Table C7. What evidence supported the validity argument in terms of test and item scores related to internal or external variables as intended?
State | 1. Correlational study |
a. Internal item-to-item analysis |
b. Correlational analysis using external measures |
2. Other type of analysis |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 18 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
Percent | 85.71 | 33.33 | 23.81 | 33.33 |
Alabama | † | † | † | † |
Alaska | † | † | † | † |
Arizona | X | — | X | — |
Arkansas | † | † | † | † |
California | X | — | — | — |
Colorado | X | X | — | — |
Connecticut | † | † | † | † |
Delaware | † | † | † | † |
District of Columbia | X | X | — | — |
Florida | † | † | † | † |
Georgia | † | † | † | † |
Hawaii | X | — | X | — |
Idaho | X | — | X | X |
Illinois | † | † | † | † |
Indiana | † | † | † | † |
Iowa | † | † | † | † |
Kansas | † | † | † | † |
Kentucky | † | † | † | † |
Louisiana | — | — | — | X |
Maine | † | † | † | † |
Maryland | † | † | † | † |
Massachusetts | — | — | — | X |
Michigan1 | X / X | X / X | — / — | — / — |
Minnesota | X | — | — | — |
Mississippi | X | — | X | — |
Missouri | † | † | † | † |
Montana | X | X | — | — |
Nebraska | † | † | † | † |
Nevada | † | † | † | † |
New Hampshire | † | † | † | † |
New Jersey | X | X | — | — |
New Mexico | X | X | — | — |
New York | † | † | † | † |
North Carolina | † | † | † | † |
North Dakota | † | † | † | † |
Ohio | X | — | — | — |
Oklahoma | † | † | † | † |
Oregon | † | † | † | † |
Pennsylvania | † | † | † | † |
Rhode Island | † | † | † | † |
South Carolina | X | X | — | — |
South Dakota | † | † | † | † |
Tennessee | † | † | † | † |
Texas | † | † | † | † |
Utah | † | † | † | † |
Vermont | — | — | — | X |
Virginia | † | † | † | † |
Washington | X | — | — | X |
West Virginia | X | — | — | X |
Wisconsin | X | — | X | X |
Wyoming | 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. |