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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 10/1/2023.

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 and Performance Policy, Introduction, see page 1
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana See EL Guidebook, page 23
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine See Identifying...Manual , Assessing MLs, page 38
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • 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
  • 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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