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 English language learners (ELL) excluded and assessed in NAEP mathematics, as a percentage of all identified ELL students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
State/jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
	Percentage of identified ELL students
Nation	6	94	59	35
Nation (public)	6	94	59	35
Alabama	3	97	88	8
Alaska	3	97	27	70
Arizona	2	98	47	51
Arkansas	3	97	22	75
California	4	96	88	8
Colorado	4	96	45	52
Connecticut	13	87	12	75
Delaware	7	93	12	81
Florida	5	95	6	89
Georgia	3	97	31	66
Hawaii	4	96	39	57
Idaho	3	97	55	42
Illinois	15	85	21	65
Indiana	4	96	28	68
Iowa	6	94	28	66
Kansas	5	95	49	46
Kentucky	13	87	34	53
Louisiana	#	100	24	76
Maine	8	92	44	48
Maryland	15	85	10	75
Massachusetts	13	87	64	23
Michigan	8	92	71	21
Minnesota	6	94	43	50
Mississippi	5	95	35	61
Missouri	8	92	27	65
Montana	6	94	48	46
Nebraska	5	95	53	42
Nevada	5	95	37	59
New Hampshire	11	89	26	63
New Jersey	20	80	8	73
New Mexico	4	96	39	56
New York	8	92	3	90
North Carolina	4	96	26	69
North Dakota	16	84	31	53
Ohio	14	86	23	62
Oklahoma	6	94	52	42
Oregon	6	94	34	60
Pennsylvania	11	89	22	68
Rhode Island	9	91	39	52
South Carolina	5	95	48	47
South Dakota	#	100	46	54
Tennessee	6	94	9	85
Texas	5	95	76	20
Utah	6	94	32	62
Vermont	18	82	41	40
Virginia	5	95	24	71
Washington	4	96	43	53
West Virginia	#	100	52	48
Wisconsin	10	90	21	69
Wyoming	6	94	37	57
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	14	86	15	71
DoDEA¹	14	86	45	41
# 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 Mathematics Assessment.