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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
Grade 4 SD
Grade 4 ELL
Grade 8 SD/ELL
Grade 8 SD
Grade 8 ELL
Grade 12 SD/ELL
Grade 12 SD
Grade 12 ELL

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
  Percentage of identified ELL students
State/jurisdiction Excluded Assessed Assessed
without
accommodations
Assessed
with
accommodations
     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.