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National Profile on Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards:

NCSER 2009-3014
August 2009

Table C19.  Did the state document the reliability of the alternate assessment in terms of internal consistency of item responses?


State 1. Yes, formal study
conducted (Formal study
or expert panel review)
2. Yes, but evidence was not
provided to the research team
(Not available for examination)
3. Yes, but no formal study
was conducted (Anecdotal
or committee process)
4. No 5. Not appropriate
for this type
of assessment
Total21401610
Percent41.187.84031.3719.61
           
AlabamaX
AlaskaX
ArizonaX
ArkansasX
CaliforniaX
           
ColoradoX
ConnecticutX
DelawareX
District of ColumbiaX
Florida
           
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
           
OhioX
OklahomaX
OregonX
PennsylvaniaX
Rhode IslandX
           
South CarolinaX
South DakotaX
TennesseeX
TexasX
UtahX
           
VermontX
VirginiaX
WashingtonX
West VirginiaX
WisconsinX
WyomingX
— No.
X Yes.
† Not applicable. State did not have alternate achievement standards for this assessment.
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.