in Algebra 1/Integrated Math 1 and Geometry/Integrated Math 2 are based on previous Washington State Learning Standards. EOC exit exams are based on updated Washington State Learning Standards, beginning in 2014-15. The EOC assessments are available through the class of 2018 as one way for students to meet the state’s graduation requirement in math.

See Achieve’s State Assessment Resources for more details, such as grade levels of each test.

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3| Appendix2014-15 & 2015-16 MAPS

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States’ Assessments for 2015-16Grades 3-8 ELA and Math

Administering Smarter Balanced (14)ACT Aspire (2)

Measured Progress (2)

Notes: Iowa and North Carolina are

Smarter Balanced Affiliate States but administer their own state-specific tests in 2015-16.

Louisiana law states that it cannot include more than 49.9% of questions based on the “blueprint or intellectual property developed by” PARCC or any other federally funded consortium on its state-specific test.

Michigan plans to use a portion of Smarter Balanced items in its state-specific test.

Massachusetts will move to a new test comprised of a portion of PARCC items in spring 2017. Districts that administered PARCC in spring 2015 will do so again in spring 2016. Others can choose PARCC or the current MCAS in spring 2016.

AIR (4)

Pearson (4)ETS (2)

Embedding Smarter Balanced items in state-specific test (1)Member of Smarter Balanced but administering state-specific test in 2016 (2)

Embedding PARCC items in state-specific test (1)

Other vendor or state-designed (6)

Smarter Balanced*Administering PARCC (7, including D.C.)

PARCC* Other AssessmentsQuestar Assessment Inc. (2)Data Recognition Corp.** (5)

Other – see note in box at right (1)

* All PARCC states use Pearson as their vendor for test administration. Smarter Balanced states procure their own test administration vendors. ** includes state contracts acquired from CTB/McGraw-Hill

Source: Achieve, Inc., States’ Grades 3-8 ELA and Math Assessments (2016), http://www.achieve.org/files/Grades_3-8_ELA_Math_Assessments_Table_2015-16.pdf.

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States’ Assessments for 2015-16High School PARCC or Smarter Balanced ELA and Math

Administering Smarter Balanced (10) Administering national (ACT or SAT), state-specific end of course or other summative assessments (17)

Smarter Balanced*

Administering PARCC (7, including D.C.)

PARCC* Other Assessments

Other – see note in box at right (1)

*All PARCC states use Pearson as their vendor for test administration. Smarter Balanced states procure their own test administration vendors.

Source: Achieve, Inc., 2015-16 State Summative High School Math Assessments (2016), http://www.achieve.org/files/HS_Math_Assessments_Table_2015-16.pdf and 2015-16 State Summative English Language Arts/Literacy Assessments (2016), http://www.achieve.org/files/HS_ELA_Assessments_Table_2015-16_0.pdf.

Notes: AK students must choose to take one of

three tests prior to graduation: SAT, ACT or WorkKeys.

HI administers the SBAC in ELA and math to all students in 11th grade. In addition, students take EOCs in Algebra I and Expository Writing and the ACT Plus Writing.

ID students must choose to take one of three tests prior to graduation: ACT, SAT or COMPASS.

IL districts choose one of three PARCC assessment combinations to administer to students. The state adopted the SAT to administer to all 11th grade students for the 2015-16 school year; however, ACT has filed a protest, and there is not yet a statewide assessment budget to pay for the SAT.

The MI Merit Examination is made up of the SAT with Essay, ACT WorkKeys, and the M-STEP summative assessments in science and social studies.

MA will move to a new test comprised of a portion of PARCC items in spring 2017. Districts that administered PARCC in spring 2015 will do so again in spring 2016. Others can choose PARCC or the current MCAS in spring 2016.

ND administers the SBAC in ELA and math to all students in 11th grade. In addition, students must take either the ACT or WorkKeys prior to graduate.

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State requires ACT (15)State requires SAT (6)State requires students choose between ACT, SAT or another test (3)State requires neither ACT nor SAT (27, including D.C.)

Alaska: ACT, SAT or WorkKeysIdaho: ACT, SAT or ACT CompassNorth Dakota: ACT or WorkKeys

States Requiring ACT or SAT for High School Students2015-16

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Looking Back: States’ Assessments for 2014-15

Administered Smarter Balanced (18)Administered PARCC (12, including D.C.)

Administered state-specific assessment (19)Administered ACT Aspire (2)

Sources: State Education Agency websites; Education Week, “The National K-12 Testing Landscape,” (2015), http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/map-the-national-k-12-testing-landscape.html

Consortia member states administered state-specific assessments this year

The state-specific assessments vary in age – some states are administering brand new tests developed to be aligned to higher standards while others are continuing to use the same or revised versions of tests used in past years.

Notes: Massachusetts gave its districts the

option of administering PARCC or its current MCAS in 2014-15 in grades 3-8. 54% of districts chose to administer PARCC.

New York is a PARCC Governing State but did not administer PARCC in 2014-15.

Iowa, North Carolina and Wyoming are Smarter Balanced Affiliate States but did not administer Smarter Balanced in 2014-15.

Note: The assessments states administered in 2014-15 do not necessarily align with their current consortia membership.

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Legislation to Repeal or Delay Common Core Standards in 2014

MD

RI

DC

NM

FL

AZ

LA

CO

WY

SC

IAIN

NH

IL

MI

AL

KS

OK AR

MO

NY

WV

MA

KY

TN

MS

HI

GA

WI

OHUT

PA

CA

ND

ID SD

NE

MT

WA

OR

TX

MN

ME

NC

AK

VANV

CTNJ

VT

DE

HI

Source: National Conference of State Legislatures, “College & Career Readiness Standards Legislation by the Numbers,” (2014), http://www.ccrslegislation.info/legislation-by-year/2014/by-the-numbers#TOC-2014-College--and-Career-Readiness-Legislation-by-the-Numbers

Review of standards required (3) Common Core repealed (2) Legislation failed (21)

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Legislation to Repeal or Delay Common Core Standards in 2014

Source: National Conference of State Legislatures, “College & Career Readiness Standards Legislation by the Numbers,” (2014), http://www.ccrslegislation.info/legislation-by-year/2014/by-the-numbers#TOC-2014-College--and-Career-Readiness-Legislation-by-the-Numbers

Review of standards required (3) Common Core repealed (2) Legislation failed (21)

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Legislation to Repeal or Delay Common Core Standards in 2015

MD

RI

DC

NM

FL

AZ

LA

CO

WY

SC

IAIN

NH

IL

MI

AL

KS

OK AR

MO

NY

WV

MA

KY

TN

MS

HI

GA

WI

OHUT

PA

CA

ND

ID SD

NE

MT

WA

OR

TX

MN

ME

NC

AK

VANV

CTNJ

VT

DE

HI

Sources: National Conference of State Legislatures, “College & Career Readiness Standards Legislation,” (2015), http://www.ccrslegislation.info/legislation-by-year/2015

Review of standards underway –2014 legislation (3)

Review of standards required by 2015 legislation (3)

Legislation failed (24)

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Legislation to Repeal or Delay Common Core Standards in 2015

Sources: National Conference of State Legislatures, “College & Career Readiness Standards Legislation,” (2015), http://www.ccrslegislation.info/legislation-by-year/2015

Review of standards underway –2014 legislation (3)

Review of standards required by 2015 legislation (3)

Legislation failed (24)

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