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Abstract Achievement test measures the performance in relation to a skill or knowledge which has been acquired as a result of training. It is a systematic procedure for determining the amount that a student has learned through instruction (Gronlund, 1977). In this present study the researcher decided to construct and standardize of an achievement test in Mathematics and English Grammar for class IX students. The present study intends mainly three objectives: to construct and standardize an achievement test in Mathematics and English Grammar for class IX students, to try out the academic achievement test in Mathematics and English Grammar for class IX students and to standardize the academic achievement test in Mathematics and English Grammar for class IX under Board of Secondary students in Assam. The study was considered basically under the scope of descriptive survey-cum-exploratory research. Total 100 participants/sample (i.e., 50 boys and 50 girls) were selected on the basis of stratified random sampling from the 10 Secondary schools of Sivasagar district of Assam. For developing the test, at first 160 items were prepared tentatively and on the basis of Difficulty Value (DV) and Discriminating Power (DP) all the 160 items were discussed and examined by the researcher and consulted with other experts in the field of test construction for constructive suggestions. After getting constructive suggestions from the experts, the researcher finalized the test with 100 items. Odd-even method was used to split the test into two equal halves. The reliability of the English medium schools achievement was found (r=0.69) and reliability of the Assamese medium school students on achievement was found (r=0.76). The coefficient of the test was estimated by using Spearman-Brown Prophecy Formula and the reliability of the test of English version achievement test in Fundamentals of English Grammar was found (r=0.82) and the Assamese version achievement test was found (r=.88).