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National Profile on Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards:

NCSER 2009-3014
August 2009

Table A1.  Alternate assessment title


State 
AlabamaAlabama Alternate Assessment (AAA)
AlaskaExtended Reading, Writing, Math, and Science Alternate Assessment
ArizonaArizona's Instrument to Measure Standards-Alternate (AIMS-A) Level I and II
ArkansasArkansas Alternate Portfolio Assessment System for Students with Disabilities
CaliforniaCalifornia Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA)
  
ColoradoColorado Student Assessment Program Alternate (CSAPA)
ConnecticutCMT/CAPT Skills Checklist
DelawareDelaware Alternate Portfolio Assessment II (DAPA II)
District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Comprehensive Assessment System-Alternate Assessment (DC CAS-ALT)
FloridaFlorida Alternate Assessment Report (FAAR)
  
GeorgiaGeorgia Alternate Assessment (GAA)
HawaiiHawaii State Alternate Assessment (HSAA)
IdahoIdaho Alternate Assessment (IAA)
IllinoisIllinois Alternate Assessment (IAA)
IndianaIndiana Standards Tool for Alternate Reporting (ISTAR)
  
IowaIowa Alternate Assessment (IAA)
KansasKansas Alternate Assessment (KAA)
KentuckyKentucky Alternate Assessment-Revised
LouisianaLEAP Alternate Assessment, Level 1 (LAA 1)
MainePersonalized Alternate Assessment Portfolio (PAAP)
  
MarylandAlternate Maryland School Assessment (ALT-MSA)
MassachusettsMCAS Alternate Assessment (MCAS-Alt)
Michigan1MI-Access Functional Independence (FI) / Participation and Supported Independence (P/SI)
MinnesotaMinnesota Test of Academic Skills (MTAS)
MississippiMississippi Alternate Assessment of Extended Curriculum Frameworks (MAAECF)
  
MissouriMissouri Assessment Program-Alternate (MAP-A)
MontanaAlternate Criterion Referenced Test (CRT-Alternate)
NebraskaSchool-based Teacher-led Assessment and Reporting System (STARS) Alternate Assessment
NevadaNevada Alternate Scales of Academic Achievement (NASAA)
New HampshireNew Hampshire Alternate Assessment (NH-Alt)
  
New JerseyAlternate Proficiency Assessment (APA)
New MexicoNew Mexico Alternate Performance Assessment (NMAPA)
New YorkNew York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA)
North CarolinaNorth Carolina EXTEND1 (NCEXTEND1)
North DakotaNorth Dakota Alternate Assessment (NDAA)
  
OhioAlternate Assessment for Students with Disabilities (AASWD)
OklahomaOklahoma Alternate Assessment Program (OAAP)
OregonOregon Assessment System: Extended Assessment
PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA)
Rhode IslandRhode Island Alternate Assessment (RIAA)
  
South CarolinaSouth Carolina Alternate Assessment (SC-Alt)
South DakotaDakota State Test of Educational Progress-Alternate (DSTEP-A)
TennesseeTennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program-Alternate Portfolio (TCAP-Alt Portfolio)
TexasTexas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills-Alternate (TAKS-Alt)
UtahUtah's Alternate Assessment (UAA)
  
VermontPortfolio Assessment of Alternate Grade Expectations (PAAGE)
VirginiaVirginia Alternate Assessment Program (VAAP)
WashingtonWashington Alternate Assessment System (WAAS)
West VirginiaAlternate Performance Task Assessment (APTA)
WisconsinWisconsin Alternate Assessment for Students with Disabilities (WAA-SWD)
WyomingThe Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students Alternate Assessment (PAWSALT)
— No.
X Yes.
1 More than one assessment used. See explanation in introductory text of this appendix.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research, National Study on Alternate Assessments (NSAA), state data summaries for school year 2006-07.