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Forty-seven states currently include extended response test items in English or writing on state high school assessments, up from 42 in 2002. But only 21 states utilize these test items in other subjects; twenty-nine states include short answer questions on state exams at the high school level.
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To find out more about assessments in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, access the Education Counts database.