Vouchers - Education Commission of the States

STATE arrow_downward	Program Name	Testing requirement
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.
Vermont	Town Tuitioning Program	N/A
Utah	Carson Smith Scholarship Program	Yes. Annual assessments of the student academic progress must be administered.
Oklahoma	Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program	No.
Ohio	Educational Choice Scholarship Program	Yes. State assessments must be administered. Elementary schools primarily serving students with disabilities and meeting certain requirements may be exempt.
EdChoice Expansion Program	Yes. State assessments must be administered. Elementary schools primarily serving students with disabilities and meeting certain requirements may be exempt.
Autism Scholarship Program	No.
Joh Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program	Yes. State assessments must be administered. Students may be exempt if it is specified in their IEP.
Cleveland Scholarship Program	Yes. State assessments must be administered. Students may be exempt if it is specified in their IEP.
North Carolina	Opportunity Scholarship	Yes. Participating schools must annually administer a nationally standardized assessment that measures achievement in English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Maine	Town Tuitioning Program	No. However, private schools that enroll 60% or more publicly-funded students must administer state assessments.
Louisiana	Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence	State assessments must be administered.
School Choice Program for Certain Students with Exceptionalities	No.
Indiana	Choice Scholarship Program	State assessments must be administered.
Georgia	Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program	No. However, private schools must administer assessments upon parental request.
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.
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.
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.

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.

Vermont

Town Tuitioning Program

N/A

Utah

Carson Smith Scholarship Program

Yes. Annual assessments of the student academic progress must be administered.

Oklahoma

Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program

No.

Ohio

Educational Choice Scholarship Program

Yes. State assessments must be administered.

Elementary schools primarily serving students with disabilities and meeting certain requirements may be exempt.

EdChoice Expansion Program

Yes. State assessments must be administered.

Elementary schools primarily serving students with disabilities and meeting certain requirements may be exempt.

Autism Scholarship Program

No.

Joh Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program

Yes. State assessments must be administered.

Students may be exempt if it is specified in their IEP.

Cleveland Scholarship Program

Yes. State assessments must be administered.

Students may be exempt if it is specified in their IEP.

North Carolina

Opportunity Scholarship

Yes. Participating schools must annually administer a nationally standardized assessment that measures achievement in English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Maine

Town Tuitioning Program

No. However, private schools that enroll 60% or more publicly-funded students must administer state assessments.

Louisiana

Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence

State assessments must be administered.

School Choice Program for Certain Students with Exceptionalities

No.

Indiana

Choice Scholarship Program

State assessments must be administered.

Georgia

Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program

No. However, private schools must administer assessments upon parental request.

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.

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.

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.