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About the Assessment: District Inclusion Rates

The tables below show the percentage of students identified as students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (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. In addition, the percentages are further disaggregated in the SD tables by showing those who were identified as having an Individualized Education Program (IEP) .

Grade 4 SD/ELL
Grade 4 SD
Grade 4 ELL
Grade 8 SD/ELL
Grade 8 SD
Grade 8 ELL
Percentage of fourth-grade public school students identified as students with disabilities (SD) excluded and assessed in NAEP mathematics, as a percentage of all identified SD students, by urban district: 2009
  Percentage of identified SD students
District Excluded Assessed Assessed
without
accommodations
Assessed
with
accommodations
    Nation (public) 16 84 22 62
      Large city 18 82 17 65
Atlanta 10 90 31 59
Austin 24 76 14 62
Baltimore City 49 51 6 44
Boston 21 79 13 66
Charlotte 14 86 17 69
Chicago 18 82 23 59
Cleveland 49 51 2 49
Detroit 22 78 23 55
District of Columbia (DCPS) 30 70 12 58
Fresno 29 71 24 47
Houston 30 70 19 51
Jefferson County (KY) 17 83 30 54
Los Angeles 8 92 28 64
Miami-Dade 13 87 11 76
Milwaukee 30 70 8 62
New York City 5 95 5 91
Philadelphia 24 76 15 61
San Diego 23 77 30 47
NOTE: SD includes those identified under section 504. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Trial Urban District Mathematics Assessment.
Percentage of fourth-grade public school students identified as those with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) excluded and assessed in NAEP mathematics, as a percentage of all identified IEP students, by urban district: 2009
  Percentage of identified IEP students
District Excluded Assessed Assessed
without
accommodations
Assessed
with
accommodations
    Nation (public) 17 83 22 62
      Large city 18 82 17 65
Atlanta 10 90 29 60
Austin 42 58 12 46
Baltimore City 51 49 6 43
Boston 21 79 13 66
Charlotte 15 85 16 69
Chicago 20 80 16 63
Cleveland 49 51 2 49
Detroit 22 78 23 55
District of Columbia (DCPS) 30 70 12 58
Fresno 32 68 22 46
Houston 30 70 20 51
Jefferson County (KY) 17 83 30 53
Los Angeles 8 92 27 64
Miami-Dade 13 87 11 76
Milwaukee 31 69 7 62
New York City 5 95 4 91
Philadelphia 24 76 15 61
San Diego 24 76 29 47
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Trial Urban District Mathematics Assessment.