Order		Cross- jurisdiction significant difference	Number of Jurisdictions Significantly			Not identified as students with disabilities average scale score			Identified as students with disabilities average scale score			Not identified as students with disabilities - Identified as students with disabilities Gap average scale score
			higher	not different	lower	2011	2003	2011 - 2003	2011	2003	2011 - 2003	2011	2003	2011 - 2003
			higher	not different	lower
1 Florida	Florida	>	0	0	4	229	223	5	201	184	17	28	39	-12
National public	National public		1	4	0	224	220	4	186	184	2	38	35	3
2 Illinois	Illinois	x	1	3	0	225	221	4	183	183	0	42	38	4
3 California	California	x	1	3	0	214	208	6	175	176	-1	39	32	7
4 Texas	Texas	x	1	3	0	220	217	3	188	191	-3	32	26	6
5 New York	New York	x	1	3	0	228	225	3	189	193	-4	39	33	7
The category “students with disabilities” includes students identified as having either an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or protection under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
NOTE: National public is not included in sorting the jurisdictions. Score differences are calculated based on differences between unrounded scores.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 and 2011 Reading Assessments.