Overview of Adoption List
South Carolina Education Accountability Act (EAA), Section 59-18-310 provided for the creation of a statewide adoption list of formative assessments in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics. As amended in 2024, the assessments on the Adoption List are administered to students in kindergarten through the eighth grade.
The EAA legislation requires that each formative assessment meet professional measurement standards and that test items align with the South Carolina College- and Career- Ready Standards. Subject to appropriations by the General Assembly for the assessments, districts will be allocated funds to select and administer formative (interim) assessments from the adoption list for use in improving student performance in accordance with district improvement plans.
List of “Formative” (Interim) Assessments for 2026-27
The following products have been approved for the Adoption List of "Formative" (Interim) Assessments. Information regarding each product can be accessed through the links below. Note: The assessment(s) selected must have the same title as those used on the list below in order to satisfy the state's reporting requirements for formative/interim assessments.
DRC BEACON, Published by Data Recognition Corporation
i-Ready® Diagnostic, Published by Curriculum Associates
Istation’s Indicators of Progress, (ISIP) K-2 Published by Amira Learning
MAP Growth, Published by NWEA
Mastery View Predictive Assessments, Published by Instructure
STAR Reading and STAR Mathematics Published by Renaissance
Alignment Tables for Current Adoption List Assessments
The alignment study results indicate the extent to which publisher’s items correlate with the content knowledge, skills, and cognitive processes in the South Carolina College- and Career Ready- Standards. Alignment information includes the number and percentage of items that are aligned to the state’s standards, the number and percentage of items that are not aligned with the standards and may include the number and percentage of standards for which there are no items.
The alignment tables for the tests approved for the Adoption List are located in the following links.
Adoption List of Formative (Interim) Assessment List of Archives of Alignment Table
