Table C1. Who was involved in reviewing the technical characteristics of validity of the alternate assessment?

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. School/district/ state administrators	11. Parents	12. Other
Total	31	41	20	33	44	33	26	26	5	21	22	7
Percent	60.78	80.39	39.22	64.71	86.27	64.71	50.98	50.98	9.8	41.18	43.14	13.73

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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