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