Table C26. What evidence supported the process to ensure fairness in the development of the alternate assessment?
State | 1. Regularly scheduled bias review by experts |
2. Statistical analyses |
---|---|---|
Total | 16 | 8 |
Percent | 94.12 | 47.06 |
Alabama | † | † |
Alaska | † | † |
Arizona | † | † |
Arkansas | † | † |
California | X | X |
Colorado | X | X |
Connecticut | † | † |
Delaware | — | — |
District of Columbia | † | † |
Florida | † | † |
Georgia | † | † |
Hawaii | X | — |
Idaho | † | † |
Illinois | † | † |
Indiana | † | † |
Iowa | † | † |
Kansas | † | † |
Kentucky | † | † |
Louisiana | † | † |
Maine | † | † |
Maryland | † | † |
Massachusetts | † | † |
Michigan1 | X / X | X / — |
Minnesota | X | — |
Mississippi | X | — |
Missouri | — | X |
Montana | X | — |
Nebraska | X | X |
Nevada | † | † |
New Hampshire | † | † |
New Jersey | † | † |
New Mexico | X | — |
New York | X | — |
North Carolina | † | † |
North Dakota | † | † |
Ohio | † | † |
Oklahoma | † | † |
Oregon | X | X |
Pennsylvania | X | — |
Rhode Island | X | — |
South Carolina | X | X |
South Dakota | X | X |
Tennessee | † | † |
Texas | † | † |
Utah | † | † |
Vermont | † | † |
Virginia | † | † |
Washington | † | † |
West Virginia | X | — |
Wisconsin | † | † |
Wyoming | † | † |
— 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. |