State test guides
Choose your state to see what its test covers, how it’s scored, and how to help your child prepare. Every state is covered, grades 3 to 8.
All state test guides, A to Z
- Alabama ACAP Testing: A Parent’s Guide to State Assessments
- Alaska AK STAR Testing: A Parent’s Guide to State Assessments
- Arizona State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to AASA, AzSCI, and ACT
- Arkansas ATLAS Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the State Assessment
- California State Testing (CAASPP): A Parent’s Guide to Smarter Balanced, CAST, and Opt-Out Rights
- Colorado State Testing (CMAS and PSAT/SAT): A Parent’s Guide to Opt-Out Rights and Score Reports
- Connecticut State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to Smarter Balanced, NGSS, and the SAT School Day
- Delaware State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to DeSSA, the SAT School Day, and Through-Year Social Studies
- District of Columbia Testing Guide for Parents: The DC CAPE Explained
- Florida Testing Guide for Parents: F.A.S.T. and the B.E.S.T. Assessments Explained
- Georgia Milestones: A Parent’s Guide to State Testing
- Hawaii State Testing (SBA and KĀʻEO): A Parent’s Guide
- Idaho ISAT: A Parent’s Guide to State Testing
- Illinois State Testing (IAR and ACT): A Parent’s Guide
- Indiana State Testing (ILEARN and IREAD-3): A Parent’s Guide
- Iowa State Testing (ISASP): A Parent’s Guide
- Kansas State Testing (KAP): A Parent’s Guide
- Kentucky State Testing (KSA): A Parent’s Guide
- Louisiana State Testing (LEAP 2025): A Parent’s Guide
- Maine State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the MTYA and MECAS
- Maryland State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the MCAP
- Massachusetts State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the MCAS
- Michigan State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to M-STEP, PSAT 8/9, and the SAT
- Minnesota State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the MCA During Its Version Change
- Mississippi State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to MAAP and the Third-Grade Reading Gate
- Missouri MAP Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the State Assessment
- Montana MAST Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the Through-Year State Assessment
- Nebraska NSCAS Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the State Assessment
- Nevada State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to Smarter Balanced, Science, and the Grade 11 ACT
- New Hampshire NH SAS & SAT School Day: A Parent’s Guide
- New Jersey State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to NJSLA, the Adaptive Shift, and NJGPA
- New Mexico State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to NM-MSSA, NM-ASR, and SAT
- New York State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the Grades 3-8 Tests and Regents
- North Carolina State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to EOGs, EOCs, and Read to Achieve
- North Dakota ND A+ State Test: A Parent’s Guide
- Ohio’s State Tests: A Parent’s Guide
- Oklahoma OSTP State Test: A Parent’s Guide
- Oregon OSAS Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the State Assessments
- Pennsylvania PSSA and Keystone Testing: A Parent’s Guide
- Rhode Island RICAS and NGSA Testing: A Parent’s Guide
- South Carolina SC READY & EOCEP Testing: A Parent’s Guide
- South Dakota State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to SD Assessments and the SD-ACT
- Tennessee TCAP Testing: A Parent’s Guide to TNReady and the Third-Grade Reading Law
- Texas STAAR Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the Test and Its Replacement
- Utah RISE Testing: A Parent’s Guide to State Assessments and Opt-Out Rights
- Vermont VTCAP Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the State Test
- Virginia SOL Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the State Test
- Washington State Testing: A Parent’s Guide to the SBA and WCAS
- West Virginia State Testing Guide: The WVGSA for Parents
- Wisconsin State Testing Guide: The Forward Exam for Parents
- Wyoming State Testing Guide: WY-TOPP for Parents