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National Profile on Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards:

NCSER 2009-3014
August 2009

Table B5.  What cut scores were developed for reading/language arts and mathematics?


State1. Unique cut scores
for each grade
2. Unique cut scores
for grade spans
3. One set of cut scores
for all students
4. Other approaches
Total1815145
Percent35.2929.4127.459.8
     
AlabamaX
AlaskaX
ArizonaX
ArkansasX
CaliforniaX
     
ColoradoX
ConnecticutX
DelawareX
District of ColumbiaX
FloridaX
     
GeorgiaX
HawaiiX
IdahoX
IllinoisX
IndianaX
     
IowaX
KansasX
KentuckyX
LouisianaX
MaineX
     
MarylandX
MassachusettsX
Michigan1X / X— / —— / —— / —
MinnesotaX
MississippiX
     
MissouriX
MontanaX
NebraskaX
NevadaX
New HampshireX
     
New JerseyX
New MexicoX
New YorkX
North CarolinaX
North DakotaX
     
Ohio/2/XX
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.
/2/ Cut scores applied differently for reading/language arts/mathematics and science/social studies.
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.