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 8/1/2024.

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
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District Of Columbia See Participation...Policy, Intro, see page 1
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana Scroll to IDOE English...Guide, State Testing, Page 27
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine See Identifying...Manual , Assessing MLs, Page 38
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota Scroll to Chapter 2
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio See second paragraph
• Oklahoma Scroll to Serving...Duallyl ID EL
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

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