State Assessments - ELA
| Grade Levels | Elementary (K-5) | Middle (6-8) | High (9-12) | ||
| Subjects | Mathematics | Science | Social Studies | ELA | Other |
| Question Types | Multiple-Choice | Interactive | Short Answer | Free Response | Passage-based |
| Features | Paired Questions | Ordered by difficulty | Spanish Translation |
| Number of questions: | 30,209 |
|---|---|
| Originally published by: | Various State Education Departments (see list below) |
| Database organization: | Test Years |
| Requires subscription: | No |
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This bank more than 30,000 questions (as of October 2023) from 27 states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NV, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, VT, WI and WV. Four of the states are in a consortium called New England Common Assessment Program. Their items are indexed using the abbreviation NECAP. Maine is part of NECAP and also produces some tests separately. This bank is updated yearly with newly released questions.
The questions come from approximately 1,500 source documents, including released tests, curriculum frameworks, and teacher handbooks. These span more than two decades of work on standards-based assessment and instruction. Each source document is presented in its entirety. Reading passages are reorganized into an index and by themes, click here to learn more.
Credits
EducAide Software, which makes Problem-Attic, would like to thank the respective departments of education for granting permission to include their items.
- Alaska Department of Education & Early Development: Alaska's Standards Based Assessments (SBA) and High School Graduation Qualifying Examination (HSGQE)
- Arizona Department of Education: Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS), AzMerit, and AZELLA.
- California Department of Education: California Standards Tests (CST), part of the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program
- Colorado Department of Education: Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP)
- Connecticut State Department of Education: Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) and Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT)
- Delaware Department of Education: Delaware End of Course Exams (EOC), DCAS, DSTP, Common Core Comparisons for Math, and Item Samplers.
- Hawaii State Department of Education: Hawai'i State Assessments (HSA)
- Kentucky State Department of Education: Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP) and Kentucky Core Content Test (KCCT)
- Louisiana Department of Education: Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) and End of Course (EOC) exams
- Maine Department of Education: Maine Educational Assessment (MEA) and Maine High School Assessment (MHSA)
- Maryland State Department of Education: Maryland School Assessment (MSA) and Maryland High School Assessment (HSA)
- Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education: Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)
- Mississippi State Board of Education: Sample tests, MAP practice, MCT2 and MSATP2.
- Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education: Missouri Assessment Program (MAP)
- Minnesota Department of Education: Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA), Minnesota Test of Academic Skills (MTAS), and retired assessment Basic Skills Tests (BST)
- Nevada Department of Education: Nevada's Criterion Referenced Tests (CRT) and the High School Proficiency Examination (HSPE)
- Maine Department of Education, New Hampshire Department of Education, Rhode Island Deparment of Education, and the Vermont Agency of Education: New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP)
- State of New Jersey Department of Education: New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK), High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), and retired assessments Elementary School Statewide Assessments (ESPA) and Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA)
- North Carolina Department of Public Instruction: North Carolina's Standard Course of Study End-of-Grade Tests (EOG) and End-of-Course Tests (EOC)
- Ohio Department of Education: Ohio Achievement Assessments (OAA) and Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT)
- Oregon Department of Education: Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (OAKS), formerly known as the Oregon State Assessment (OSA)
- Pennsylvania Department of Education: Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)
- South Carolina Department of Education: Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) and EOCEP.
- West Virginia Department of Education: WESTEST2 mathematics, ELA and writing samples.
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: WKCE Released Items, CRT and WSAS.
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