A survey conducted by stateline.org, a Web site that reports on state policy issues, has found that states will spend approximately $400 million this fiscal year to develop, issue, and score their exams.
| State |
Spending | State |
Spending | |
| Alabama | $4 million | Montana | $282,000 | |
| Alaska | $3.5 million | Nebraska | $1.65 million | |
| Arizona | $4.8 million | Nevada | $3.3 million | |
| Arkansas | $3.2 million | New Hampshire | $2.5 million | |
| California | $44 million | New Jersey | $17 million | |
| Colorado | $10.8 million | New Mexico | $650,000 | |
| Connecticut | $2 million | New York | $13 million | |
| Delaware | $3.8 million | North Carolina | $11.3 million | |
| Florida | $22 million | North Dakota | $207,750** | |
| Georgia | $14 million | Ohio | $12,388,000 | |
| Hawaii | $1.4 million | Oklahoma | $2,539,656 | |
| Idaho | $700,000 | Oregon | $7 million | |
| Illinois | $16.5 million | Pennsylvania | $15 million | |
| Indiana | $19 million | Rhode Island | $2.3 million | |
| Iowa | $0* | South Carolina | $7.8 million | |
| Kansas | $1.1 million | South Dakota | $720,000 | |
| Kentucky | $8.1 million | Tennessee | $15.6 million | |
| Louisiana | $9 million | Texas | $26,680,000 | |
| Maine | $3.4 million | Utah | $1.4 million | |
| Maryland | $17.1 million | Vermont | $460,000** | |
| Massachusetts | $20 million | Virginia | $18.0 million | |
| Michigan | $16 million | Washington | $7.7 million | |
| Minnesota | $5.2 million | West Virginia | $400,000 | |
| Mississippi | $7.6 million | Wisconsin | $2.0 million | |
| Missouri | $13.4 million | Wyoming | $1.7 |
Notes: *No statewide assessment.
**Fiscal 2000; 2001 amounts not available.
Source: Stateline.org, 2001