Vouchers
Testing requirement
March 2021
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STATE
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Program Name
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Testing requirement
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| Arkansas | Succeed Scholarship Program |
Yes. State assessments must be administered. An eligible private school shall annually prepare a portfolio that provides information on a student's progress to the student's parent or guardian if a student is exempt from standardized testing as permitted by state policy. |
| District of Columbia | Opportunity Scholarship Program | Yes. The Institute of Education Sciences shall administer nationally norm-referenced standardized tests to participating students as a part of their evaluation of the program. |
| Florida | John M. McKay Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program | No. However, private schools must administer assessments upon parental request. |
| Family Empowerment Scholarship |
No. However, private schools must administer assessments upon parental request. | |
| Georgia | Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program | No. However, private schools must administer assessments upon parental request. |
| Indiana | Choice Scholarship Program | State assessments must be administered. |
| Louisiana | School Choice Program for Certain Students with Exceptionalities | No. |
| Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence |
State assessments must be administered. | |
| Maine | Town Tuitioning Program | No. However, private schools that enroll 60% or more publicly-funded students must administer state assessments. |
| Maryland | Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today (BOOST) Program | Yes. Non-public schools must administer national, norm–referenced standardized assessments chosen from the list of assessments published by the U.S. Department of Education to qualify nonpublic schools for the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Participating schools must also administer math and english/language arts assessments to students in grade 3 and 8, and at least once for students in grades 9-12. Participating schools must administer a science assessment at least once in grades 3 through 5, at least once in grades 6 through 9 and at least once in grades 10 through 12. |
| Mississippi | Nate Rogers Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program/ Speech-Language Therapy Scholarship for Students with Speech-Language Impairments Program | No. However, participating schools are academically accountable to parents and must provide a written explanation of the student's progress annually. |
| Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program | No. However, participating schools are academically accountable to parents and must provide a written explanation of the student's progress annually. | |
| New Hampshire | Town Tuitioning Program | Yes. Nonsectarian private schools must administer an annual assessment in reading and language arts, mathematics, and science. The assessments may be any nationally recognized standardized assessment used to measure student academic achievement and shall be aligned to the school's academic standards. |
| North Carolina | Special Education Scholarships for Children with Disabilities | Yes. All private schools in the state are required to administer a nationally standardized test at least once in grades 3, 6, and 9, and a high school competency test in grade 11. |
| Opportunity Scholarship | Yes. Participating schools must annually administer a nationally standardized assessment that measures achievement in English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics. | |
| Ohio | Autism Scholarship Program | No. |
| Educational Choice Scholarship Program | Yes. State assessments must be administered. Elementary schools primarily serving students with disabilities and meeting certain requirements may be exempt. |
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| EdChoice Expansion Program | Yes. State assessments must be administered. Elementary schools primarily serving students with disabilities and meeting certain requirements may be exempt. |
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| Joh Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program | Yes. State assessments must be administered. Students may be exempt if it is specified in their IEP. |
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| Cleveland Scholarship Program | Yes. State assessments must be administered. Students may be exempt if it is specified in their IEP. |
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| Oklahoma | Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program |
No. |
| Utah | Carson Smith Scholarship Program | Yes. Annual assessments of the student academic progress must be administered. |
| Vermont | Town Tuitioning Program | N/A |
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee Parental Choice Program | Yes. State assessments, including a 3rd grade reading assessment, must be administered. |
| Racine Parental Private School Choice Program | Yes. State assessments, including a 3rd grade reading assessment, must be administered. | |
| Wisconsin Parental Choice Program | Yes. State assessments, including a 3rd grade reading assessment, must be administered. | |
| Wisconsin Special Needs Scholarship Program | Yes. The state Civics exam required for high school graduation must be administered. Students may be exempt if it is specified in their IEP. |