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