The U.S. Department of Education has set guidelines on developing standards, assessment and accountability for public education in the United States. However, standards themselves are set at the state level, so links to the web pages for each of the five states are provided as well.

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U. S. Department of Education: Standards, Assessment and Accountability

http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/saa.html

Provides information on standards, assessment, and accountability, including those efforts required under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). These include the Adequate Yearly Progress provisions, regulations, guidance and resources, and the Standards and Assessment Peer Review program.

From the Department of Education's FAQ page, "...there are no federally sanctioned national standards for any academic area. Instead, standards are set at the state level." Below are links to the standards and assessment websites for each of the five grant states, as well as their Adequate Yearly Progress reports, as required by the No Child Left Behind Act. Unfortunately, because these areas are not federally regulated, the information is not uniformly provided for each state.

Arizona

Standards: http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/contentstandards.asp

Assessment: http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/

Adequate Yearly Progress: http://www.azed.gov/azlearns/aypdeterminations.asp

Colorado

Office of Learning and Results: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeassess/documents/olr/index_olr.html

Standards: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeassess/documents/olr/k12_standards.html

Unit of Student Assessment: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeassess/index_assess.html

Adequate Yearly Progress: http://www.cde.state.co.us/FedPrograms/AYP/index.asp

New Mexico

Standards: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/educationalStandards.html

Assessment: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/AssessmentAccountability/AssessmentEvaluation/index.html

Adequate Yearly Progress: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/div/acc.assess/accountability/2007/index2007.html

Utah

Core Curriculum (Standards): http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/core/

Assessment: http://www.schools.utah.gov/assessment/default.aspx

Adequate Yearly Progress: http://www.schools.utah.gov/nclb/

Wyoming

Standards: http://www.k12.wy.us/SAA/standards.asp

Standards & Assessment Unit: http://www.k12.wy.us/sa.asp

Adequate Yearly Progress: http://www.k12.wy.us/SAA/ayp.asp