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Percentage of 9-, 13-, and 17-year-old students identified as students with disabilities and/or English language learners excluded in NAEP reading, as a percentage of all students: Various years, 1990–2008 
Year Age 9 Age 13 Age 17
1990 5.5 5.3 4.5
1992 6.6 5.7 5.3
1994 7.4 6.1 5.2
1996 8.1 6.9 7.3
1999 7.9 6.5 6.0
20041 8.1 8.3 6.7
20042 5.2 4.9 3.7
2008 4.1 3.7 3.5
1 Original assessment format. Results prior to 2004 are also from the original assessment format.
2 Revised assessment format. Results after 2004 are also from the revised assessment format.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1990–2008 Long-Term Trend Reading Assessments.

 

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National Assessment of Educational Progress, National Center for Education Statistics
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