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State Alternate Assessment Policies

This page includes links to state policies for Alternate Assessment based on Alternate Achievement Standards (AA-AAS), Alternate Assessments based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards (AA-MAS), and Alternate Assessments based on Grade-level Achievement Standards (AA-GLAS).

Notes: These links may not reflect changes on state Web sites after the date shown at the bottom of this page. Many of the files below will require Acrobat Reader.

If you cannot find the information you are looking for from the listing below, you may look in the State's education agency Web site. Links to each state's education agency can be found at the Council of Chief State School Officers Web site at State Education Agencies.

AA-AAS (Alternate Assessments based on Alternate Achievement Standards)	AA-MAS (Alternate Assessments based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards)	AA-GLAS (Alternate Assessments based on Grade-level Academic Achievement Standards)
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Scroll to Alternate Assessment Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana On the “Programs and Services of OPI” drop-down menu select Special Education. On that page, under “Guides,” click on CRT alternate assessment. Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Scroll down to alternate assessment Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Scroll down to Virginia Alternate Assessment Program Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska   Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah   Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska   Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah   Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

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