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Assessment Participation of Students with Disabilities
These links may not reflect changes on state websites after 5/1/2024.
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 See page 5
- Arizona
- Arkansas See page 5
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District Of Columbia
- Florida Scroll to Guidelines...Program
- Georgia Scroll to Eligibility
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois Scroll to DLM Participation Guidelines
- Indiana Scroll to Participation...Flowchart
- 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 Select Principal's Manual for MCAS-Alt; see pages 3–4
- Michigan
- Minnesota See MTAS Eligibility Requirements
- Mississippi
- Missouri Scroll to MAP-A Eligibility
- Montana
- Nebraska Scroll to Determining Student Eligibility documents
- Nevada
- New Hampshire Scroll to Eligibility Criteria
- New Jersey Scroll to Participation Criteria
- New Mexico
- New York Go to Student...Guide
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio Scroll to Participation Decision-Making Tool
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island See "Eligibility for the Alternate Assessment"
- South Carolina
- South Dakota See Guidance for IEP Teams on Participation on the Alternate Assessment
- Tennessee See pages 2-3
- Texas Scroll to "Who is Tested?
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia See VAAP Participation Criteria links
- Washington See pages 8–14
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin See Student Eligibility Criteria
- Wyoming