Assessment Participation of English Learners with Disabilities

Notes: States with active links have policies that address English learners with disabilities. States with no active links either did not have a policy on their websites or had policy information available separately for English learners and students with disabilities. Some states use the terms English language learner (ELL) or limited English proficient (LEP) on websites.

This page provides information for:

• Content Tests

These links may not reflect changes on state websites after 10/1/2022.

If you cannot find the information you are looking for from the listings below, you may look for it on individual State's education agency websites.

• Alabama See pages 35–36
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District Of Columbia See Participation and Performance Policy, Introduction, see page 1
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan See pages 8, 17, 23
• Minnesota See weblink for Chapter 2 Federal and State Context for English Learners with Disabilities, 3rd paragraph on page 13
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada See "Data Collection and Reporting," page 20
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon See Question 1
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah See Assessment: Procedures for Determining English Learner Participation
• Vermont
• Virginia See page 23 Assessing ELs..Disability
• Washington See page 5 Guidelines...Assessments
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

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