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National Profile on Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards:

NCSER 2009-3014
August 2009

Table C17.  Did the state document the reliability of the alternate assessment in terms of variability across groups?


State 1. Yes, formal
study conducted
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
Total15611711
Percent29.4111.761.9633.3321.57
      
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.