Assessment Participation of Students with Disabilities

These links may not reflect changes on state websites after 3/1/2026.

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 page 27
• Arizona Scroll to Eligibility and State Specific Guidance
• Arkansas Arkansas Scroll to Arkansas Alternate...2024-25 | Scroll to Arkansas Alternate Assessment Participation Manual 2025-26
• California
• Colorado Scroll to "Alternate Standards and Assessment Participation Guidelines Worksheet"
• Connecticut Scroll to Eligibility for the Alternate Assessment System
• Delaware Scroll to Resoures
• District Of Columbia
• Florida Scroll to Guidelines for Participation...
• Georgia Scroll to GAA 2.0 Eligibility Criteria
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois Scroll to SY2026 Resources and Documents
• 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 Resources for Determining Eligibility
• Maryland
• 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 tab
• Vermont Scroll to Vermont Alternate Assessment Eligibility
• Virginia Scroll to Additional Resources
• Washington See Participation Guidance on right
• West Virginia Scroll to Assessment Eligibility
• Wisconsin Scroll to Student Eligibility Criteria
• Wyoming

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