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 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	8	92	58	34
Nation (public)	8	92	58	34
Alabama	17	83	67	15
Alaska	6	94	41	53
Arizona	9	91	39	52
Arkansas	3	97	32	65
California	4	96	81	15
Colorado	6	94	44	51
Connecticut	11	89	24	66
Delaware	24	76	12	64
Florida	9	91	5	86
Georgia	9	91	19	73
Hawaii	15	85	43	42
Idaho	2	98	60	38
Illinois	19	81	27	54
Indiana	10	90	42	49
Iowa	15	85	38	47
Kansas	5	95	57	38
Kentucky	36	64	21	44
Louisiana	3	97	41	56
Maine	10	90	46	44
Maryland	16	84	7	77
Massachusetts	25	75	34	42
Michigan	7	93	54	39
Minnesota	10	90	59	31
Mississippi	16	84	50	34
Missouri	28	72	35	37
Montana	4	96	53	43
Nebraska	8	92	52	40
Nevada	6	94	47	47
New Hampshire	15	85	51	34
New Jersey	13	87	8	79
New Mexico	6	94	43	51
New York	14	86	6	80
North Carolina	8	92	32	60
North Dakota	36	64	38	26
Ohio	43	57	22	34
Oklahoma	9	91	60	31
Oregon	6	94	58	36
Pennsylvania	17	83	44	40
Rhode Island	21	79	22	58
South Carolina	5	95	49	47
South Dakota	11	89	61	28
Tennessee	37	63	11	52
Texas	11	89	68	21
Utah	5	95	59	36
Vermont	8	92	41	50
Virginia	12	88	39	49
Washington	12	88	40	48
West Virginia	7	93	66	27
Wisconsin	15	85	27	58
Wyoming	#	100	34	66
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	27	73	28	45
DoDEA¹	16	84	46	38
# 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.