Table B1. Who was involved in creating the alternate achievement standards for students with significant cognitive disabilities for reading/language arts and mathematics?

National Profile on Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards:A Report From the National Study on Alternate Assessments

NCSER 2009-3014
August 2009

Appendix B: Data Tables

State	1. State special education staff	2. State assessment staff	3. State instruction and curriculum staff	4. Test vendor	5. Outside experts	6. Special Education teachers	7. General education teachers	8. Content specialists	9. School psychologists/ counselors	10. District/state administrators	11. Parents	12. Other
Total	42	41	33	27	43	49	39	43	14	32	37	8
Percent	82.35	80.39	64.71	52.94	84.31	96.08	76.47	84.31	27.45	62.75	72.55	15.69

Alabama	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	—	X	X	—
Alaska	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—
Arizona	X	—	—	—	—	X	X	X	X	—	X	—
Arkansas	X	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	—	—	X	X
California	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—	X	—	—

Colorado	X	—	—	X	X	X	X	X	—	—	—	—
Connecticut	—	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	—	X	X	X
Delaware	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—	X	X	X
District of Columbia	—	X	—	X	X	X	X	X	—	—	—	—
Florida	X	—	—	—	X	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Georgia	X	X	X	X	X	—	X	—	—	—	X	—
Hawaii	X	X	X	X	X	X	—	—	X	X	X	—
Idaho	X	X	—	—	X	X	—	—	X	X	X	—
Illinois	—	—	—	—	X	X	—	—	—	—	—	—
Indiana	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—

Iowa	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	—	X	X	—
Kansas	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—	X	X	—
Kentucky	—	—	—	—	—	X	X	X	—	—	—	—
Louisiana	X	X	—	X	X	X	—	X	—	—	—	—
Maine	—	—	X	X	X	X	X	X	—	—	—	X

Maryland	X	X	X	—	X	X	—	X	—	X	—	—
Massachusetts	X	X	X	X	X	X	—	X	—	—	—	X
Michigan¹	X / X	X / X	X / X	X / —	X / X	X / X	X / X	X / X	X / X	X / X	X / X	— / —
Minnesota	—	X	—	X	X	X	X	X	—	X	X	—
Mississippi	X	—	—	X	X	X	—	X	—	—	X	—

Missouri	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—
Montana	—	—	—	X	—	X	X	X	—	—	—	—
Nebraska	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—
Nevada	X	X	X	—	X	X	—	X	—	X	X	—
New Hampshire	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	—	X	X	X

New Jersey	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—
New Mexico	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—	—	X	—
New York	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—	X	X	X
North Carolina	X	X	X	—	X	X	—	—	—	X	X	—
North Dakota	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	—	X	X	X

Ohio	—	—	—	X	X	X	—	—	—	X	X	—
Oklahoma	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—
Oregon	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	—	—	X	—
Pennsylvania	X	—	—	X	X	X	—	X	—	X	—	—
Rhode Island	X	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	—	X	X	—

South Carolina	X	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	—	X	X	—
South Dakota	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	—	—	X	—
Tennessee	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—
Texas	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—
Utah	X	X	—	X	—	X	X	—	—	X	X	—

Vermont	X	X	—	—	X	X	X	X	—	X	X	—
Virginia	X	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	X	—	—	—
Washington	X	X	—	—	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—
West Virginia	X	X	—	X	—	X	X	X	—	X	X	—
Wisconsin	X	X	—	—	X	X	X	X	—	—	X	—
Wyoming	—	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	—	—	—	—
— 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.