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National Profile on Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards:

NCSER 2009-3014
August 2009

Table B2.  Standard-setting methodologies used to develop alternate achievement standards


State 1. Modified
Angoff
2. Extended
Angoff
3. Yes/No
Method
4. Bookmark
or Item
Mapping
5. Performance
Profile
Method
6. Reasoned
Judgment
7. Judgmental
Policy
Capturing
8. Body
of Work
9. Contrasting
Groups
10. Item-Descriptor
Matching
11. Dominant
Profile
Method
Total 5 0 0 12 4 6 5 16 4 2 1
Percent 9.8 0 0 23.53 7.84 11.76 9.8 31.37 7.84 3.92 1.96
                       
Alabama X X
Alaska X
Arizona X
Arkansas X
California X
                       
Colorado X
Connecticut X
Delaware X
District of Columbia X
Florida
                       
Georgia X X
Hawaii X
Idaho X
Illinois M M M M M M M M M M M
Indiana X
                       
Iowa X X X
Kansas X
Kentucky X X
Louisiana M M M M M M M M M M M
Maine X
                       
Maryland X
Massachusetts X
Michigan1 — / — — / — — / — X / X — / — — / — — / — — / — — / — — / — — / —
Minnesota X X
Mississippi X
                       
Missouri X
Montana X
Nebraska X
Nevada X
New Hampshire X
                       
New Jersey X
New Mexico X
New York X
North Carolina X X
North Dakota X
                       
Ohio X
Oklahoma X
Oregon X
Pennsylvania X
Rhode Island X X
                       
South Carolina X
South Dakota X
Tennessee M M M M M M M M M M M
Texas X
Utah M M M M M M M M M M M
                       
Vermont X
Virginia X
Washington X
West Virginia X X
Wisconsin X
Wyoming 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.