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National Profile on Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards:

NCSER 2009-3014
August 2009

Table B4.  What descriptors applies to each achievement level for students being assessed based on alternate achievement standards for reading/language arts and mathematics?


State1. The same descriptors
that applied to all
grades tested
2. The same descriptors
that applied to grade
spans tested
3. Descriptors that were
unique for each grade
tested
Total201316
Percent39.2225.4931.37
    
AlabamaX
AlaskaX
ArizonaX
ArkansasX
CaliforniaX
    
ColoradoX
ConnecticutX
Delaware
District of ColumbiaX
FloridaX
    
GeorgiaX
HawaiiX
IdahoX
IllinoisX
IndianaX
    
IowaX
KansasX
KentuckyX
Louisiana
MaineX
    
MarylandX
MassachusettsX
Michigan1— / —X / X— / —
MinnesotaX
MississippiX
    
MissouriX
MontanaX
NebraskaX
NevadaX
New HampshireX
    
New JerseyX
New MexicoX
New YorkX
North CarolinaX
North DakotaX
    
OhioX
OklahomaX
OregonX
PennsylvaniaX
Rhode IslandX
    
South CarolinaX
South DakotaX
TennesseeX
TexasX
UtahX
    
VermontX
VirginiaX
WashingtonX
West VirginiaX
WisconsinX
WyomingX
— 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.