Technical and Legal Resources

• 2025 AASA Technical Report
• 2024 AASA Technical Report
• 2023 AASA Technical Report
• 2022 AASA Technical Report

• 2022 Arizona ACT Standard Setting Technical Report
• ACT Technical Manual

• ACT Aspire Technical Manual

Technical Reports for MSAA

• MSAA 2025 ELA & Math Technical Report
• MSAA 2024 ELA & Math Technical Report
• MSAA 2024 Science Technical Report
• MSAA 2023 ELA & Math Technical Report
• MSAA 2023 Science Technical Report 
• MSAA 2023 Science Standard Setting Report
• MSAA 2022 Science Technical Report
• MSAA 2022 ELA-Math Technical Report
• MSAA 2021-2022 Science Technical Report
• MSAA 2021-2022 ELA & Math Technical Report
• MSAA COVID-19 Follow-Up Impact Study Report
• MSAA 2020-2021 Technical Report
• MSAA 2018-2019 Technical Manual
• MSAA 2017-2018 Technical Manual
• MSAA 2016-2017 Technical Manual
• MSAA 2015-2016 Technical Manual

Technical Reports for NCSC

• NCSC 2015 Technical Manual Narrative
• NCSC Tech Manual Appendix 1-A
• NCSC Tech Manual Appendix 2
• NCSC Tech Manual Appendix 3
• NCSC Tech Manual Appendix 4
• NCSC Tech Manual Appendix 5-A
• NCSC Tech Manual Appendix 6
• NCSC Tech Manual Appendix 7 MP
• NCSC Tech Manual Appendix 7 Plake
• NCSC Tech Manual Appendix 8
• NCSC Tech Manual Appendix 9

• Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment for the 21st Century— Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing Technical Report

AZELLA Tests Aligned to the 2019 English Language Proficiency Standards

• Content Alignment Analysis of the Arizona English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards with Arizona Content Standards for Mathematics and Science and with the Arizona English Language Learning Assessment (AZELLA) for Grades Kindergarten-12 (WCEPS WebbAlign, 2024) -Contact ADE at [email protected] 

Standard Setting Reports for AZELLA

• 2023 AZELLA Standard Setting Report

Technical Reports for AZELLA

• 2022 - 2023 Technical Report for AZELLA
• 2021 - 2022 Technical Report for AZELLA
• 2020 - 2021 Technical Report for AZELLA
• 2019 - 2020 Technical Report for AZELLA
• 2018 - 2019 Technical Report for AZELLA
• 2017 - 2018 Technical Report for AZELLA

Research and Alignment Studies for AZELLA

• AZELLA Reassessment 2018 Stages III-V Mode Comparability Report (June 2018)

• 2025 AzSCI Technical Report
• 2024 AzSCI Technical Report
• 2023 AzSCI Technical Report
• 2022 AzSCI Technical Report

Attorney General Letters and Opinions

• AG Letter Regarding Parent Requests to Opt-Out of AzMERIT Testing (October 9, 2015)
• AG Letter Regarding Parent Requests to Opt-Out of AzMERIT Testing (December 10, 2014)
• AG Letter Regarding Parent Requests to Opt-Out of State-Mandated Testing (September 16, 2013)
• AG Letter Regarding Field Testing (1998)
• AG Opinion Regarding Mandatory State Testing (1997)

USDOE Assessment Approval Letters

• USDOE Assessment Approval Letter (June 29, 2009)
• USDOE Assessment Approval Letter (June 30, 2006)

Federal Waivers

• One-Year Waiver Request from Spring 2020 Testing Requirements (April 2, 2020)
• AZ Covid-19 Waiver Response (April 1, 2020)
• AIMS Science Waiver Request (June 4, 2020)
• Science Waiver Approval USDOE (July 28, 2020)
• Letter from Secretary DeVos regarding waivers for 2020-2021 (September 3, 2020)