According to this resource, the only tests mandated in every state are the following:

The tests mandated by the N.B.A., particularly the electrocardiograms and echocardiograms, should detect almost all cases of HCM, said Asher, who is on the advisory committee for the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association.

"We have four more preclinical tests mandated by our caseworker at the PDA," he said sardonically.

A comparison of state test results against the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress, a federal test mandated by the No Child Left Behind law, shows that wide discrepancies between the state and federal findings were commonplace.

Last week, the Texas commissioner of education ignored a ruling from Washington limiting the number of disabled students permitted to take an easier alternative to the standardized tests mandated for their grade level.

For instance, this year's fifth grade scored on an eighth-grade level on the California Achievement Test of Basic Skills, a test mandated by the New Jersey Department of Education.

And by an overwhelming margin, they assail the reliance on standardized tests mandated by the No Child Left Behind law.

Starting with the 2007-08 school year, a criterion-referenced test mandated by the state was merged with the Stanford Achievement Test, Series 10 to form the Augmented Benchmark Examinations.

"The testing explosion often creates overlaps between tests mandated at the district level, the state level and the federal level," said Robert Schaeffer, the education director for FairTest, a national group critical of standardized testing.

About this time, General Dynamics made the decision not to compete in the tests mandated by Congress, because of the Army's demand for a fixed price contract on any future Viper production lots that were to include safety improvements.