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Appendix F

Disaggregated Alternate Assessment Participation Information for Students with Disabilities on Regular Assessments for the Fifty States and Unique States for 2005-2006

Note: Shaded cells indicate unclear (e.g., aggregated grade level or subject level) reporting and asterisks (*) indicate there is a state note at left under "Assessed."

State

Assessment

Number of Students Assessed

Number of Students Not Assessed

Percent of Students Assessed

Percent of Students Not Assessed

 

Number and/or Percent Exempt or Excluded

Number and/or Percent Absent

Alabama

Alabama Alternate Assessment (AAA)

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

Alaska

Alternate Assessment

N

N

Y

N

N

N

 

 

Arizona

AIMS-Alternate (AIMS-A)

Y

N

N

N

N

N

AIMS-A HS

Y

N

N

N

N

N

 

Arkansas

Alternate Portfolio

Assessment System (APAS)

N

N

N

N

N

 

N

California

California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA)

Y

N

N

N

N

N

 

 

Colorado

Colorado Student

Assessment Program Alternate

(CSAPA)

Y

N

N

N

Y

N

Connecticut

Alternate Assessment

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Delaware

Delaware Alternate Portfolio Assessment (DAPA)

Y

N

N

N

Y

N

Florida

Florida Alternate Assessment Report (FAAR)

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Georgia

Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA)

N

N

N

N

N

N

Hawaii

Alternate Assessment (GLAS) *APR has

N*

N

N

N

N

N

Idaho

Idaho Alternate Assessment (IAA) *K-3rd grade

Y*

N

Y

N

N

N

Illinois

Illinois Alternate Assessment (IAA)

*APR has

N*

N

N

N

N

N

Indiana

Indiana Standards Tool for Alternate Reporting (ISTAR)

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Iowa

Alternate Assessment

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

Kansas

Alternate Assessment: KAMM and Portfolio Assessment

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Kentucky

Alternate Portfolio Assessment

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Louisiana

Alternate Assessment Levels 1 (LAA-1) *APR has

N*

N

N

N

N

N

Alternate Assessment Level 2 (LAA-2)

Y

N

N

N

Y

N

Maine

Personalized

Alternate Assessment

Portfolios (PAAP)

N

N

N

N

N

Maryland

Alternate Maryland School Assessment (ALT-MSA)

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Massachusetts

MCAS Alternate Assessment (MCAS-Alt) GLAS

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Alternate- Modified

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Alternate on AAS

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Michigan

Alternate Assessment (MI-Access)

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Minnesota

Alternate Assessment (GLAS) *APR has

N*

N

N

N

N

N

Alternate Assessment (AAS) *APR has

N*

N

N

N

N

N

Mississippi

Alternate Assessment

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Missouri

MAP-Alternate

*APR has

N

N

N

N

N*

N*

Montana

 

Alternate Assessment NRT

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

Alternate Assessment CRT

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Nebraska

Alternate Assessment

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

Nevada

 

Nevada Alternate Scales of Academic Achievement

(NASAA)

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

New Hampshire

Alternate Assessment (NH-Alt)

* Reported as number not tested (in alternate) in regular assessment document.

Y*

N

N

N

N

N

New Jersey

Alternate Proficiency Assessment (APA)

Y

N

N

N

N

N

New Mexico

Alternate Assessment

N

N

N

N

N

N

New York

New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSSA)

Y

N

N

N

N

 

 

North Carolina

 

 

 

North Carolina Checklist of Academic Standards (NCCLAS) for End-of-Grade

Y

N

N

N

Y

Y

North Carolina Checklist of Academic Standards (NCCLAS) for End-of-Course

Y

N

N

N

Y

Y

North Carolina Alternate

Assessment Portfolio (NCAAP)

Y

N

N

N

Y

Y

North Carolina EXTEND2

Y

N

N

N

Y

Y

North Dakota

North Dakota Alternate Assessment (NDALT)

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Ohio

Alternate Assessment GLAS

N

N

N

N

N

N

Oklahoma

Alternate Assessment (OAAP) *APR has

N*

N

N

N

N*

N*

Oregon

Extended Assessments (EA)

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

Career and Life Role Assessment System (CLRAS)

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA)

Y

Y

N

N

Y

Y

Rhode Island

Alternate Assessment

* Reported as number not tested (in alternate) in regular assessment document.

**APR has

Y*

N

N

N

N**

N**

South Carolina

PACT Alternate

Assessment (PACT-Alt)

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

High School Assessment

Program Alternate Assessment (HSAP-Alt)

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

South Dakota

Dakota STEP-A

*APR has

N*

N

N

N

N*

N*

Statewide Team-Led Alternate Assessment & Reporting System Writing (STAARS) AAS and ‘GLAS

N

N

N

N

N

N

Tennessee

TCAP-Alt

*APR has

N*

N

N

N

N

N

Texas

State-Developed

Alternate Assessment-II

(SDAA-II) Grade level and off-grade.

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Utah

Alternate Assessment

*APR has

N*

N

N

N

N

N

Vermont

Alternate Assessment

*APR has

N*

N

N

N

N

N

 

 

Virginia

Virginia Alternate Assessment Program (VAAP)

 

N

N

N

N

N

 

N

Virginia Grade Level Alternative Assessment (VGLAA)

 

N

N

N

N

N

 

N

Washington

Washington Alternate Assessment System (WAAS) (Modified WASL, WAAS-DAW or WAAS portfolio)

Y

N

N

Y

Y

Y

West Virginia

Alternate Performance Task Assessment (APTA) *APR has

Y

N

N

N

N*

N*

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Alternate Assessment (WAA)

*APR has

N*

N*

N

N

N

N

Wyoming

Proficiency Assessment for Wyoming Students, Alternate (PAWS-ALT)

*APR has

N*

N

N

N

N

N

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