Alabama | Not yet specified | 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | Not yet specified | - |
Alaska | Not yet specified | 4, 8 | Comprehensive | 10 |
Arizona | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
Arkansas | Not yet specified | Grades not specified | Not yet specified | - |
California | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Neither Comprehensive or EOC | The assessment will be given at grade that student completes science coursework in high school. |
Colorado | Not yet specified | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | Not reported |
Connecticut | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
Delaware | Specific grade-level content | 5, 8 | End-of-Course | Biology |
District of Columbia | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | End-of-Course | Biology |
Georgia | Specific grade-level content | 5, 8 | End-of-Course | Biology, Physical Science |
Hawaii | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | End-of-Course | Biology 1 |
Idaho | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | Proposed to administer in grade 11 but not finalized |
Indiana | Specific grade-level content | 4, 6 | End-of-Course | Biology |
Iowa | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 10 |
Kansas | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
Kentucky | Cumulative across grade-span | 4, 7 | End-of-Course | Statewide field test completed in Biology in spring 2018, but final decision of a comprehensive or EOC assessment is not finalized for 2018-19. |
Louisiana | Specific grade-level content | 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | End-of-Course | Biology |
Maine | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | Administered the 3rd year of high school. |
Maryland | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 10 or 11 depending on courses taken |
Massachusetts | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | End-of-Course | To be determined, will have Biology and Introductory Physics |
Michigan | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
Minnesota | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Not yet specified | - |
Mississippi | Specific grade-level content | 5, 8 | End-of-Course | Biology I |
Montana | Not yet specified | 4, 8 | Not yet specified | - |
Nebraska | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | End-of-Course | By legislative statute, our HS exam must be a college admissions test. We currently have a contract with ACT. |
Nevada | Specific grade-level content | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 10 |
New Hampshire | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
New Mexico | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
New York | Not yet specified | 5, 8 | End-of-Course | Not reported |
North Carolina | Not yet specified | Grades not specified | Not yet specified | - |
North Dakota | Not yet specified | 4, 8 | Comprehensive | Not reported |
Ohio | Specific grade-level content | 5, 8 | End-of-Course | Biology |
Oklahoma | Specific grade-level content | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
Oregon | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
Pennsylvania | - | - | Not yet specified | - |
Rhode Island | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
South Dakota | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
Tennessee | Specific grade-level content | 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | End-of-Course | Biology |
Utah | Specific grade-level content | 6, 7, 8 | Comprehensive | 9 |
Vermont | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
Virginia | Not yet specified | Grades not specified | End-of-Course | Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry currently and this may change. |
Washington | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
West Virginia | Cumulative across grade-span | 5, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
Wisconsin | Cumulative across grade-span | 4, 8 | Comprehensive | 11 |
Wyoming | Specific grade-level content | 4, 8 | Comprehensive | Modified comprehensive of selected performance expectations administered in 10th grade |