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National Profile on Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards:

NCSER 2009-3014
August 2009

Table A2.  Purposes of alternate assessment


State 1. Evaluate Programs 2. Guide classroom
instruction
3. Measure student
progress/performance
toward state standards
4. Assess student
access to content
standards/general
curriculum
5. Assess
individual students'
strengths/weaknesses
6. Document academic
achievement
7. Measure student
progress toward
IEP goals
Total 16 30 44 29 26 30 9
Percent 31.37 58.82 86.27 56.86 50.98 58.82 17.65
               
Alabama X X X X X X
Alaska X X X X X X X
Arizona X X X X X
Arkansas X X X X
California X X X X
               
Colorado X X X
Connecticut X X X X
Delaware X X X X X X X
District of Columbia X X X X
Florida X X
               
Georgia X X X X
Hawaii X X X X X
Idaho X X X X X
Illinois X
Indiana X X X X X X X
               
Iowa X X X
Kansas X X X X
Kentucky X X
Louisiana X
Maine X X X
               
Maryland X X X X
Massachusetts X X X X X
Michigan1 —/— —/— X/X —/— X/X X/X —/—
Minnesota X X X
Mississippi X X X
               
Missouri X X X X X X X
Montana
Nebraska X X X X
Nevada X X X
New Hampshire X X X X X
               
New Jersey X X X
New Mexico X X X X X
New York X
North Carolina X X
North Dakota X X X X X
               
Ohio X X
Oklahoma X X X X X X X
Oregon X X X
Pennsylvania X
Rhode Island X X X X X
               
South Carolina X X
South Dakota X
Tennessee X X X X X
Texas X X X X X X
Utah X X
               
Vermont X X
Virginia X
Washington X X X
West Virginia X X X X
Wisconsin
Wyoming X X X X
— No.
X Yes.
1 More than one assessment used. See explanation in introductory text of this appendix.
NOTE: Percentages do not sum to 100 because multiple responses were possible.
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.