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 eighth-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
State/jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
	Percentage of identified SD and/or ELL students
Nation	17	83	29	54
Nation (public)	17	83	29	54
Alabama	13	87	60	26
Alaska	16	84	25	59
Arizona	12	88	29	59
Arkansas	7	93	21	72
California	6	94	69	25
Colorado	11	89	27	61
Connecticut	13	87	18	69
Delaware	15	85	7	78
Florida	12	88	6	82
Georgia	20	80	11	69
Hawaii	12	88	32	56
Idaho	11	89	37	51
Illinois	19	81	16	65
Indiana	27	73	17	56
Iowa	16	84	15	69
Kansas	17	83	26	57
Kentucky	36	64	13	51
Louisiana	10	90	13	76
Maine	12	88	20	69
Maryland	48	52	8	44
Massachusetts	27	73	18	55
Michigan	21	79	21	58
Minnesota	15	85	34	52
Mississippi	17	83	16	67
Missouri	26	74	19	56
Montana	19	81	21	60
Nebraska	20	80	25	55
Nevada	14	86	35	50
New Hampshire	14	86	27	59
New Jersey	11	89	9	80
New Mexico	14	86	33	53
New York	14	86	5	81
North Carolina	10	90	16	74
North Dakota	33	67	26	42
Ohio	33	67	9	58
Oklahoma	35	65	21	44
Oregon	15	85	41	44
Pennsylvania	17	83	14	69
Rhode Island	11	89	19	70
South Carolina	27	73	33	41
South Dakota	16	84	28	56
Tennessee	34	66	10	57
Texas	28	72	37	35
Utah	21	79	30	50
Vermont	11	89	26	63
Virginia	21	79	27	52
Washington	17	83	26	57
West Virginia	10	90	26	64
Wisconsin	15	85	16	70
Wyoming	12	88	19	69
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	31	69	12	57
DoDEA¹	13	87	35	52
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.