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Assessment Participation of Students with Disabilities

These links may not reflect changes on state websites after 9/1/2024.

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 Scroll to ACAP Alternate Guidance
  • Alaska Scroll to Participation Guidelines
  • Arizona Scroll to Eligibility and State Specific Guidance
  • Arkansas Scroll to Arkansas Alternate...2024-25
  • California
  • Colorado Select CMAS and CoAlt Procedures Manual
  • Connecticut Scroll to Eligibility for the Alternate Assessment System
  • Delaware Scroll to Resoures
  • District Of Columbia Scroll to section below table
  • Florida Scroll to Guidelines...Program
  • Georgia Scroll to GAA 2.0 Eligib​​ility Criteria​​
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Illinois Scroll to Participation tab
  • Indiana
  • Iowa Scroll to Eligibility Guidelines
  • Kansas Scroll to Tools and Resources for IEP teams
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana Scroll to Alternate Assessment Eligibility
  • Maine Scroll to Preparing for assessment
  • Maryland Scroll to Guidance for IEP Teams
  • Massachusetts Scroll to Determining Which Students...
  • Michigan Scroll to guidelines for participation in MI-Access
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri Scroll to Eligibility
  • Montana
  • Nebraska Scroll to Determining Student Eligibility documents
  • Nevada Scroll to Nevada Alternate Assessment: Student Participation Guidance
  • New Hampshire Scroll to Eligibility Criteria
  • New Jersey Scroll to Participation Criteria
  • New Mexico Scroll to DLM Assessment Participation Guidelines
  • New York Scroll to Eligibility Criteria for Participation
  • North Carolina Scroll to NCEXTEND1 Alternate Assessments
  • North Dakota Scroll to NDAA Participation Guidelines
  • Ohio Scroll to Ohio's Alternate Assessment Participation Decision-Making Tool
  • Oklahoma Scroll to The Criteria Checklist for Assessing Students with Disabilities on Alternate Assessments
  • Oregon Select Policies, then scroll to Alternate Assessment...
  • Pennsylvania Scroll to Eligibility Criteria
  • Rhode Island See "Eligibility for the Alternate Assessment"
  • South Carolina Scroll to Student Participation and Eligibility Criteria
  • South Dakota Select Guidance Documents...
  • Tennessee Look under Resources
  • Texas Scroll to "Who is Tested?
  • Utah Select Alternate Assessment Participation Guidelines under Alternate Assessment tab
  • Vermont Scroll to Vermont Alternate Assessment Student Eligibility Criteria
  • Virginia Select VAAP Participation Decision-Making Tool
  • Washington See Participation Guidance on right
  • West Virginia Scroll to Assessment Eligibility
  • Wisconsin See Student Eligibility Criteria
  • Wyoming

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