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	3	1	266	263	3	235	223	13	31	40	-9
2 New York	New York	x	0	3	1	271	270	1	234	227	7	37	43	-6
3 Texas	Texas	x	0	4	0	263	262	1	230	223	7	33	39	-6
4 California	California	x	0	4	0	259	255	3	213	208	5	46	48	-2
National public	National public		1	3	1	267	266	2	230	224	5	38	41	-3
5 Illinois	Illinois	<	2	2	0	271	271	0	230	234	-4	41	37	4
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.