| State Name | 3-8 Test | High School Test | Exit Exam? | Notes |
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| Alabama | 3-8 Test: Scantron | High School Test: pre-ACT, ACT, ACT WorkKeys | Exit Exam? No | |
| Alaska | 3-8 Test: Performance Evaluation for Alaska's Schools (PEAKS) | High School Test: PEAKS | Exit Exam? No | |
| Arizona | 3-8 Test: AZMerit | High School Test: AZMerit end-of-course exam or substitutes | Exit Exam? No | Notes: Districts may substitute other tests, such as SAT, ACT, IB or AP, for high school AZMerit. |
| Arkansas | 3-8 Test: ACT Aspire | High School Test: ACT Aspire | Exit Exam? No | Notes: All districts must offer ACT, but students not required to participate. |
| California | 3-8 Test: Smarter Balanced | High School Test: Smarter Balanced | Exit Exam? No | |
| Colorado | 3-8 Test: Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) | High School Test: PSAT, SAT | Exit Exam? No | Notes: CMAS is a mix of questions developed by Colorado and by PARCC/New Meridian. |
| Connecticut | 3-8 Test: Smarter Balanced | High School Test: SAT | Exit Exam? No | |
| Delaware | 3-8 Test: Smarter Balanced | High School Test: PSAT, SAT | Exit Exam? No | |
| District of Columbia | 3-8 Test: PARCC | High School Test: PARCC, SAT | Exit Exam? No | |
| Florida | 3-8 Test: Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) | High School Test: FSA | Exit Exam? Yes | Notes: Students must pass exit exams or achieve specified scores on ACT or SAT. |
| Georgia | 3-8 Test: Georgia Milestones | High School Test: Georgia Milestones end-of-course exams | Exit Exam? No | |
| Hawaii | 3-8 Test: Smarter Balanced | High School Test: Smarter Balanced, ACT | Exit Exam? No | |
| Idaho | 3-8 Test: Smarter Balanced | High School Test: Smarter Balanced, SAT or ACT | Exit Exam? No | |
| Illinois | 3-8 Test: PARCC | High School Test: PSAT, SAT | Exit Exam? No | |
| Indiana | 3-8 Test: ILEARN | High School Test: ISTEP+ | Exit Exam? Yes | |
| Iowa | 3-8 Test: Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) | High School Test: ISASP | Exit Exam? No | |
| Kansas | 3-8 Test: Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) | High School Test: KAP | Exit Exam? No | |
| Kentucky | 3-8 Test: Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP) | High School Test: K-PREP, ACT | Exit Exam? No | |
| Louisiana | 3-8 Test: Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) | High School Test: LEAP end-of-course tests | Exit Exam? Yes | Notes: LEAP is a mix of questions designed by Louisiana and by PARCC/New Meridian. Students may substitute WorkKeys for ACT. |
| Maine | 3-8 Test: Maine Educational Assessment (MEA) | High School Test: SAT | Exit Exam? No | |
| Maryland | 3-8 Test: PARCC | High School Test: PARCC | Exit Exam? Yes | |
| Massachusetts | 3-8 Test: Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) | High School Test: MCAS | Exit Exam? Yes | |
| Michigan | 3-8 Test: Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP), PSAT | High School Test: PSAT, SAT, ACT WorkKeys | Exit Exam? No | Notes: M-STEP includes Michigan-designed questions and the Smarter Balanced test. |
| Minnesota | 3-8 Test: Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA) | High School Test: MCA | Exit Exam? No | |
| Mississippi | 3-8 Test: Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) | High School Test: MAAP, ACT | Exit Exam? Yes | Notes: Students must pass MAAP end-of-course exams, or use other options, including achieving specified scores on the ACT or grades in dual-credit courses. |
| Missouri | 3-8 Test: Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) | High School Test: MAP end-of-course tests | Exit Exam? No | |
| Montana | 3-8 Test: Smarter Balanced | High School Test: ACT | Exit Exam? No | |
| Nebraska | 3-8 Test: Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS) | High School Test: ACT | Exit Exam? No | |
| Nevada | 3-8 Test: Smarter Balanced | High School Test: ACT | Exit Exam? No | |
| New Hampshire | 3-8 Test: New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System (NHSAS), *Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE) (some districts) | High School Test: SAT | Exit Exam? No | Notes: *11 districts give NHSAS in grades 3-4 and 6-8, and use locally designed performance assessments (PACE) in other tested grades. |
| New Jersey | 3-8 Test: PARCC | High School Test: PARCC | Exit Exam? Yes | Notes: Students must pass PARCC or use other options, including achieving specified scores on the ACT or SAT. |
| New Mexico | 3-8 Test: PARCC | High School Test: PARCC | Exit Exam? Yes | |
| New York | 3-8 Test: New York State Assessments | High School Test: Regents Examinations | Exit Exam? Yes | |
| North Carolina | 3-8 Test: North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests | High School Test: North Carolina End-of-Course Tests, ACT | Exit Exam? No | Notes: WorkKeys required of students completing career-technical education courses of study. |
| North Dakota | 3-8 Test: North Dakota State Assessment (NDSA) | High School Test: NDSA | Exit Exam? No | Notes: Students must take ACT or WorkKeys. Districts may substitute ACT for state high school test. |
| Ohio | 3-8 Test: Ohio's State Tests | High School Test: OST end-of-course exams, ACT or SAT | Exit Exam? Yes | Notes: Students must pass end-of-course exams, or achieve specified scores on other tests, such as ACT or SAT. |
| Oklahoma | 3-8 Test: Oklahoma School Testing Program | High School Test: ACT or SAT | Exit Exam? No | Notes: Districts choose between ACT and SAT. |
| Oregon | 3-8 Test: Smarter Balanced | High School Test: Smarter Balanced | Exit Exam? No | |
| Pennsylvania | 3-8 Test: Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) | High School Test: Keystone end-of-course tests | Exit Exam? No | |
| Rhode Island | 3-8 Test: Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS) | High School Test: PSAT, SAT | Exit Exam? No | |
| South Carolina | 3-8 Test: SCReady | High School Test: end-of-course tests, Ready to Work | Exit Exam? No | |
| South Dakota | 3-8 Test: Smarter Balanced | High School Test: Smarter Balanced | Exit Exam? No | |
| Tennessee | 3-8 Test: TNReady | High School Test: TNReady end-of-course tests, ACT or SAT | Exit Exam? No | Notes: Districts choose between ACT or SAT. |
| Texas | 3-8 Test: State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) | High School Test: STAAR end-of-course tests | Exit Exam? Yes | |
| Utah | 3-8 Test: Readiness Improvement Success Empowerment (RISE) | High School Test: Utah Aspire Plus, ACT | Exit Exam? No | Notes: Utah Aspire Plus blends Utah-developed items and items from ACT Aspire. |
| Vermont | 3-8 Test: Smarter Balanced | High School Test: Smarter Balanced | Exit Exam? No | |
| Virginia | 3-8 Test: Standards of Learning (SOL) | High School Test: SOL end-of-course exams | Exit Exam? Yes | Notes: Students must pass SOL exams or achieve specified scores on other tests, including ACT, SAT, AP or IB. |
| Washington | 3-8 Test: Smarter Balanced | High School Test: Smarter Balanced | Exit Exam? Yes | Notes: Students must pass Smarter Balanced, or use other options, including achieving specified scores on ACT, SAT, AP or IB. |
| West Virginia | 3-8 Test: West Virginia General Summative Assessment | High School Test: SAT | Exit Exam? No | |
| Wisconsin | 3-8 Test: Wisconsin Forward | High School Test: ACT Aspire, ACT, ACT WorkKeys | Exit Exam? No | |
| Wyoming | 3-8 Test: Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (WY-TOPP) | High School Test: WY-TOPP, ACT | Exit Exam? No | |
