About the Assessment: Exclusion Rates

NAEP has always endeavored to assess all students selected as a part of its sampling process, including students who are classified by their schools as students with disabilities (SD) and/or as English language learners (ELL). The decision to exclude any of these students is made by school personnel. School personnel are encouraged to use inclusion criteria provided by NAEP and may discuss their inclusion decisions with NAEP field staff. Some students may participate with testing accommodations. Read more about the NAEP inclusion policy, including exclusion rates from current and previous assessments in all subject areas.

The tables below show the percentage of students identified as SD and/or ELL, and provide the rate of students excluded and accommodated in two ways: as a percentage of all students in the NAEP sample, or as a percentage of students identified as SD and/or ELL. Tables that provide percentages of SD students include those identified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Title 29 U.S.C. 794 Section 504), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap in federally assisted programs and activities.

Grade 4 National and State

Grade 8 National and State

Grade 4 Trend

Grade 8 Trend

Percentage of all Students

Percentage of identified students

Percentage of fourth-grade public and nonpublic school students with disabilities (SD) and English language learners (ELL) identified, excluded, and accommodated in NAEP reading, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: 2011
		SD			ELL
State/jurisdiction	Overall excluded	Identified	Excluded	Accommodated	Identified	Excluded	Accommodated
Nation	4	13	3	7	11	1	3
Nation (public)	4	13	3	7	11	1	4
Alabama	2	10	2	3	2	#	1
Alaska	2	16	1	12	14	1	10
Arizona	1	12	1	8	12	#	6
Arkansas	1	13	1	9	8	#	5
California	2	10	2	5	32	1	3
Colorado	1	11	1	8	16	#	7
Connecticut	2	14	1	11	6	1	5
Delaware	7	16	6	7	4	1	1
Florida	2	16	2	11	9	1	8
Georgia	6	12	5	4	5	2	2
Hawaii	2	10	1	7	11	1	5
Idaho	2	11	2	6	5	#	2
Illinois	2	14	1	9	8	1	6
Indiana	1	16	1	10	7	#	5
Iowa	1	15	1	12	6	#	4
Kansas	2	14	2	8	11	1	4
Kentucky	9	15	8	3	2	1	1
Louisiana	1	20	1	16	2	#	1
Maine	2	17	2	14	3	#	2
Maryland	10	14	8	4	6	3	3
Massachusetts	6	18	5	12	8	1	1
Michigan	4	13	3	7	3	#	1
Minnesota	2	15	1	8	10	#	3
Mississippi	1	9	1	5	2	#	1
Missouri	2	13	2	8	3	#	2
Montana	4	12	4	5	2	#	#
Nebraska	4	17	3	8	8	1	3
Nevada	1	11	1	7	27	#	13
New Hampshire	3	17	3	13	3	#	2
New Jersey	9	17	8	7	3	1	2
New Mexico	6	13	4	7	17	3	5
New York	3	16	2	13	9	1	8
North Carolina	2	15	2	10	7	#	3
North Dakota	6	15	6	6	3	1	#
Ohio	6	14	5	7	3	1	3
Oklahoma	5	15	4	8	6	1	2
Oregon	3	15	2	8	14	1	5
Pennsylvania	3	15	2	10	3	1	2
Rhode Island	2	14	2	11	6	1	2
South Carolina	3	14	2	7	5	#	1
South Dakota	3	16	3	6	4	1	2
Tennessee	7	14	7	4	3	1	3
Texas	10	10	6	3	22	5	1
Utah	4	13	4	6	7	1	2
Vermont	2	17	2	13	2	#	1
Virginia	3	13	2	7	7	1	3
Washington	3	14	2	7	11	1	6
West Virginia	2	17	2	8	1	#	#
Wisconsin	2	14	2	11	8	#	6
Wyoming	2	16	2	11	4	#	2
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	3	15	3	12	7	1	5
DoDEA¹	7	13	5	5	7	2	2
# Rounds to zero. ¹ Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools). NOTE: Students identified as both SD and ELL were counted only once in overall, but were counted separately under the SD and ELL categories. SD includes students identified as having either an Individualized Education Program or protection under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state/jurisdiction results include public school students only. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Reading Assessment.

Percentage of eighth-grade students identified as students with disabilities (SD) excluded and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of identified SD students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of identified SD students
State/jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	28	72	18	54
Nation (public)	28	72	18	54
Alabama	14	86	62	23
Alaska	14	86	9	77
Arizona	22	78	19	59
Arkansas	13	87	16	72
California	19	81	32	49
Colorado	23	77	14	62
Connecticut	17	83	18	65
Delaware	27	73	7	65
Florida	18	82	8	73
Georgia	33	67	18	49
Hawaii	12	88	21	66
Idaho	22	78	21	57
Illinois	22	78	13	65
Indiana	36	64	14	49
Iowa	28	72	12	60
Kansas	37	63	14	50
Kentucky	55	45	13	32
Louisiana	12	88	12	76
Maine	19	81	17	63
Maryland	59	41	10	32
Massachusetts	24	76	14	62
Michigan	29	71	13	57
Minnesota	23	77	17	61
Mississippi	17	83	19	64
Missouri	25	75	19	56
Montana	30	70	17	52
Nebraska	38	62	17	45
Nevada	19	81	23	58
New Hampshire	17	83	25	58
New Jersey	33	67	7	60
New Mexico	36	64	25	39
New York	34	66	5	61
North Carolina	14	86	8	78
North Dakota	55	45	20	25
Ohio	45	55	10	45
Oklahoma	30	70	19	51
Oregon	19	81	35	47
Pennsylvania	17	83	16	67
Rhode Island	12	88	21	66
South Carolina	42	58	27	31
South Dakota	41	59	24	36
Tennessee	60	40	18	22
Texas	39	61	28	33
Utah	40	60	19	40
Vermont	16	84	29	55
Virginia	24	76	21	55
Washington	22	78	20	58
West Virginia	14	86	39	47
Wisconsin	28	72	13	59
Wyoming	20	80	15	65
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	68	32	7	25
DoDEA¹	28	72	12	61
¹ Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools). NOTE: SD includes those identified under section 504. In NAEP, students who have an IEP or a 504 plan are classified as SD. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state/jurisdiction results include public school students only. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.

Percentage of eighth-grade English language learners (ELL) identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of all students
State/jurisdiction	Identified	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	6	1	5	3	1
Nation (public)	6	1	5	3	1
Alabama	1	#	1	1	#
Alaska	11	1	9	4	5
Arizona	6	1	5	3	3
Arkansas	4	#	3	1	3
California	20	1	19	16	3
Colorado	7	1	6	4	3
Connecticut	4	2	2	1	1
Delaware	2	1	1	#	1
Florida	5	2	3	#	3
Georgia	2	1	1	1	1
Hawaii	6	1	5	3	2
Idaho	4	#	4	2	1
Illinois	3	1	2	1	2
Indiana	3	1	2	2	1
Iowa	2	#	2	1	1
Kansas	6	1	5	4	1
Kentucky	1	1	#	#	#
Louisiana	1	#	1	#	#
Maine	2	#	1	1	1
Maryland	3	2	1	#	#
Massachusetts	3	2	2	1	#
Michigan	2	#	2	2	#
Minnesota	6	1	5	4	1
Mississippi	1	#	#	#	#
Missouri	1	#	#	#	#
Montana	2	#	2	2	1
Nebraska	3	1	2	2	1
Nevada	8	2	6	3	3
New Hampshire	1	#	1	#	#
New Jersey	2	2	1	#	#
New Mexico	11	2	9	6	3
New York	5	2	3	#	3
North Carolina	5	1	4	2	3
North Dakota	2	1	1	1	#
Ohio	1	1	#	#	#
Oklahoma	3	1	2	2	1
Oregon	6	1	5	4	2
Pennsylvania	2	1	2	1	1
Rhode Island	3	1	2	1	2
South Carolina	3	1	2	2	1
South Dakota	2	1	1	1	#
Tennessee	1	#	1	#	1
Texas	7	1	6	5	1
Utah	5	1	4	3	1
Vermont	2	#	1	1	#
Virginia	4	1	3	1	1
Washington	4	1	3	2	1
West Virginia	1	#	1	#	#
Wisconsin	4	1	3	1	2
Wyoming	1	#	1	1	1
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	5	2	3	1	2
DoDEA¹	5	2	3	2	1
# Rounds to zero. ¹ Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools). NOTE: The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state/jurisdiction results include public school students only. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.

Percentage of eighth-grade students identified as English language learners (ELL) excluded and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of identified ELL students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of identified ELL students
State/jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	18	82	58	24
Nation (public)	17	83	58	25
Alabama	17	83	64	19
Alaska	13	87	37	50
Arizona	13	87	44	43
Arkansas	9	91	24	67
California	5	95	80	15
Colorado	14	86	49	36
Connecticut	45	55	27	28
Delaware	40	60	12	48
Florida	42	58	2	57
Georgia	43	57	21	36
Hawaii	17	83	49	34
Idaho	11	89	59	30
Illinois	24	76	25	51
Indiana	22	78	49	29
Iowa	19	81	53	28
Kansas	23	77	60	17
Kentucky	68	32	16	15
Louisiana	9	91	39	52
Maine	24	76	38	38
Maryland	82	18	6	12
Massachusetts	52	48	39	9
Michigan	15	85	66	19
Minnesota	12	88	67	20
Mississippi	29	71	41	30
Missouri	43	57	22	35
Montana	11	89	63	26
Nebraska	31	69	52	17
Nevada	20	80	37	43
New Hampshire	36	64	37	28
New Jersey	78	22	5	17
New Mexico	18	82	54	28
New York	42	58	5	53
North Carolina	14	86	33	53
North Dakota	38	62	56	6
Ohio	63	37	13	24
Oklahoma	22	78	58	20
Oregon	11	89	63	26
Pennsylvania	25	75	33	41
Rhode Island	33	67	24	43
South Carolina	35	65	49	16
South Dakota	32	68	64	4
Tennessee	40	60	8	53
Texas	18	82	73	9
Utah	23	77	61	16
Vermont	28	72	47	24
Virginia	29	71	39	33
Washington	15	85	49	37
West Virginia	10	90	69	20
Wisconsin	28	72	23	49
Wyoming	19	81	45	36
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	37	63	21	43
DoDEA¹	34	66	44	22
¹ Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools). NOTE: The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state/jurisdiction results include public school students only. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.

Percentage of twelfth-grade students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL) identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of all students
State/jurisdiction	Identified	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	13	4	9	4	6
Nation (public)	14	4	10	4	6
Arkansas	15	3	13	3	9
Connecticut	13	3	10	2	8
Florida	16	6	10	1	10
Idaho	10	2	7	4	4
Illinois	14	5	9	2	7
Iowa	12	3	9	2	7
Massachusetts	16	5	12	3	9
New Hampshire	17	3	14	7	7
New Jersey	16	4	12	2	10
South Dakota	10	3	7	3	4
West Virginia	15	3	12	6	7
NOTE: SD includes those identified under section 504. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state results include public school students only. Eleven states participated in the assessment and met the reporting criteria. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Students identified as both SD and ELL were counted only once under the combined SD and/or ELL category, but were counted separately under the SD and ELL categories. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.

Percentage of twelfth-grade students identified as students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL) excluded and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of identified SD and/or ELL students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of identified SD and/or ELL students
State/jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	28	72	28	45
Nation (public)	29	71	28	43
Arkansas	17	83	22	61
Connecticut	24	76	14	62
Florida	37	63	4	59
Idaho	24	76	36	39
Illinois	34	66	12	54
Iowa	28	72	14	58
Massachusetts	29	71	19	52
New Hampshire	19	81	39	42
New Jersey	24	76	11	65
South Dakota	33	67	30	37
West Virginia	19	81	36	44
NOTE: SD includes those identified under section 504. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state results include public school students only. Eleven states participated in the assessment and met the reporting criteria. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Students identified as both SD and ELL were counted only once under the combined SD and/or ELL category, but were counted separately under the SD and ELL categories. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.

Percentage of twelfth-grade students with disabilities (SD) identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
State/jurisdiction	Identified	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
	Percentage of all students
Nation	10	3	7	2	5
Nation (public)	11	4	7	2	5
Arkansas	13	2	10	3	8
Connecticut	11	2	9	1	7
Florida	13	4	8	#	8
Idaho	8	2	6	3	3
Illinois	12	5	8	1	6
Iowa	11	3	8	1	7
Massachusetts	15	4	10	2	8
New Hampshire	16	3	13	6	7
New Jersey	14	3	11	1	10
South Dakota	9	3	6	3	3
West Virginia	15	3	12	5	7
# Rounds to zero. NOTE: SD includes those identified under section 504. In NAEP, students who have an IEP or a 504 plan are classified as students with disabilities. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state results include public school students only. Eleven states participated in the assessment and met the reporting criteria. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.

Percentage of twelfth-grade students with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of all students
State/jurisdiction	Identified	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	10	3	7	2	5
Nation (public)	10	3	7	2	5
Arkansas	12	2	10	3	7
Connecticut	9	2	7	1	6
Florida	12	4	8	#	7
Idaho	7	2	5	2	3
Illinois	12	5	7	1	6
Iowa	11	3	8	1	6
Massachusetts	13	4	9	1	7
New Hampshire	13	3	10	4	6
New Jersey	13	3	10	1	9
South Dakota	9	3	6	2	3
West Virginia	13	3	11	4	6
# Rounds to zero. NOTE: In NAEP, students who have an IEP or a 504 plan are classified as students with disabilities. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state results include public school students only. Eleven states participated in the assessment and met the reporting criteria. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.

Percentage of twelfth-grade students identified as students with disabilities (SD) excluded and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of identified SD students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
State/jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
	Percentage of identified SD students
Nation	31	69	18	50
Nation (public)	33	67	19	49
Arkansas	19	81	20	61
Connecticut	22	78	11	67
Florida	35	65	3	62
Idaho	27	73	31	42
Illinois	38	62	9	53
Iowa	28	72	13	59
Massachusetts	28	72	15	57
New Hampshire	20	80	38	42
New Jersey	22	78	10	68
South Dakota	35	65	29	36
West Virginia	20	80	34	46
NOTE: SD includes those identified under section 504. In NAEP, students who have and IEP or a 504 pan are classified as students with disabilities. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state results include public school students only. Eleven states participated in the assessment and met the reporting criteria. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.

State/jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
	Percentage of identified IEP students
Nation	33	67	17	50
Nation (public)	34	66	17	49
Arkansas	20	80	21	60
Connecticut	26	74	9	65
Florida	36	64	3	61
Idaho	31	69	23	45
Illinois	38	62	8	54
Iowa	29	71	11	59
Massachusetts	32	68	10	58
New Hampshire	23	77	32	45
New Jersey	24	76	7	69
South Dakota	36	64	29	35
West Virginia	22	78	31	47
NOTE: In NAEP, students who have and IEP or a 504 pan are classified as students with disabilities. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state results include public school students only. Eleven states participated in the assessment and met the reporting criteria. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.