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Timeline of New York State Assessments

Year Event
1865 First administration of Regents Exams as high school entrance exams
1878 First administration of Regents Exams as high school end-of-course exams
1966 First administration of the Grades 3, 6, and 9 Pupil Evaluation Program (PEP) Tests in Reading and Mathematics
1979 First administration of Regents Competency Tests (RCT)
1983 First administration of the Pupil Evaluation Program (PEP) Test in Grade 5 Writing
1984 First administration of the Regents Competency Tests
1987 First administration of the Program Evaluation Test (PET) in Grade 6 Social Studies
1989 First administration of the Program Evaluation Tests (PET) in Grade 4 Science and Grade 8 Social Studies
1999 First administration of the Grade 4 and Grade 8 Tests in ELA and Math
1999-2004 First administrations of Elementary- and Intermediate-level Science Tests and Regents Exams in English Language Arts, Math, and Science aligned to 1996 Learning Standards and Regents Exams in Social Studies aligned to 1998 Core Curriculum
2000 First administration of the New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA)
2001 First administration of the Grade 8 Intermediate-Level Science Test and the Grade 5 and Grade 8 Social Studies Tests
2003 First administration of the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT)
2004 First administration of the Grade 4 Elementary-Level Science Test
2006 First administration of the Grades 3–8 Tests in ELA and Math
2008-2010 First administration of Regents Exams in Math aligned to 2005 Mathematics Learning Standards
2013 First administration of the Grades 3–8 Tests in ELA and Math aligned to Common Core Learning Standards
2014-16 First administrations of Regents Exams in ELA and Math aligned to Common Core Learning Standards
2019 First administration of Regents Exam in Global History and Geography II aligned to NYS K-12 Social Studies Framework