Language Assistance 
These are the NCLB Standards and Assessment Approval Letters. Each of the States will have more than one approval letter over the next year or so.
See also: Decision Letters on Each State's Final Assessment System Under IASA.
Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming
Alabama (November 10, 2005)
Alabama 2 (June 29, 2006)
Alabama 3 (June 28, 2007)
Alabama 4 (October 25, 2007)
Alabama Science (October 1, 2008)
Alabama 5 (February 3, 2010)
Alabama 6 (January 6, 2017)
Alabama 7: General English Language Proficiency Assessment (July 12, 2019)
Alaska (January 25, 2006)
Alaska 2 (June 12, 2006)
Alaska 3 (September 13, 2006)
Alaska 4 (October 5, 2006)
Alaska Science (September 26, 2008)
Alaska Science 2
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PDF (728K) (January 13, 2009)
Alaska 5
PDF (237K) (January 16, 2009)
Alaska 6
PDF (257K) (June 25, 2009)
Alaska 7: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics--General Assessments and Alternate Assessments (November 9, 2018)
Alaska 8: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (July 2, 2019)
Arizona (March 30, 2006)
Arizona 2 (June 30, 2006)
Arizona Science (July 21, 2008)
Arizona 3
PDF (June 29, 2009)
Arizona 4
PDF (April 7, 2011)
Arizona 5
PDF (November 28, 2011)
Arizona 6
PDF (December 2, 2016)
Arizona 7
PDF (June 29, 2018)
Arizona 8: Letter lifting high risk status regarding Arizona’s high school assessments (July 2, 2019)
Arkansas (June 22, 2006)
Arkansas 2 (December 19, 2006)
Arkansas Science (July 21, 2008)
Arkansas 3 (January 13, 2017)
Arkansas 4 (May 2, 2018)
Arkansas 5 (May 10, 2018)
Arkansas 6: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (August 13, 2019)
California (June 28, 2006)
California 2 (March 9, 2007)
California 3 (June 29, 2007)
California 4 (February 6, 2008)
California 5 (June 30, 2008)
California 6 (November 21, 2008)
California Science (July 21, 2008)
California 7
PDF (2M) (January 15, 2009)
California Science (February 23, 2010)
California 8 (January 18, 2017)
California 9: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics--General Assessments and Alternate Assessments (August 30, 2018)
Colorado (March 23, 2006)
Colorado 2 (June 27, 2006)
Colorado 3
PDF (458K) (December 18, 2006)
Colorado 4
HTML (July 19, 2010)
Colorado 5 (January 6, 2017)
Colorado 6 (May 10, 2018)
Colorado 7: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (August 27, 2019)
Connecticut (May 22, 2006)
Connecticut 2 (December 19, 2006)
Connecticut 3
PDF (458K) (April 10, 2006)
Connecticut Science (September 30, 2008)
Connecticut Science 2
PDF (340K) (January 15, 2009)
Connecticut 4 (January 6, 2017)
Connecticut 5 (August 14, 2018)
Connecticut 6 General English Language Proficiency Assessment (August 28, 2019)
Delaware (March 10, 2006)
Delaware 2 (April 6, 2007)
Delaware 3 (January 13, 2017)
Delaware 4: General assessments in mathematics and reading/language arts in grades 3-8 and high school; general assessments in science in grades 5/8 and 10 (October 30, 2018)
Delaware 5: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (August 26, 2019)
District of Columbia (June 29, 2006)
District of Columbia 2 (June 29, 2007)
District of Columbia 3 (November 28, 2007)
District of Columbia 4 (April 25, 2008)
District of Columbia Science (October 16, 2008)
District of Columbia Memo of Agreement
PDF (3.9M) (October 3, 2008)
District of Columbia Memo of Agreement 2
PDF (1M) (January 15, 2009)
District of Columbia
PDF (2.9M) (June 25, 2009)
District of Columbia (January 6, 2017)
Letter identifying OSSE as high-risk grantee due to science assessments
PDF (February 7, 2018)
District of Columbia 7: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics--General and Alternate Assessments
PDF (August 28, 2018)
District of Columbia 8 (August 28, 2019)
General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment
Florida (April 19, 2006)
Florida 2 (June 28, 2006)
Florida 3 (June 27, 2007)
Florida 4 (June 11, 2008)
Florida Science (July 21, 2008)
Florida 5 (January 6, 2017)
Florida 6 (May 18, 2018)
Florida 7: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (August 26, 2019)
Georgia (June 30, 2006)
Georgia 2 (June 29, 2007)
Georgia 3 (October 5, 2007)
Georgia Science
PDF (729K) (September 18, 2008)
Georgia 4 (November 10, 2009)
Georgia 5 (April 18, 2018)
Georgia 6: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (September 12, 2019)
Hawaii (March 24, 2006)
Hawaii 2 (June 29, 2006)
Hawaii 3 (October 27, 2006)
Hawaii 4 (July 23, 2007)
Hawaii 5 (October 30, 2007)
Hawaii Science
PDF (810K) (November 13, 2008)
Hawaii 6 (January 18, 2017)
Hawaii 7: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics--General Assessments and Alternate Assessments; Science 5/8 and High School General and Alternate Assessments; Reading/Language Arts, Mathematics and Science General Native Language Assessments (January 24, 2019)
Hawaii 8: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 19, 2019)
Idaho (December 9, 2005)
Idaho 2 (June 28, 2006)
Idaho 3 (November 16, 2006)
Idaho Science (September 26, 2008)
Idaho 4 (January 13, 2017)
Idaho 5: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics--General Assessments and Alternate Assessments; Science High School General Assessments (August 30, 2018)
Idaho 6: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (September 12, 2019)
Illinois (June 23, 2006)
Illinois 2 (September 8, 2006)
Illinois 3 (June 29, 2007)
Illinois 4 (January 4, 2008)
Illinois Science (July 21, 2008)
Illinois 5 (August 18, 2008)
Illinois 6 (January 6, 2017)
Illinois 7: Reading/Language Arts, Mathematics and Science--General Assessments and Alternate Assessments for Grades 3-8 and high school (January 3, 2019)
Illinois 8: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 12, 2019)
Indiana (March 21, 2006)
Indiana 2 (June 28, 2006)
Indiana 3 (January 6, 2017)
Indiana 4: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics—General and Alternate Assessments; General High School Science and Grades 4, 6 and 10 Alternate Assessments (September 24, 2018)
Indiana 5: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 24, 2019)
Indiana 6: Reading/language arts and mathematics general assessments for high school (December 30, 2019)
Iowa (March 30, 2006)
Iowa 2 (June 28, 2006)
Iowa 3 (October 24, 2006)
Iowa 4 (November 29, 2006)
Iowa Science (January 15, 2009)
Iowa 5 (January 13, 2017)
Iowa 6: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (July 9, 2019)
Kansas (March 24, 2006)
Kansas 2 (June 27, 2006)
Kansas 3 (September 28, 2006)
Kansas 4 (May 25, 2007)
Kansas Science (July 21, 2008)
Kansas 5
PDF (658K) (January 15, 2009)
Kansas 6
PDF (October 26, 2009)
Kansas 7 PDF (March 13, 2017)
Kansas 8: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics—General and Alternate Assessments PDF (August 28, 2018)
Kentucky (May 4, 2006)
Kentucky 2 (June 22, 2006)
Kentucky 3 PDF (2M) (November 9, 2006)
Kentucky 4 (June 29, 2007)
Kentucky 5 (December 18, 2007)
Kentucky Science (August 4, 2008)
Kentucky 6 (January 6, 2017)
Kentucky 7: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 20, 2019)
Louisiana (June 29, 2006)
Louisiana 2 (April 19, 2007)
Louisiana 3 (June 29, 2007)
Louisiana 4
PDF (729K) (January 8, 2009)
Louisiana 5
PDF (246K) (March 9, 2010)
Louisiana 6
PDF (April 13, 2018)
Louisiana 7: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (September 30, 2019)
Maine (April 7, 2006)
Maine 2 (June 29, 2006)
Maine 3 (December 20, 2006)
Maine 4 (June 29, 2007)
Maine 5 (August 23, 2007)
Maine 6 (April 24, 2008)
Maine Science (July 21, 2008)
Maine 8 (August 27, 2009)
Maine 9 (October 21, 2011)
Maine 10 (June 5, 2018)
Maine 11: Reading/language arts and mathematics high school general assessments (January 3, 2019)
Maine 12: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 24, 2019)
Maryland (June 17, 2005)
Maryland 2 (June 12, 2006)
Maryland Science (September 26, 2008)
Maryland Science 2
PDF (476K) (January 15, 2009)
Maryland 3
PDF (December 2, 2016)
Maryland reading/language arts and mathematics general assessments
PDF (January 11, 2018)
PDF (May 4, 2018)
Maryland reading/language arts and mathematics alternate assessments
Maryland 6: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (August 26, 2019)
Massachusetts (June 12, 2006)
Massachusetts 2 (October 19, 2006)
Massachusetts 3 (February 28, 2007)
Massachusetts 4: Reading/language arts and mathematics general assessments for grades 3-8 (October 19, 2018)
Massachusetts 5: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (January 15, 2020)
Michigan (March 23, 2006)
Michigan 2 (June 20, 2006)
Michigan 3 (September 13, 2006)
Michican 4 PDF (458K) (November 1, 2006)
Michigan 5
PDF (729K) (August 29, 2008)
Michigan Science (July 21, 2008)
Michigan 6
PDF (August 10, 2010)
Michigan 3: Reading/language arts and mathematics general assessments for high school (November 28, 2018)
Michigan 8: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (October 11, 2019)
Michigan 9: Reading/language arts and mathematics general assessments for high school (December 30, 2019)
Minnesota (March 22, 2006)
Minnesota 2 (June 22, 2006)
Minnesota 3 (November 6, 2006)
Minnesota 4 (April 30, 2007)
Minnesota 5 (June 27, 2007)
Minnesota 6 (December 17, 2007)
Minnesota Science (July 21, 2008)
Minnesota 7 (August 27, 2008)
Minnesota Science 2PDF (March 13, 2009)
Minnesota 8 (January 6, 2017)
Minnesota 9 (March 5, 2018)
Minnesota 10: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (October 1, 2019)
Mississippi (June 30, 2006)
Mississippi 2 (August 6, 2007)
Mississippi 3 (June 13, 2008)
Mississippi Science (July 21, 2008)
Mississippi 4 (April 17, 2018)
Missouri (June 20, 2006)
Missouri 2 (April 6, 2007)
Missouri 3 (October 3, 2007)
Missouri Science
PDF (767K) (September 23, 2008)
Missouri 4 (January 13, 2017)
Missouri 5: Reading/language arts, mathematics and science general assessments in high school; science general assessments in grade 5 and 8; and reading/language arts and mathematics alternate assessments in grades 3-8 and high school (September 25, 2018)
Montana (May 18, 2006)
Montana 2 (June 22, 2006)
Montana 3 (October 3, 2006)
Montana 4 (March 2, 2007)
Montana 5 (November 29, 2007)
Montana Science (July 21, 2008)
Montana Science 2 (October 7, 2008)
Montana 6 (PDF) (December 9, 2010)
Montana 7: Reading/language arts and mathematics general and alternate assessments for grades 3-8 and high school (PDF) (January 16, 2019)
Nebraska (December 9, 2005)
Nebraska 2 (June 30, 2006)
Nebraska 3 (September 15, 2006)
Nebraska 4 (June 29, 2007)
Nebraska 5 (August 9, 2007)
Nebraska 6 (October 11, 2007)
Nebraska Science (December 15, 2008)
Nebraska 7 (September 15, 2011)
Nebraska 8 : Reading/language arts general and alternate assessments for grades 3-8; Reading/language arts, mathematics and science general assessments for high school; and Reading/language arts alternate assessments for high school (October 19, 2018)
Nebraska 9: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (September 12, 2019)
Nevada (March 21, 2006
Nevada 2 (June 20, 2006)
Nevada 3 (April 25, 2007)
Nevada 4 (July 13, 2007)
Nevada 5 (September 21, 2007)
Nevada 6 PDF (678K) (July 13, 2009)
Nevada 7 PDF (875K) (July 24, 2018)
Nevada 8: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (December 12, 2019)
New Hampshire (June 27, 2006)
New Hampshire 2 (June 29, 2007)
New Hampshire 3 (September 28, 2007)
New Hampshire Science (July 21, 2008)
New Hampshire 5 (February 14, 2011)
New Hampshire 6 (September 14, 2012)
New Hampshire 7 (June 27, 2017)
New Hampshire 8: Reading/language arts and mathematics high school general assessments (January 24, 2019)
New Hampshire 9: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 20, 2019)
New Jersey (June 27, 2007)
New Jersey 2 (June 27, 2006)
New Jersey Science (September 29, 2008)
New Jersey 3 (January 6, 2017)
New Jersey 4 (May 18, 2018)
New Jersey 5: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (October 1, 2019)
New Mexico (May 8, 2006)
New Mexico 2 (June 22, 2006)
New Mexico 3 (April 18, 2007)
New Mexico 4 (June 15, 2007)
New Mexico 5 (June 9, 2008)
New Mexico 6 (December 23, 2009)
New Mexico Science (July 21, 2008)
New Mexico 7
PDF (December 2, 2016)
New Mexico 8
PDF (July 30, 2018)
New Mexico 9: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (October 2, 2019)
New York (June 27, 2006)
New York 2 (June 8, 2007)
New York 3 (February 26, 2008)
New York 4 (January 13, 2017)
New York 5: Reading/language arts and mathematics grades 3-8 and high school general assessments (October 5, 2018)
New York 6: Reading/language arts and mathematics grades 3-8 and high school general assessments (June 4, 2019)
New York 7: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (July 1, 2019)
North Carolina (June 17, 2005)
North Carolina 2 (June 29, 2006)
North Carolina Science (July 21, 2008)
North Carolina Science 2
PDF (2M) (January 15, 2009)
North Carolina 3 PDF (400K) (March 23, 2009)
North Carolina 4 PDF (398K) (October 22, 2010)
North Carolina 5
PDF (December 2, 2016)
North Carolina 6
PDF (June 5, 2018)
North Carolina 7: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (October 25, 2019)
North Dakota (June 22, 2006)
North Dakota 2 (April 26, 2007)
North Dakota 3 (June 29, 2007)
North Dakota Science (October 8, 2008)
NorthDakota Science 2
PDF (315K) (January 9, 2009)
North Dakota 4 (January 13, 2017)
North Dakota 5 (March 5, 2018)
North Dakota 6 (May 10, 2018)
North Dakota 7 (April 9, 2019)
North Dakota 8: Grades 3-8 and 10 Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics General Assessments (June 24, 2018)
North Dakota 9: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (November 5, 2019)
Ohio (June 27, 2006)
Ohio 2 (November 15, 2006)
Ohio 3 (January 13, 2017)
Ohio 4: Reading/language arts and mathematics grades 3-8 and high school general assessments, grades 5/8 and high school science assessments, and reading/language arts, mathematics and science alternate assessments (January 28, 2019)
Ohio 5: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (September 20, 2019)
Oklahoma (June 30, 2006)
PDF (305K)Oklahoma Locally Selected, Nationally Recognized Assessments (April 6, 2018)
PDF (215K) Oklahoma 3: Reading/language arts and mathematics grades 3-8 and high school general assessments, grades 5/8 and high school science assessments, and reading/language arts, mathematics and science alternate assessments (October 4, 2018)
PDF (248K)Oklahoma 4: Reading/language arts and mathematics locally selected, nationally recognized high school assessments (March 20, 2019)
Oregon (January 25, 2006)
Oregon 2 (June 22, 2006)
Oregon 3 (June 29, 2007)
Oregon 4 (December 3, 2007)
Oregon Science
PDF (727K) (September 11, 2008)
Oregon 5
PDF (727K) (March 13, 2009)
Oregon 6 PDF (March 13, 2017)
Oregon 7: Reading/language arts and mathematics grades 3-8 and high school general assessments, and reading/language arts, mathematics and science alternate assessments (January 28, 2019)
Pennsylvania (May 8, 2006)
Pennsylvania 2 (June 20, 2006)
Pennsylvania 3 (April 2, 2007)
Pennsylvania 4 (August 28, 2007)
Pennsylvania Science (July 21, 2008)
Pennsylvania 5
PDF (June 25, 2009)
Pennsylvania 6 (January 6, 2017)
PDF Pennsylvania General Assessment (February 23, 2018)
PDF Pennsylvania Alternate Assessment (April 3, 2018)
Puerto Rico (June 29, 2006)
Puerto Rico 2 (March 21, 2007)
Puerto Rico 3 (July 5, 2007)
Puerto Rico Science (July 21, 2008)
Puerto Rico 4 (April 20, 2018)
Rhode Island (June 23, 2006)
Rhode Island 2 (June 27, 2007)
Rhode Island 3 (May 20, 2008)
Rhode Island Science (July 21, 2008)
Rhode Island 4
PDF (3.9M) (June 24, 2009)
Rhode Island 5 (January 6, 2017)
Rhode Island 6: General English Language Proficiency Assessment (December 30, 2019)
South Carolina (June 17, 2005)
South Carolina 2 (February 15, 2006)
South Carolina Science (October 8, 2008)
South Carolina 3 (April 13, 2018)
South Carolina 4: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (November 21, 2019)
South Dakota (October 25, 2005)
South Dakota 2 (May 23, 2006)
South Dakota 3 (June 29, 2006)
South Dakota 4 (November 22, 2006)
South Dakota 5 (May 25, 2007)
South Dakota 6 (July 13, 2007)
South Dakota 7 (October 28, 2008)
South Dakota 8 (January 13, 2017)
South Dakota 9: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics--General Assessments and Alternate Assessments (August 30, 2018)
South Dakota 10: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (November 20, 2019)
Tennessee (April 24, 2006)
Tennessee 2 : Reading/language arts and mathematics general assessments for grades 3-8; Reading/language arts, mathematics and science general assessments for high school (October 10, 2018)
Tennesse 3: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (December 20, 2019)
Texas (June 17, 2005)
Texas 2 (June 22, 2006)
Texas 3 (October 27, 2006)
Texas 4 (May 7, 2008)
Texas Science (July 23, 2008)
Texas 5
PDF (670K) (January 15, 2009)
Texas 6
PDF (599K) (June 23, 2009)
Texas 7
PDF (December 2, 2016)
Texas 8 : General assessments in mathematics and reading/language arts in grades 3-8 and high school; general assessments in grades 5/8 and high school; alternate assessments in mathematics, reading/language arts in grades 3-8 and high school, and science for grades 5/8 and high school (October 30, 2018)
Texas 9: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (September 19, 2019)
Utah (May 8, 2006)
Utah Science
PDF (909K) (January 16, 2009)
PDF (439K) (March 7, 2011)
Utah PDF (March 13, 2017)
Utah 3: Reading/language arts and mathematics general and alternate assessments in grades 3-8 and high school; Science general assessments in grades 4, 8 and high school (November 28, 2018)
Utah 4: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (January 15, 2020)
Vermont (June 28, 2006)
Vermont 2 (June 28, 2007)
Vermont 3 (December 19, 2007)
Vermont
PDF (February 21, 2017)
Vermont 4 (May 18, 2018)
Vermont 5: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (December 11, 2019)
Virginia (March 22, 2006)
Virginia 2 (June 28, 2006)
Virginia 3 (August 31, 2006)
Virginia 4 (February 27, 2007)
Virginia 5 (April 26, 2007)
Virginia 6 (December 18, 2007)
Virginia Science
PDF (1M) (January 16, 2009)
Virginia
PDF (May 24, 2017)
Virginia 9: Reading/language arts and mathematics grades 3-8 and high school general assessments, grades 5/8 and high school science assessments, and reading/language arts, mathematics and science alternate assessments (February 5, 2019)
Virginia 10: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (January 17, 2020)
Washington (May 5, 2006)
Washington 2 (June 22, 2006)
Washington 3 (December 21, 2006)
Washington 4 (March 30, 2007)
Washington 5 (June 29, 2007)
Washington 6 (August 24, 2007)
Washington 7 (August 6, 2008)
Washington 8 (March 13, 2017)
Washington 9: Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics--General Assessments (August 28, 2018)
Washington Science (September 25, 2008)
Washington 10: English Language Proficiency General and Alternate Assessments (September 19, 2019)
West Virginia (June 17, 2005)
West Virginia 2 (June 26, 2006)
West Virginia Science (July 21, 2008)
West Virginia Science 2 (October 30, 2008)
Virginia Science (July 21, 2008)
West Virginia Science 2 (October 30, 2008)
Virginia Science (July 21, 2008)
West Virginia Science 2 (October 30, 2008)
West Virginia 4
PDF (1M) (May 22, 2009)
West Virginia 5
PDF (1M) (May 22, 2009)
West Virginia 6 (January 18, 2017)
West Virginia 7 (April 12, 2018)
PDF (497K) West Virginia 8: Reading/language arts and mathematics locally selected, nationally recognized high school assessments (March 20, 2019
West Virginia 9: English Language Proficiency General Assessments (September 24, 2019)
Wisconsin (June 29, 2006)
Wisconsin 2 (February 12, 2007)
Wisconsin 3 (June 21, 2007)
Wisconsin 4 (June 4, 2008)
Wisconsin 5 (December 2, 2008)
Wisconsin 6 (January 13, 2017)
Wisconsin 7: General assessments in mathematics and reading/language arts in grades 3-8 and high school; science general assessments in grades 4 and 8; alternate assessments in mathematics, reading/language arts in grades 3-8 and high school (November 9, 2018)
Wisconsin 8: General and Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (December 20, 2019)
Wyoming (May 10, 2006)
Wyoming 2 (June 22, 2006)
Wyoming 3 (April 26, 2007)
Wyoming 4 (July 13, 2007)
Wyoming Science (August 25, 2008)
Wyoming 5
PDF (December 2, 2016)
