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National Profile on Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards:

NCSER 2009-3014
August 2009

Table A7.  How many state content standards were there for reading/language arts? On how many content standards in reading/language arts were students with significant cognitive disabilities using the alternate assessment assessed?


State a. Number of general content
standards
b. Number of content standards on
which students were assessed
Alabama Varied by grade level Varied by grade level
Alaska Varied by grade level Varied by grade level
Arizona 3 3
Arkansas 4 3
California Varied by grade level Varied by grade level
     
Colorado 6 6
Connecticut 4 4
Delaware 4 1
District of Columbia Varied by grade level 3
Florida
     
Georgia Varied by grade level 2
Hawaii 3 3
Idaho 5 5
Illinois 5 1
Indiana 7 7
     
Iowa 1 1
Kansas 2 2
Kentucky Varied by grade level Varied by grade level
Louisiana 7 6
Maine 5 2
     
Maryland 3 3
Massachusetts 3 Varied by grade level
Michigan1 4-Apr 4-Apr
Minnesota 3 1
Mississippi 4 4
     
Missouri 7 2
Montana 5 4
Nebraska 13 4
Nevada 12 3
New Hampshire 8 2
     
New Jersey 5 2
New Mexico 3 3
New York 4 Varied by grade level
North Carolina Varied by grade level Varied by grade level
North Dakota 6 3
     
Ohio 8 8
Oklahoma 4 Varied by teacher discretion
Oregon Varied by grade level Varied by grade level
Pennsylvania 8 1
Rhode Island 8 2
     
South Carolina 4 3
South Dakota 4 4
Tennessee 3 3
Texas Varied by grade level Varied by grade level
Utah Varied by grade level 1
     
Vermont 4 3
Virginia 2 2
Washington 8 1
West Virginia 3 Varied by grade level
Wisconsin 6 4
Wyoming 3 2
— 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.