About the Assessment: Inclusion 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. In addition, the percentages are further disaggregated in the SD tables by showing those who were identified as having an Individualized Education Program (IEP) . View Trial Urban District Assessment inclusion rates.

Grade 4 SD/ELL

Percentage of all students

Percentage of identified students

Percentage of fourth-grade students identified as students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL) excluded and assessed in NAEP mathematics, as a percentage of all 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	10	90	40	50
Nation (public)	10	90	40	50
Alabama	8	92	62	30
Alaska	5	95	25	70
Arizona	6	94	42	53
Arkansas	8	92	21	71
California	6	94	79	15
Colorado	8	92	28	64
Connecticut	13	87	12	75
Delaware	18	82	10	72
Florida	8	92	17	75
Georgia	9	91	27	64
Hawaii	7	93	27	66
Idaho	8	92	37	55
Illinois	12	88	26	62
Indiana	12	88	31	57
Iowa	11	89	19	71
Kansas	14	86	32	55
Kentucky	18	82	32	50
Louisiana	8	92	17	75
Maine	8	92	17	75
Maryland	25	75	14	61
Massachusetts	20	80	27	53
Michigan	16	84	36	48
Minnesota	9	91	39	52
Mississippi	8	92	31	61
Missouri	16	84	29	55
Montana	12	88	28	61
Nebraska	11	89	42	47
Nevada	8	92	36	56
New Hampshire	11	89	16	73
New Jersey	14	86	10	75
New Mexico	9	91	33	58
New York	6	94	5	89
North Carolina	11	89	22	67
North Dakota	22	78	26	52
Ohio	18	82	13	69
Oklahoma	21	79	33	45
Oregon	11	89	32	57
Pennsylvania	14	86	22	64
Rhode Island	9	91	23	68
South Carolina	10	90	38	52
South Dakota	12	88	37	51
Tennessee	21	79	20	58
Texas	11	89	61	29
Utah	12	88	31	57
Vermont	12	88	20	68
Virginia	11	89	25	64
Washington	9	91	36	55
West Virginia	9	91	39	52
Wisconsin	12	88	17	71
Wyoming	7	93	25	68
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	21	79	13	65
DoDEA¹	11	89	35	54
¹ Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools). NOTE: SD includes those identified under section 504. 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. 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 Mathematics Assessment.